Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine receives distinguished award

||| FROM LARA MORONEY for ISLAND HEALTH |||

Anacortes, WA―Island Health is honored to announce Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s highest achievement, the 2023 Distinguished Center of Excellence Award. Recipients of this prestigious award meet or exceed national wound care quality benchmarks over a set period of time.

The Distinguished Center of Excellence Award sets apart centers that have demonstrated exceptional success, for two consecutive award periods within one year, by meeting or exceeding clinical and operational benchmarks in several categories, including healing benchmarks and adherence to clinical practice pathways, along with a patient satisfaction rate of 96% or higher.

“This achievement reaffirms our mission through our partnership with RestorixHealth to improve the health and quality of life for those in our community with wounds,” said Chief Medical Officer Jason Hogge, MD. “We are proud to be recognized for the outstanding care that Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine staff provides its patients every day.”

Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine is dedicated to optimizing outcomes and preventing lower limb loss in patients with non-healing wounds. The approach to wound care is aggressive and comprehensive, coordinating traditional and advanced therapies and techniques that are proven to reduce healing time and improve healing rates.

The center is staffed with clinicians with advanced training in wound care and hyperbaric medicine. Integrating a team of wound care professionals optimizes patient care, while offering the most advanced healing options.

Island Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine is located in the Lower Level of the 25^th Street Building at Island Health and is open Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. For more information, please call 360.899.4600.