The Wound Healing Center of the Berkshires at NARH01:31PM / Tuesday, October 20, 2009
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - North Adams Regional Hospital will open The Wound Healing Center of the Berkshires at NARH on Monday, November 16, to offer state-of-the-art wound healing services. The Wound Healing Center will specialize in the treatment of chronic wounds and non-responsive conditions.
Created in partnership with National Healing Corporation, one of the nation's largest wound care management companies, it will offer hospital-based outpatient wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, as well as disease management and diabetes care.
The Wound Healing Center will also offer highly specialized treatments including negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered skin substitutes, biological and biosynthetic dressings, and growth factor therapies.
The Center is located on the ground floor of NARH in newly constructed space.
Kelly Morse, RN, BSN, BBA, CHPN, has been named program director to lead the Wound Healing Center. Morse brings nearly 30 years of healthcare experience to the center. As program director, Morse will be responsible for all aspects of the center’s operation including ensuring quality patient care, recruiting and hiring, compliance with federal and state guidelines, budgeting and fiscal policies and marketing and sales.
A resident of Hancock, Mass., Morse most recently was with Hospice Services of Western Massachusetts as its Director of Clinical Services. She is medical director for the Town of Hancock Board of Health.
Morse is a Certified Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse, a Hospice and Palliative Care National Clinical Trainer, a Sudden Infant Death Counselor, an HIV Counselor, and a Blood Born Pathogen Trainer.
Adams (Mass.) resident Ruth Lennon, BSN, WOCN, will serve as the Wound Healing Center’s clinical nurse manager. A certified wound care nurse with 10 years of experience in the specialty, Lennon will be responsible for all clinical aspects of the center including providing continuity of care for patients, integrating new therapies into care and training new personnel, reviewing and reporting on patient outcomes, and ensuring quality of care.
Lennon most recently served as case manager at Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of Northern Berkshire where she assisted with the creation of its wound care program. She holds a bachelor‘s degree in nursing from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and has 14 years of service in diversified nursing and administration.
About National Healing Corporation
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., with offices in Tampa, Fla., and Louisville, Ky., National Healing Corporation provides management services and the latest technology and expertise in wound healing to its client hospitals to establish quality wound healing programs. The Joint Commission has awarded National Healing Disease-Specific Care Certification for wound care. Committed to health care compliance and best practice medicine, National Healing emphasizes these priorities in its extensive clinical and business training programs. The privately-held company accounts for 30 percent of all managed and outsourced wound centers in the United States.
For more information, please visit www.nationalhealing.com. |
