How A Wound Care Startup Plans To Fill Care Gaps For Home Health Providers

By Patrick Filbin (Home Health Care News)

Home health agencies have long delivered wound care as part of their services.

But their workers are not always equipped with proper training or certifications to meet patients’ wound care needs.

The Wound Company — a startup based in Minneapolis — hopes to bridge that gap by partnering with home health and hospice providers across the country.

“A home care company today is burdened with a growing problem of wound care,” Nima Ahmadi, founder and CEO of The Wound Company, told Home Health Care News. “They’re having more wound care patients than ever before on their doorstep, and they do not have sufficient staffing levels in many cases. Very few home care providers have certified wound and ostomy nurses on staff. That number continues to dwindle despite the growing crisis of wound care that they’re facing.”

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