Jupiter Medical Center Receives Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Recognized with National Awards for Excellence

The Jupiter Medical Center Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine program recently was honored with two awards by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. First, the program received the Center of Distinction Award in recognition of its outstanding clinical outcomes, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a wound healing rate of at least 91 percent in less than 30 median days to heal. The center also was named a Robert A. Warriner III, MD, Center of Excellence in recognition of achieving status as a Center of Distinction for a minimum of two consecutive years. The award is named for a pioneer in wound care and the former chief medical officer for Healogics. The Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine program at Jupiter Medical Center takes a multi-disciplinary approach to healing complex wounds. Therapies offered include bio-engineered skin substitutes; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; negative pressure wound therapy; biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies.

About Jupiter Medical Center

A not-for-profit 327-bed regional medical center consisting of 207 private acute-care hospital beds and 120 long-term care, sub-acute rehabilitation and Hospice beds, Jupiter Medical Center is reimagining how to restore the community’s health and wellness. Award-winning physicians, world-class partnerships and innovative techniques and technology enable Jupiter Medical Center to provide a broad range of services with specialty concentrations in cardiology, oncology, imaging, orthopedics & spine, digestive health, emergency and pediatric services, lung & thoracic, women’s health, weight management and men’s health. Founded in 1979, Jupiter Medical Center has approximately 1,650 team members, 637 physicians and 640 volunteers. Jupiter Medical Center continues to perform in the top 10 percent of hospitals for patient quality and satisfaction. For more information on Jupiter Medical Center, please call 561-263-2234 or visit Jupitermed.com.