HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas (August 9, 2024) – Seton Medical Center Harker Heights is proud to announce the opening of the Wound Healing Center. The Wound Healing Center, a member of the Healogics network, is helping raise awareness of people at risk for chronic wounds and the advanced treatments offered. The incidence of chronic wounds is rising due to our aging population and increasing rates of diseases. A person with a wound has an average of three to four chronic conditions like diabetes, PAD, cardiovascular disease and COPD. Wounds, sores or ulcers can be the result of these health problems. After a non-healing or chronic wound is identified, a plan for healing can be created with a wound care team. The Wound Healing Center offers advanced therapies to patients suffering from chronic wounds.
If left untreated, chronic wounds can lead to diminished quality of life and possibly amputation of the affected limb. Even more alarmingly, 50 percent of people die within five years of amputation.
“We’re proud to partner with Healogics to continue our commitment of providing exceptional health care solutions to meet the needs of our community,” said Mandy Shaiffer, Chief Nursing Officer of Seton Harker Heights. “We’re excited to offer many evidence based treatments for wound care patients from tissues and biologics to technical solutions such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy. We have assembled a very experienced, compassionate and specialty trained staff to serve our patients in this new center.”
To support this underserved and growing population of people living with chronic wounds, the Wound Healing Center offers an evidence-based, systematic approach to advanced wound care. A patient’s individualized treatment plan may include specialized wound dressings, debridement, compression therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, advanced cellular products and topical growth factors, edema management and/or non-invasive vascular assessment. These treatments are the result of a team approach between the Center’s physicians, nurses and the referring physician. A treatment plan is developed and scheduled based on the patient’s needs. Once treatment is complete, the patient will return to their primary physician to continue routine care.
People with wounds that have not improved with traditional treatment methods may benefit from a visit to the Wound Healing Center.
To learn more about the treatments offered, visit https://setonharkerheights.net/services/wound-care/ or schedule an appointment with a provider by calling (254) 618-1020 or visiting https://wellstonepartners.org/find-a-provider/results.
About Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (SMCHH) is an 83-bed acute care hospital that opened in 2012 in Harker Heights, Texas offering an array of services such as Cardiology, Emergency Services, a Level IV Trauma Designated Emergency Room, General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Total Joint Replacement, Gastroenterology, a dedicated Women’s Center, Diagnostic Services and more. We provide exceptional care through collaboration with our associates, physicians, volunteers and community partners. Our award-winning staff provides patient care with dignity and respect. We are Joint Commission Accredited, an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Advanced Primary Stroke Center. SMCHH is a joint venture between the Austin-based Seton Healthcare Family and Nashville-based Ardent Health Services. For more information about SMCHH, visit SetonHarkerHeights.net and Facebook.com/SetonHH.
About Healogics
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year over 300,000 patients received advanced wound care through a network of over 600 Wound Care Centers. Healogics also partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for patients with chronic wounds and provides inpatient consults at more than 60 partner hospitals. As the industry leader, Healogics has the largest repository of chronic wound-specific patient data in the country. The Healogics Wound Science Initiative offers peer-reviewed research and advanced analytics in the pursuit of not only better outcomes but a better way to provide care.