An Integrated Approach to Wound Healing

• Problem: Building a team to manage  wounds across all healthcare settings (Including: Primary Care, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Home Care, Hospitals, and Clinic settings).
• How it was solved: Providing evidence which supports the benefits to an organization having a wound management team (i.e. support patient outcomes, cost resource utilization, limb salvage). Building the team through networking, advocating, collaborating, and trust between the members.
• Discovered: Members on the team will drive the outcomes, advances in specialty care can make the difference, managing costs associated with prevention and management of wounds to promote cost resource utilization.  
• Learned: Growth mindset, team diversity, improved patient outcomes/satisfaction, and reduced cost for organizations.

Target Audience: Nurses, physical therapists, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals interested in wound care.

At the completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• The learner will be able to clearly identify what is meant by "I' in TEAM.  
• The learner will be able to recognize different members of a wound management team and discuss the importance of the “I” in team.
• The learner will be able to show how a wound management team can benefit an organization. (i.e. reducing amputation (limb salvage), saving money, improving patient satisfaction and outcomes).
• The learner will be able to evaluate ways in which an organization, the members of a wound management team, the product procurement/usage/cost, and the outcomes are all related to one another.
• The learner will be able to describe a growth mindset.

Course Originally Released on: 5/7/2024
Date of Most Recent Review: 5/31/2027
Course Termination/ Update Date: 5/31/2027

Accreditation Information

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.