Portsmouth Hospital Wound Care Center Receives Award

PORTSMOUTH, NH - Portsmouth Regional Hospital’s Wound Care Center was recently given the Center of Distinction award for its exemplary performance and patient satisfaction.

Dr. Cameron Eilts of Atlantic Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine had been an important provider on the Wound Care Center’s team. With an advanced training background in wound management, Eilts dedicates himself to caring for chronic, non-healing wounds using a multispecialty approach focused on rapid healing. His specialties are in podiatry, foot and ankle surgery and reconstruction, wound care, diabetic limb salvage, and others.

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To receive this distinction, the Portsmouth Wound Care Center achieved “outstanding clinical outcomes” for 12 consecutive months. These criteria included a patient satisfaction rate greater than 92 percent, a minimum wound healing rate of 91 percent with 30 median days to heal, and other outcomes indicative of quality care. A total of 172 centers achieved the honor of distinction, out of a total of 506 eligible clinics.

“Working at the Wound Care Center is an important part of my practice. I am part of a great team and it is extremely rewarding work for me,” he said.

To learn more about Atlantic and its providers, visit atlanticorthopaedics.org, or call the Portsmouth clinic at 603-431-1121.

Caption: Cameron Elits, DPM

Submitted by Daniele Cyr Hosser