Merit Health Biloxi Wound Healing Services has Received the Center of Distinction Award for 2016

2/19/2017

Wound Healing Services at Merit Health Biloxi has been recognized with a national award for clinical excellence. Merit Health Biloxi Wound Healing Services 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.

Merit Health Biloxi Wound Healing Services 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.

Merit Health Biloxi Wound Healing Services offers specialized, outpatient care for non-healing wounds, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Our team of doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses provide the latest treatments available to promote healing of chronic wounds, prevent amputation of limbs and change lives for the better. Chronic or non-healing wounds affect over 6 million people in the United States every year. Unfortunately, it changes how people live and can often lead to other serious medical conditions.

Merit Health Biloxi Wound Healing Services offers experienced and comprehensive treatment of non-healing wounds to patients on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Merit Health Biloxi

Wound Healing Services treats:

• Bone infections
• Diabetic foot and leg wounds
• Recurring wounds
• Surgical wounds
• Ulcers, including ischemic, pressure and venous stasis
• Wounds association with radiation therapy
• Other conditions such as bites, infections and more
• Other wounds not healing within 2-4 weeks

As a patient, your care will be handled by physicians with advanced training in wound management, nurses specially trained in caring for chronic wounds, and a support staff that manages all of your scheduling and insurance questions. Please contact Merit Health Biloxi Wound Healing Services today at (228) 392-9995 with any questions or to schedule an appointment.

Merit Health Biloxi is a 153 bed acute care facility with an additional 45 psychiatric beds located in Biloxi, Mississippi. Our mission is the delivery of compassionate and high quality health care services that improve the quality of life for our patients, physicians and the communities we serve.

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