Press Release: For Immediate Release
University of Virginia Health System and University Physician Group partners with WoundCentrics to provide advanced wound care services.
The University of Virginia Health System (UVA Health) and University Physician Group have engaged WoundCentrics of New Braunfels, Texas to implement and oversee an advanced wound care program for its Transitional Care Hospital (TCH) in Charlottesville, Virginia. TCH is a Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) serving medically complex patients with an average length of stay of 25 days or greater.
WoundCentrics offers an inpatient wound care program designed for LTACHs that coordinates care with the high acuity patients that the Hospital manages. WoundCentrics will begin to provide services later this year.
“We are very excited to partner with an academic institution like UVA Health and the experienced administrative and clinical team at UVA Transitional Care Hospital,” stated Stuart Oertli, Chief Operating Officer at WoundCentrics. “This unique partnership will allow us to train UPGs designated wound care provider(s) through our Wound Care University and allow UVA, UPG, and TCH to develop care pathways across the continuum of care.”
WoundCentrics is a full-service wound care management and services company that has been operating since 2008 and currently operates in 12 states and more than 50 facilities including acute care, hospital outpatient departments, long-term acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, and free-standing clinics. For more information on WoundCentrics visit the website at www.woundcentrics.com.
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