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                  FORREST CITY MEDICAL CENTER’S WOUND CARE CENTER RECOGNIZED WITH NATIONAL PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE AWARD FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE



                  Forrest City, AR, March 21, 2019 –
                  Forrest City Medical Center physicians, leaders and clinicians gathered recently to celebrate the President’s Circle award, which was given to the FCMC Wound Care Center in recognition of a Center of Distinction with outstanding performance. The Center was awarded this prestigious honor by Healogics, the nation's largest provider of advanced wound care services. Forrest City Medical Center’s Wound Care Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a minimum wound healing rate of at least 91 percent within 30 median days to heal. There were 621 Centers eligible for the Center of Distinction award, but only 10 Centers achieved this honor.

                  “We are extremely proud of the staff in our Wound Care Center for working so diligently to achieve such high standards in clinical outcomes,” remarked Forrest City Medical Center’s CEO, Kevin Decker. “Our Wound Care Center has only been in operation for a couple of years, so for us to receive this Center of Distinction recognition is a remarkable achievement.” The FCMC Wound Care Center opened and began accepting patients in December of 2016.

                  The program director for the FCMC Wound Care Center is Forrest City native Allison Shafer. “We had been aware that our clinical outcomes had been high enough to earn us the Center of Distinction recognition,” said Shafer. “What we didn’t know until we received the call from Healogics was that we were also awarded the President’s Circle Award. That is a huge achievement and it’s a great indication of the quality care our staff provides for our patients.”

                  The FCMC Wound Care Center is a member of the Healogics network of nearly 700 Wound Care Centers® and provides access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating approximately 2.5 million chronic wounds. FCMC’s Wound Care Center 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. Leading edge treatments at the Center include negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies. The Center also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which works by surrounding the patient with 100 percent oxygen to help progress the healing of the wound.


                  About Healogics

                  Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year over 330,000 patients received advanced wound care through a nationwide network of nearly 700 Wound Care Centers®. The Healogics team is made up of almost 3,000 employees, 4,000 affiliated physicians and a Healogics Specialty Physician practice group of nearly 300. 

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