Clinical and Financial Efficiency for Home Care
OUR SOLUTIONS® PROGRAM(S)
ConvaTec evidence-based products and standardized protocols can help you improve clinical outcomes while saving time and money.
- Products to save time and money by improving clinical outcomes.
- Solutions® Algorithms for Skin and Wound Care provides you with a series of standardized, content-validated guidelines that can positively influence treatment and cost-effectiveness.
- Also available: Expert Guide, interactive tools, and a Customer Implementation Guide
- Clinical efficiency
Comparison of healing times with conventional treatment and standardized protocols:1
| Condition |
Healing Times |
| |
Conventional Treatment |
Standardized Protocols |
| Diabetic foot ulcer |
174 weeks |
10 weeks |
| Venous ulcer |
105 weeks |
6 weeks |
| Pressure ulcer |
172 weeks |
7.3 weeks |
| Surgical wound |
29 weeks |
3 weeks |
| A review of conventional vs standardized would care protocols of care between 1999 and 2003 using a ConvaTec formulary and protocols adapted from Solutions® Algorithms for Skin and Wound Care. |
- Financial efficiency
Comparison of labor and material cost used in conventional treatment and standardized protocols:1
- Evidence-based education and tools
- Physician Marketing Assistance to engage physicians in learning about the benefits of modern wound care
- Strong, ongoing relationships with distributors to ensure timely access to products
- Comprehensive wound assessment and documentation training
- Challenging Wound Care Cases presentation
- Comprehensive product in-servicing
- Wound Classifications and Interventions Program
References [+]
- McIsaac C. Managing wound care outcomes. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2005;51(4):54-68.