Current State of
Wound Care
Wound Care
This percentage of people over 65 years of age have open wounds.
What is 3%.
This number represents how many patients Woundtech has served to date.
What is 3.5 million patients.
Woundtech aims to begin care within this timeframe after receiving a referral.
What is 24-72 hours.
The presence of this may be a key factor in a complex wound.
What is infection.
This is the minimum number of advanced wound care products available to Woundtech providers.
What is 125.
This is the number of Medicare beneficiaries who suffer from non-healing wounds.
What is 8.2 million.
This percentage of Woundtech patients are complex patients.
What is 87%.
When Woundtech is working in partnership with a home health agency, there is no duplication of these.
What are services.
In addition to vascularity, this may be compromised in a complex wound.
What is necrosis.
This is the name of the procedure to remove debris and unhealthy tissue on the wound to promote healing.
What is debridement.
This is the 2023 industry benchmark for average days to heal a wound for discharged patients.
What is 107.
This is the most prevalent comorbidity experienced by Woundtech patients.
What is hypertension.
This is the average number of visits a Woundtech patient needs to heal.
What is 17 visits.
This percentage of untreated diabetic wounds result in amputation.
What is 30%.
This is the name of the device used to relieve pressure from affected wounds, promoting healing.
What is an off-loading device.
This is the hospital readmission rate for Medicare patients with chronic wounds.
What is 24%.
This is the most common wound type treated by Woundtech.
What is pressure injury? (26.1%)
This is the average number of minutes a Woundtech provider spends per visit with each patient.
What is 36.6 minutes.
This is the name of the grading scale for wound staging.
What is the Wagner Grading Scale.
This is the final phase of the wound healing process that can last up to 2 years.
What is maturation.
It is believed that social and environmental conditions account for what percentage of health outcomes.
What is 80%.
This wound type benefits from the most cost savings with Woundtech treatment.
Arterial Ulcer (70.9%)
Woundtech’s wound care delivery is compartmentalized into 3 treatment stages. Name the third stage.
What is long-term care.
These types of injuries are staged from 1 to 4, based on severity.
What are pressure injuries.
Wounds are measured using a single-use paper measuring tape. What is the name of this assessment?
What is a three-dimensional assessment.