Wound Center Named “Center of the Year”!

Trinitas Hospital is proud to announce that The Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine was named “Center of the Year,” and Nada Raiser, Director, was named “Director of the Year” by Praxis Clinical Services*. Praxis provides management services for the development, implementation and operation of over 40 wound healing centers throughout the nation, including the Center at Trinitas.

“This award comes as no surprise,” explained Trinitas President and CEO Gary S. Horan FACHE. “With its healing rate consistently above 90 percent, we have always known that our Wound Center is among the best in the nation, and that our team, headed by Peter Mlynarczyk, MD and Nada Raiser, is unsurpassed.”

According to Jack Rollins, President of Praxis, “These awards recognize Trinitas Hospital's Center for achieving excellence in five key areas - patient satisfaction, effective outcomes, center growth, referring physician satisfaction and innovation. The Center was also recognized for its achievement of over 95% patient satisfaction for patients seen in 2004.”

The Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine at Trinitas Hospital is known throughout the region for its innovation and use of the latest technology to heal wounds that don’t respond to conventional treatment. Many patients who have had months of traditional treatment have found the comprehensive and aggressive plan of care at Trinitas provides improved results within a relatively short period of time. In 2004, the Center reached a 98 percent heal rate for difficult-to-heal wounds.

To this end, the Center further expanded its services with the addition of
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. This procedure provides a safe and non-invasive treatment for patients with difficult wounds, crush injuries, acute burns, bone infection, and radiation injury. Patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy are placed in one of three special chambers at Trinitas that administer a 100 percent oxygen rich environment. The high level of oxygen reaches the wound through the bloodstream, resulting in improved healing, greater blood vessel formation and reduced likelihood of infection. The hyperbaric chambers used by Trinitas are among the largest and most comfortable available today.

 

* Praxis is now part of Diversified Clinical Services. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.diversifiedclinicalservices.com.