Wound Care Advantage

A Patron Saint For Wound Care….

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:51:18 +0000

Over this past weekend, a true hero, a priest from the 1800’s was canonized, or identified as a saint, for his work with the victims of leporsy, now known as Hansen’s disease. The treatment of this disease was, in many ways, a precursor to the work we do in chronic wound care today. In the late [...]

Mini-Tom…

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:54:50 +0000

Tom our reserved and often restrained Director of Safety, was caught on camera giving signals to a crane operator at a Hyperbaric Chamber installation in CA. Combine that with the creative power of Samantha, our Director of Technical Development, and you get “Mini-Tom”. Since Tom is on a four month sabbatical, this is the next [...]

Station Fire….

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:13:21 +0000

As many of you know, over the last several days, we have been contending with intensive out of control fires in the foothills here. The fires have been very close to our Verdugo Hills Hospital facility. From our Wound Care Program and the Hyperbaric room, we have watched the efforts to stop this fire play out [...]

Hyperbaric Chambers Are Not Bags!

Mike Comer — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:15:28 +0000

This brief mention on Hyperbaric Chambers from WIRED Magazine, highlights the ongoing lack of education regarding the proven benefits of Hyperbaric Medicine.

How a Knucklehead Started a Wound Care Company…

Mike Comer — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:23:51 +0000

I was asked the other day to blog about my background and how I got involved in wound care. This is my attempt at describing the fantastic ride I have been on for the last eighteen years. When I founded Wound Care Advantage in 2002, I had come from several unique experiences in our industry. I [...]

Wound Care Advantage

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:13:29 +0000

Over eighty-million people were born between 1946 and 1964. This translates into the largest number of seniors ever experienced in the United States. These seniors are also experiencing the highest levels of Diabetes, Vascular Disease, Obesity and wounds ever seen in our history. Over the next two decades these baby-boomers will put an unprecedented strain on [...]

Wound Telemedicine

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:57 +0000

When you close your eyes and try to imagine health care of the future, what does it look like? For me the answer to that question was always a Jestons like TV screen where a doctor would immediately speak with me face to face, solve my problem, and have my medicine sent to me without ever [...]

Health Care Reform

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:53:57 +0000

Over the past few weeks I have been reading a book entitled; “The Innovators Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for HealthCare by Clayton M. Christensen, and I can’t help but feel that the solution the authors advocate is almost a direct description of out-patient Wound Care Programs. The book outlines a disruptive approach that allows patients [...]

Wound Care Contracts

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:39:56 +0000

How long is your contract? This past week WCA was asked to review a program to determine what if any improvements need to be made. We were shocked to find out that the hospital had a fifteen year contract with the management company. Is it just us or does that seem ridiculous? Now more than ever, [...]

Wound Care Management

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:24:25 +0000

During the last few months we have received several calls from Hospitals that have a current Wound Care and or a Hyperbaric Program looking for more cost effective models. Many are currently with a management company with the contract coming to an end, and they don’t know if they have the needed tools and skills [...]