Highpoint Health Wound Care – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas has received the prestigious Center of Distinction award by Healogics®, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. For the sixth year in a row, Highpoint Health Wound Care achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months and maintained a patient satisfaction rate higher than 92 percent. This recognition is a testament to the exceptional care and dedication demonstrated by the center’s physicians, leaders, and clinicians.

Since her start with Highpoint Health Wound Care – Sumner in 2017, Elizabeth Sharp, RN, program director, has led her team to receive the Center of Distinction award each year. Sharp and the team of nurses and board-certified wound care specialists value the importance of a patient's healing experience, striving to make it as comfortable as possible.

"Our team uses evidence-based medicine to deliver quality wound care to the community,” Sharp said.  “The recent partnership with Ascension Saint Thomas will only heighten our abilities here by increasing our resources so that we are able to find, treat, and heal more wounds."

 Highpoint Health Wound Care is a member of the Healogics network of over 600 designated wound care centers and offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections, and other chronic wounds. Achieving Center of Distinction honors means 9 out of 10 patients leave extremely satisfied with their care.

 Advanced wound care modalities provided by Highpoint Health Wound Care experts include negative pressure wound therapy, total contact casting, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings, and growth factor therapies. Highpoint Health Wound Care also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, a key factor in healing and distinctive service of the center. It works by surrounding the patient with 100 percent oxygen to help rebuild tissue and fight infection, accelerating wound healing.

Brandon Mewbourne, MD, medical director of Highpoint Health Wound Care is a highly qualified and experienced general surgeon. Since joining Highpoint Health – Sumner in 2007, Mewbourne has gained extensive knowledge treating patients living in this area and fully understands the critical importance of providing quality care close to home.

"Highpoint Health Wound Care offers some of the best healing services in the region,” Mewbourne said. “Through personalized care plans and compassionate treatment, we not only heal wounds but also ensure that patients look forward to their visits with us.” 

Though Highpoint Health Wound Care conveniently serves the populations of Middle Tennessee, it is known as a destination center, with patients traveling from Southern Indiana; Huntsville, Alabama; Lawrenceburg, Tennessee; and several parts of Kentucky as well. For more information and to schedule an appointment, visitHighpointHealthSystem.com/Wound-Care or call 615.328.3808.

About Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas

Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas, part of Lifepoint Health, is a regional health system dedicated to making communities healthier in northern Middle Tennessee. It is composed of Highpoint Health – Sumner, the 167-bed flagship hospital, and Highpoint Health – Sumner Station located in Gallatin; Highpoint Health – Riverview, a 35-bed critical access hospital in Carthage, and Highpoint Health – Trousdale, a 25-bedcritical access hospital in Hartsville. The system's innovative partnership with Ascension Saint Thomas brings together the organizations’ clinical excellence, best practices, and talented caregivers to collaborate in new ways that improve access to high quality clinical programs and specialty care for patients and communities. To learn more, visit https://www.highpointhealthsystem.com.

About Healogics

Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year, over 300,000 patients received advanced wound care through a network of over 600 Wound Care Centers®. Healogics also partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for patients with chronic wounds and provides inpatient consults at more than 60 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 offers peer-reviewed research and advanced analytics in the pursuit of better outcomes and a better way to provide care.