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    Published on September 05, 2024

    Owensboro Health Wound Center Receives Excellence and Distinction Awards

    Wound Center Award

    Owensboro Health is proud to announce that Owensboro Health Wound Center, a department of Owensboro Health Regional Hospital at the Triplett Medical Building, along with Owensboro Health Wound Center in Beaver Dam, has been awarded the Healogics® 2024 Robert A. Warriner III, Clinical Excellence Award!

    This award goes out to eligible Healogics® Wound Care Centers® that have a Wound Adjusted Comprehensive Healing Rate of 83% or higher from December 2023 to November 2024. In addition to meeting the target Wound Adjusted Comprehensive Healing Rate of 83%, Clinical Excellence Award recipients must also meet all criteria necessary under the Healogics® Center of Distinction criterion to be considered for the award, which includes:

    • A patient satisfaction rate greater than or equal to 92%
    • Having an outlier rate less than or equal to 16%

    Lisa Gentry, Nurse Manager of Owensboro Health Wound Care states that “our team provides excellent care on a daily basis to improve the health of our community” and that “this award signifies the level of excellence that we provide to our patients” and “validates that that we are healing wounds and changing our patient’s lives for the better.

    Twin Lakes Wound Care Team

    In addition to this award, Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Wound Care Center also received the 2023 Center of Distinction Award. Michelle Gore, Clinical Nurse Manager at Twin Lakes Wound Care Center, notes that the “center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including a patient satisfaction rate higher than 92 percent” and that “although we are honored to receive this award, nothing takes the place of providing the best care to our patients on a daily basis. It is most rewarding to see the many great outcomes and seeing patients enjoying their lives to the fullest.”

    Owensboro Health Wound Center is proud to offer a wide array of wound healing services and treatments. Care for pressure injuries, burns, infections, blisters, and diabetic wounds, along with specialized treatments and services such as Lymphedema therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and other advanced wound care modalities, are among the many wound care options offered by our experienced team.

    This is all part of Owensboro Health’s commitment to providing the most advanced and expert care close to home!

    For more information about wound care services or to find a provider or location near you, please visit OwensboroHealth.org/WoundCare.

    About Owensboro Health

    Owensboro Health is a nonprofit health system with a mission to heal the sick and to improve the health of the communities it serves in Kentucky and Indiana. The system includes Owensboro Health Regional Hospital, nationally recognized for design, architecture and engineering; Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital; Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center; the Owensboro Health Medical Group comprised of over 350 providers at more than 30 locations; three outpatient Healthplex facilities, a certified medical fitness facility, the Healthpark; a weight management program, and the Mitchell Memorial Cancer Center.

    On average each year, we have more than 19,000 inpatient admissions, deliver 2,000 babies and provide the region’s only Level III NICU. Owensboro Health physicians perform nearly 33,000 surgical procedures, including nearly 150 open-heart surgeries. Our physicians and staff have 90,000 Emergency Department visits and more than 1.25 million outpatient visits annually. Visit our home page for more information.