Wound Company Launches With $4.25M to Fix Inequities in Wound Care

by Syed Hamza Sohail (HIT Consultant)

What You Should Know:

Making a Change with Evidence-Based Wound-Care 

The US is experiencing an amputation epidemic due to diabetic foot ulcers and other serious wounds. Despite medical advancements, Americans are amputating double the number of limbs today than during the Civil War. About 50% of lower extremity amputations would have been preventable if patients with type 2 diabetes and foot ulcers had access to better healthcare. This issue is one of the problems The Wound Company is solving for. 

Often providers need more wound care expertise or, due to understaffing, don’t have time to offer comprehensive care continuously, leaving patients to figure it out on their own. This leads to wound care patients returning to the hospital due to improper wound care. But it can be prevented. 

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