Central Region wound care centers receive clinical excellence awards

MidState Medical Center (MMC) and The Hospital of Central Connecticut (HOCC) received awards for clinical excellence from Healogics, the nation’s leading and largest wound-care management company.

HOCC won its first Center of Distinction Award for outstanding clinical metrics for 2016. MidState received a Center of Excellence Award for outstanding clinical metrics for two consecutive years. To qualify for the awards, wound-care centers must receive patient satisfaction scores of 92 percent or higher and a wound-healing rate of at least 91 percent in fewer than 31 median days over the course of 12 months.

Val Dimiero, area vice president of Healogics, and Rick Prall, senior vice president for Healogics, presented the

hospitals’ awards to Gary Havican, Central Region vice president of operations, and Cathy Stevens, Central Region vice president of patient care services, at the MidState MediQuick location on Pomeroy Avenue in Meriden.