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Silver Cross New Lenox wound care center earns 2 awards

The Silver Cross Center for Advanced Wound Healing recently acquired two state-of-the-art hyperbaric oxygen units and began offering HBO therapy on Monday. The wound center is rebranded as the Silver Cross Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine and is now located at Silver Cross Pavilion D, Suite 130, on the campus of Silver Cross Hospital, 1851 Silver Cross Blvd. in New Lenox.

The Silver Cross Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine clinic in New Lenox recently earned two awards from RestorixHealth for its care.

The center earned the Clinical Distinction Award for demonstrating “exceptional success by meeting or exceeding clinical benchmarks,” according to a news release from Silver Cross Hospital.

The center also earned an award for Excellence in Patient Satisfaction for its “superior performance in overall patient satisfaction,” according to the release.

“RestorixHealth specializes in developing and managing outpatient wound centers in partnership with hospitals and health care facilities,” according to the RestorixHealth website.

Silver Cross Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine is a “comprehensive wound healing center,” according to its website.

For more information about Silver Cross’ wound care center, visit silvercross.org.

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Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.