South Central Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center at South Central Regional Medical Center has been recognized with a national award for clinical excellence.

Leaders, physicians and clinicians from South Central Regional Medical Center gathered today to celebrate the Center of Distinction award, which was given to South Central Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center by Healogics, the nation’s leading and largest wound care management company.

South Central Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a wound healing rate of at least 91 percent in less than 31 median days. Out of 630 Centers eligible for the Center of Distinction award, 334 achieved this honor in 2017.

Program Director of South Central Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Deborah Myrick, stated, “The mission of our facility is to be wound healing experts; driving wound science, healing and prevention forward to help heal wounds and change lives. We are committed to advancing wound healing with our patients and in our community. Being named a Center of Distinction for Wound Care is an honor and truly shows the dedication of our staff.”

The Wound Care Center® is a member of the Healogics network of nearly 800 Centers, with access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating approximately 2.5 million chronic wounds. South Central Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds which have not healed in a reasonable amount of time. Some of the leading-edge treatments offered at the Wound Care Center include negative pressure wound therapy, debridement, application of cellular-based tissue or skin substitutes to the wound, offloading or total contact casts and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

According to Stacy Street, MD, Medical Director of South Central Wound Care, “Over 1.4 million people are diagnosed with diabetes each year, which totals approximately 3,800 people a day. Of those diagnosed, 25 percent of those will develop a foot ulcer. Regular inspection and good care of the foot can prevent amputations. It is proven that through comprehensive foot programs, such as wound care, amputation rates can be reduced by 85 percent.”

For more information about South Central Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center, please call 601-426-4739. The Wound Care Center is located at 1220 Jefferson Street in Laurel on the ground floor of South Central Regional Medical Center.

(L-R) SCRMC President & CEO, Doug Higginbotham, Clinical Nurse Manager, Leeann Bookout, Program Director, Deborah Myrick, Medical Director of Wound Care, Dr. Stacy Street, and Area Vice President of Healogics, Michael Berry.