Any wound center has the ability to run off course. The important thing for hospitals to understand is that there are ways to keep your wound center running in a positive direction. The following are eight things to consider when choosing a wound care management company.
1. The Wound Management Company must make providing great patient care the number one priority
We have 6 rules – our #1 rule is "The patient always comes first" and the patient truly does come first in our organization. We believe that if you do the right thing for your patients your center will be successful.
2. Find a partner whose leadership has experience on the ground.
Our CEO was a diver medic on the oil rigs and worked his way into wound care hyperbarics. He worked in wound centers for many years before he started this company 14 years ago.
He is the only CEO in this industry that has the intimate knowledge of wound centers that he does and he has built his infrastructure based on that knowledge.
3. Make compliance a priority.
One of our key focus areas is compliance. We conduct daily documentation audits to ensure that your clinic is defendable.
4. Take a long look at the wound center management technology.
We have technology unlike anyone else. We have been on a paperless system for 14 years and have consistently upgraded this system. We understand and provide data and metrics better than anyone else in the industry.
5. Keep the wound center organized.
Our program directors spend more time running the clinic business because we have complication free reporting. They don't spend a majority of their time on reporting like others do so they have more time for the business.
6. Make sure that your proformas are realistic.
Our proformas are realistic – 99.7% of our centers meet or exceed the proforma we initially created.
7. Find flexible partners.
We are flexible – we are not a one size fits all company.
8. Work with partners that are dedicated to your success.
You will like working with us. We have a dedicated, hard working team that has many years of wound care experience.
This team works smart to ensure the success of your wound care program.
Our team at Wound Care Advantage has been living and breathing wound healing since 2002. We are different. We are a flexible wound care services company, creating outpatient and inpatient strategies for hospitals. We have a system in place to offer you the wound care services you need, when you need them.
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