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SSM Health Wound Care in Mt. Vernon is a dual recipient of RestorixHealth’s Clinical Distinction and Excellence in Patient Satisfaction Awards. Recipients of these awards meet or exceed national quality benchmarks over a set period.

“We are proud to be recognized for the quality of care our wound center provides our patients each day. This achievement reaffirms our commitment to patient experience and optimized outcomes, which can only be accomplished with the effort and dedication of our staff, providers, and support from the hospital. Thank you for trusting us to provide wound care to our community, and we look forward to continuing in our mission to restore health and improve the quality of life – and access to care – for the patients we serve," says Pamela Ford, RN, COC, Program Director at SSM Health Wound Care in Southern Illinois.

RestorixHealth’s Clinical Distinction award recognizes those centers that have demonstrated success by meeting or exceeding patient safety goals along with an above 90% healing rate; while the Patient Satisfaction award recognizes those centers that have met or achieved a patient satisfaction score of 96% or higher.

SSM Health Wound Care in Mt. Vernon is dedicated to optimizing outcomes and preventing lower limb loss in patients with non-healing wounds. The approach to wound care is aggressive and comprehensive, coordinating traditional and advanced therapies and techniques that are proven to reduce healing time and improve healing rates.

The center is staffed with a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, and technicians with advanced training in wound care. Integrating a team of wound care professionals optimizes patient care while offering the most advanced healing options for hard-to-heal wounds.

SSM Health Wound Care is located at 4106 S. Water Tower Place in Mt. Vernon and is open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, please call 618-899-3710.