Diversified Clinical Services(DCS) recognized outstanding clinical outcomes at five Wound Care Centers nationwide. The award is in recognition of meeting or exceeding company benchmarks in: Healing Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction, Outlier Management, Days to Heal, and Access to Care. During 2009, the following  Wound Care Centers received the Center of Distinction Award.<

• Trinity Center for Wound Care
• Christian Hospital Wound Care Center
• The Wound Healing Center at Auburn Regional Medical Center
• Franciscan Wound Care Center
• The Wound Healing Center at Ottumwa Regional
• Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital Center for Wound Management
• Pioneers Wound Care Center
• Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine at Middle Tennessee Medical Center
• The Wound & Hyperbaric Medicine Center of Beverly Hospital
• South Shore Hospital Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine
• Bayshore Community Hospital Wound Care Center
• The Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center
• Atlantic General Hospital Wound Care Center
• Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center
• The Wound Care & Hyperbaric Oxygen Center at Pikeville Medical Center
• Rex Wound Healing Center of Raleigh
• Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine, at Pasco Regional Medical Center

Because of the Wound Care Center’s outstanding performance, Diversified Clinical Services Inc. (DCS) presented the Center of Distinction Award Program Director to Kim Jernigan and her team. Of 285 hospitals, the CMC-Union Wound Care Center is of only 12 Centers that met or exceeded the stringent award requirements this term.

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The idea that humans might be able to replicate animals is not new, and biologists have spent years trying to apply that process to humans, both in tissues and entire limbs. As an undergrad at Tulane University, Robert A. Warriner, III, MD, researched limb regeneration in mammals, specifically focusing on the North American opossum, which has embryonic hind limbs. Warriner and his classmates found that, the younger the tissue, the better the odds of regeneration capability.

Now chief medical officer for Diversified Clinical Services, an outsource wound management provider headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Warriner understands that humans still are quite far from the ability to regenerate the most basic cells without a great deal of scientific intervention.

They said it would heal faster, so I was all for it,” Peterson said. "It’s doing great because I was really close to losing my foot. Every time I go there, they say it is getting better.” Julie Ramick, a nurse and technician, said patients breathe 100 percent oxygen while inside the chamber. People normally inhale air that’s about 21 percent oxygen, she said. "It supersaturates the blood with oxygen, and that gets into the wound area,” she said. "After about 10 treatments, you start to see a difference, because it regenerates even the smallest blood vessels.”

We are excited to have added this important service to our continuum of care," said Steve Geidt, chief executive officer, Saddleback Memorial Medical Center. "Not only does the wound center complement the quality care already available at the hospital, but it fills an important need in the in the community. In the past, people may have had to travel long distances to receive this level of wound care. Now we offer the latest techniques right here in our own community."

Congratulations to Dr. Walter Conlan, III, Medical Director at the Wound Care Center® at South Seminole Hospital. He has been welcomed to join the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Wound Management (AAWM).

The American Academy of Wound Management is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization established for the purpose of credentialing inter-disciplinary practitioners in the field of wound management. The organization was founded by individuals with years of experience in wound care who are dedicated to helping patients who suffer from acute and chronic wounds of various etiology. The board of advisors is an interdisciplinary panel of experts in the field of wound care consisting of practitioners, academicians and researchers. The American Academy of Wound Management is a full voting member of the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA).

The purpose of the American Academy of Wound Management is to establish and administer a certification process to elevate the standard of care across the continuum of wound management. The Academy is dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach in promoting prevention, care and treatment of acute and chronic wounds.

The Wound Care Center at South Seminole Hospital is managed by Diversified Clinical Services.