Case Study:
AMG’s North Alabama Specialty Hospital evaluates Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System
AMG is a top-five, post-acute hospital system with 11 hospitals, some of which are embedded in larger, full-service hospitals. With a reputation for providing expert wound care, they often take on difficult cases that other hospitals turn away.
So when Keri Mullins, RN, BSN and Chief Clinical Officer for North Alabama Specialty Hospital, was approached by corporate management to evaluate switching to the Medela Invia NPWT System, her initial reaction was “No way,” because previous evaluations of other systems had been disastrous.
The Medela Invia NPWT device proved to be different: 1) wounds healed fast, 2) cost savings were exponential year-over-year and 3) staff and patient (HCAHPS) satisfaction scores rose drastically.