Transitioning Patients from Acute Care to Long-term Care

Faculty: William Ennis, DO, MBA, FACOS; Meneses Patricio, PhD; Mary Vargas, LPN; and Marianne Gainer, RN

Description:Patients with chronic wounds often begin their journey through the medical system with a visit to the wound clinic. On the initial visit, decisions need to be made concerning any potential needs for surgical intervention or hospitalization for medical complications. Patients at a 700-bed, level 1 trauma center have been treated for 7 years within a comprehensive wound program. Wound care is managed from clinic to the inpatient and subacute wound care stay. Members of the wound team will present data detailing this program’s economic, clinical, and quality-of-life outcomes.

Credits: 1.5