Mt. Vernon, IL (October 4, 2024) – SSM Health Wound Care in Mt. Vernon is a dual recipient of RestorixHealth’s Clinical Distinction and Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Awards. Recipients of these awards meet or exceed national quality benchmarks over a set period.
“We are proud to be recognized for the quality of care our wound center provides our patients each day. This achievement reaffirms our commitment to patient experience and optimized outcomes, which can only be accomplished with the effort and dedication of our staff, providers, and support from the hospital. Thank you for trusting us to provide wound care to our community, and we look forward to continuing in our mission to restore health and improve the quality of life – and access to care – for the patients we serve," says Pamela Ford, RN, COC, Program Director at SSM Health Wound Care in Southern Illinois.
RestorixHealth’s Clinical Distinction award recognizes those centers that have demonstrated success by meeting or exceeding patient safety goals along with an above 90% healing rate; while the Patient Satisfaction award recognizes those centers that have met or achieved a patient satisfaction score of 96% or higher.
SSM Health Wound Care in Mt. Vernon 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 a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, and technicians with advanced training in wound care. Integrating a team of wound care professionals optimizes patient care while offering the most advanced healing options for hard-to-heal wounds.
SSM Health Wound Care is located at 4106 S. Water Tower Place in Mt. Vernon and is open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call 618-899-3710.
About SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mt. Vernon
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mt. Vernon, operating in partnership with the Felician Sisters, is a 134-bed hospital and has the most advanced robot surgical system for minimally invasive surgery, a comprehensive neurosciences program, and a pediatric emergency and NICU telemedicine program operated in conjunction with the physicians at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. In 2016, SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital was named a “Best Hospital” by US News and World Report for treatment of congestive heart failure. In recent years, Healthgrades has presented SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital with the Patient Safety Excellence Award, Outstanding Patient Experience Award, and the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence.
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About RestorixHealth
RestorixHealth, the nation’s leading wound care solutions company, develops and operates advanced wound healing centers and provides wound healing direct-care services, education and advanced wound supplies nationwide. Forging strong relationships with their partners, RestorixHealth’s customized wound healing programs and solutions increase the access to care, lower or avoid direct care costs, reduce hospital admissions, improve outcomes and increase patient and partner satisfaction. For more information, visit RestorixHealth.com.
