HOW WE DO IT

Achieve standardization of care with our holistic approach

The individuals you care for may be at high risk for skin breakdown or have existing skin damage. But when staff feels overwhelmed by product options, limited time and lack of knowledge, skin health becomes guesswork. Standardizing care makes it easier to make skin health second nature. We help by focusing on three key areas:

People

Our specialists help empower bedside staff to follow best practices, better communicate with providers and get buy-in from patients and families.

Process

We work with you to create clinical guidelines based on the latest research and information from leading organizations such as NPIAP, ISTAP, WOCN Society, CARS and IWII.

Products

We help create a standardized and simple formulary with a system of products that’s multifunctional to help avoid confusion, optimize ordering and eliminate inefficiencies.

Clinical guidelines are key to better skin health management

We customize clinical guidelines with your integrated formulary to help you:

  1. Promote standardization. Evidence-based practices drive clinical and operational efficiencies
  2. Seamless onboarding. Every team member has the same, simple guidance they need, easily accessible, so onboarding is easier and retention is higher.
  3. Lower costs. Proper skin injury classification leads to the right interventions and product usage, reducing healing times, labor and product expenses.
  4. Better communication. Reliable, always-there guidance empowers caregivers to bridge communication gaps between providers, patients and families.
CASE STUDY

Reducing care variation leads to faster healing

Riverside Healthcare realized they had too many products, disorganized caregiver training and a hodgepodge of protocols. They turned to Medline for help. After implementing our approach, they saw a decrease in days to healing: diabetic foot ulcers reduced from 86 to 40 days and arterial ulcers from 78 to 30 days. Discover more about their positive turnaround in the full case study.1

Make skin health second nature™

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