Sonora, CA…The Center for Wound Care at Sonora Regional Medical Center, a member of the Healogics network, is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds. This week is the third annual Wound Care Awareness Week, which is dedicated to educating physicians, patients and the general public about wound care. One of nearly 800 Healogics-managed Centers, the Center for Wound Care at Sonora Regional Medical Center offers advanced therapies to patients suffering from chronic wounds. Wound care centers around the nation are working to spread awareness in their communities about the chronic wound epidemic and advanced wound care solutions.

It is estimated that chronic wounds affect 6.7 million people in the U.S. and the incidence is rising, fueled by an aging population and increasing rates of diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and the late effects of radiation therapy. If left untreated, chronic wounds can lead to diminished quality of life and possibly amputation of the affected limb.

“We see patients who have lived with non-healing wounds because they didn’t know about advanced wound care options,” said Marj Adam, Director at the Center for Wound Care at Sonora Regional Medical Center. “By working with community physicians and educating them about which of their patients can benefit from advanced wound care, we are able to reach those patients with non-healing wounds and provide coordinated care to help them heal.”

People with wounds that have not improved with traditional methods of treatment may benefit from a visit to the Center for Wound Care. Visit www.WoundCareAwareness.com to learn more about Wound Care Awareness Week and to hear from patients about how wound healing changed their life. To schedule an appointment, please call 209-536-5196 or visit www.SonoraMedicalCenter.org.

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About Healogics, Inc.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. Healogics and its affiliated companies manage nearly 800 Wound Care Centers® in the nation and saw approximately 285,000 new patients in 2015 through a connected network of partner hospitals and Wound Care Centers, academic medical centers, and other post‐acute sites. Healogics utilizes an evidence‐based systematic approach to chronic wound healing to treat an underserved and growing patient population. A fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private investment firm, is the majority shareholder of Healogics. For more information, please visit www.healogics.com.

About Sonora Regional Medical Center
Sonora Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit 152-bed health care facility including 72 acute beds, 12 swing beds, 68 skilled nursing beds and a large network of clinics, owned and operated by Adventist Health/Roseville, California. In addition to emergency and acute care services, other Sonora Regional Medical Center services include advanced cardiac care, cancer center, diagnostic imaging, home health, hospice, intensive care, obstetrics, rural health, surgical services, wellness center, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen, and over 20 primary care, urgent care and specialty clinics. The Medical Center provided care for 163,349 outpatient clinic visits, 89,783 diagnostic imaging tests, 31,647 home care visits, 30,394 emergency department visits, and 4,608 hospital discharges in 2015. Staffed by over 165 physicians, 1,421 employees, and 117 volunteers, Sonora Regional Medical Center is the largest private employer in Tuolumne County. To find a physician in the area, contact the Physician Referral Line at (209) 536-3344.

For more information about the Medical Center visit www.sonoramedicalcenter.org.

About Adventist Health
Sonora Regional Medical Center is part of Adventist Health, a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 75 communities in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Our workforce of 31,000 includes more than 22,350 employees; 4,800 medical staff physicians; and 3,850 volunteers. Founded on Seventh-day Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides compassionate care in 20 hospitals, more than 275 clinics (hospital-based, rural health and physician clinics), 15 home care agencies, seven hospice agencies and four joint-venture retirement centers. Adventist Health ranked #10 in Becker’s list of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in the U.S. for 2015. We invite you to visit www.AdventistHealth.org for more information.