Ashley Regional Medical Center Adds Wound Care Services

VERNAL, UT (December 12, 2024) – Ashley Regional Medical Center (ARMC) wound care services are now open, offering advanced wound care for people living with chronic, non-healing wounds. Ashley Regional Medical Center has partnered with Healogics, the nation’s leading provider of advanced, chronic wound care services. Healogics is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and has a nationwide network of over 600 Wound Care Centers®.

It is estimated that chronic wounds affect 6.7 million people in the U.S. and that number is rising, fueled by an aging population and increasing rates of conditions such as diabetes, obesity and the late effects of radiation therapy.  If left untreated chronic wounds can lead to diminished quality of life and possibly amputation of the affected limb.

“Ashley Regional is committed to providing high quality care in Vernal, so patients can stay close to home,” said Alan Olive, CEO at Ashley Regional. “The addition of wound care services will further help reduce the amount of travel patients need to do to fully heal. It’s a privilege to serve our community and we are excited to bring wound care to Vernal.”  

The ARMC Wound Care Center offers an evidence-based, systematic approach to advanced wound care. A patient’s individualized treatment plan may include specialized wound dressings, debridement, compression therapy, advanced cellular products and topical growth factors, edema management and/or non-invasive vascular assessment. These treatments are the result of a team approach between the Center’s physicians, nurses and the referring physician. A treatment plan is developed and scheduled based on the patient’s needs. Once treatment is complete, the patient will return to their primary physician to continue routine care.

Additionally, ARMC’s wound care will be equipped with Healogics newest technologies: Clinical Optimization^SM and Decision Support^SM. These applications on Healogics’ WoundSuite^SM platform, enable the critical connection between people living with chronic wounds and their multi-disciplinary healthcare team for collaborative, evidence-based, patient-centered care.

The wound care clinical program director Mallori Fuller RN, BSN stated, “I am excited to be a part of this service in our community. High quality wound care has been a long term need I have recognized in patients I’ve served.” Wounds can be very debilitating to the quality of life for many individuals. Fuller continued, “Our doctors are dedicated to providing compassionate specialized care. The Basin will greatly benefit from the standard of care that comes from working with Healogics and their advanced treatment options.”

Likely candidates for treatment at the Center are those suffering from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections, compromised skin grafts and flaps, and wounds that haven't healed within a reasonable time frame. People with wounds that have not improved with traditional methods of treatment may benefit from a visit to the Ashley Regional Wound Care Center. No referral is needed, so call today 435.545.4572.

About Healogics

Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year over 350,000 patients received advanced wound care through a nationwide network of over 600 Wound Care Centers®. The Healogics team is made up of almost 3,000 employees, 4,000 affiliated physicians and a Healogics Specialty Physician practice group of nearly 300. In addition to the company’s network of outpatient Centers, Healogics partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for patients with chronic wounds, and provides inpatient consults at more than 80 partner hospitals. As the industry leader, Healogics has the largest repository of chronic wound-specific patient data in the country. The Healogics Wound Science Initiative, an effort launched in 2017 to provide peer-reviewed research, recognizes the value and relevance of big data and advanced analytics to drive continuous, collaborative learning towards a better understanding of how to efficiently utilize healthcare resources for patients with wounds. For additional information, please visit Healogics.com.

About Ashley Regional Medical Center

Through its 39-bed, Joint Commission-accredited acute care facility and physician practices, Ashley Regional Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient services to the populations of Uintah, Duchesne and Daggett counties in Utah and Rio Blanco County in Colorado. Ashley Regional has been serving the Basin for more than 80 years and is a designated Level IV trauma center, an Accredited Chest Pain Center and has been designated as a Stroke Receiving Facility by the Utah State Department of Health. The healthcare workers provide safe, high-quality patient care across labor and delivery, surgery, imaging, outpatient care, the 24/7/365 emergency room and many other specialties. Ashley Regional has been recognized for excellence in quality indicators and measures, including being named a Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital for eight consecutive years by Chartis Center for Rural Health and a 100 Top Hospital by Fortune/PINC AI for two consecutive years. Ashley Regional also received a Leapfrog ‘A’ grade for Fall 2024.