Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics at Catawba Valley
Medical Center Names Program Director
Center specializing in chronic wounds scheduled to open in early November
HICKORY, NC –Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics
at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., has named Richard Taylor
as Program Director. Prior to being named as program director, Taylor
served for over three years at Health Care Solutions as a medical equipment
and testing representative.
Created in partnership with National Healing Corporation, one of the nation’s
largest wound care management companies, Catawba Valley Center for Wound
Healing and Hyperbarics, located at 1501 Tate Medical Commons, Suite 105,
is scheduled to open in early November. The center will specialize in
the treatment of chronic wounds and non-responsive conditions and offer
hospital-based outpatient wound care as well as disease management and
diabetes care.
Taylor brings to the position 16 years of scientific and medical marketing
experience and will be responsible for all aspects of the center’s
operations including ensuring quality patient care, recruiting and hiring,
compliance with federal and state guidelines, budgeting and fiscal policies,
as well as marketing and sales.
A Hickory resident, Taylor received a Bachelor of Science degree from Francis
Marion College in Florence, S.C. and a Master of Science in biology from
Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. The Catawba Valley Center
for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics will offer highly advanced treatments
including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered
skin substitutes, biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth factor
therapies. For more information, call the Catawba Valley Center for Wound
Healing and Hyperbarics at 828/485-0924.
About National Healing Corporation
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., National Healing
Corporation provides management services and the latest technology and
expertise in wound healing to its client hospitals to establish quality
wound healing programs. The Joint Commission has awarded National Healing
Disease-Specific Care Certification for wound care. Committed to health
care compliance and best practice medicine, National Healing emphasizes
these priorities in its extensive clinical and business training programs.
The privately-held company accounts for approximately 30 percent of all
wound centers in the United States. For more information, please visit
http://www.nationalhealing.com.
About Catawba Valley Medical Center
Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., is the region’s largest
not-for-profit, public healthcare system and serves the community without
direct funding from taxes. CVMC provides and promotes physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving
as a center for health education, wellness services, preventive medicine
and acute care. CVMC has received three Magnet designations from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center and has been recognized for providing “An
Outstanding Inpatient Experience” for a fourth consecutive year
by J.D. Power and Associates. For more information, please visit
http://www.catawbavalleymedical.org.