Baptist East Wound Care Center earns Center of Distinction Award.

Patients heal faster at Baptist Hospital East’s Wound Care Center.

For that achievement over the last two years, the Center was honored with Diversified Clinical Services’ Center of Distinction Award. Criteria for the award include meeting or exceeding quality standards for patient healing plus patient satisfaction at 92 percent or above.

The Baptist East Center achieved a 97 percent healing rate, which bests national benchmarks. Center patients typically heal in 24 days (that’s the median).

The Wound Care Center, opened in January 2009, provides comprehensive wound care for people who suffer from non-healing wounds. The center provides full-time wound care, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Since the Center opened, more than 2,300 hyperbaric treatments have been given.