Unwired to heal

Wireless IP-based telemedicine helps a treatment provider halve wound-healing time.

Specialization is a growing trend in the healthcare industry, as is the use of ever-more-sophisticated telemedicine applications. Six-year-old Wound Technology Networks has built a business taking advantage of both.

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Specialization is a growing trend in the healthcare industry, as is the use of ever-more-sophisticated telemedicine applications. Six-year-old Wound Technology Networks has built a business taking advantage of both.

Through the use of Web conferencing and call center applications, which WTN medical professionals access via Verizon's wireless IP network, healthcare providers can cut their operating costs while improving the care of wounds.

"The treatment of wounds has never been very efficient, and our system makes it more consistent and more effective," says George Pollack, chief operating and technology officer at this specialty medical practice based in Hollywood, Fla.

WTN earns distinction as a 2006 Enterprise All-Star for its novel use of telemedicine applications and wireless technology, as well as for creating this mobility-enabled business. By providing consistent clinical care via its network, WTN has reduced the typical patient-healing time by 50%, cut down on patient readmissions by 95% and successfully treats patients 91% of the time, says Pollack, who is a doctor-turned-IT specialist.