Carthage, TN – Highpoint Health – Riverview with Ascension Saint Thomas has recently opened a brand new, highly advanced wound care center, Highpoint Health Wound Care – Riverview with Ascension Saint Thomas. The new center brings board-certified wound healing to Smith County, where previously patients were traveling to Gallatin or further. Some of the various wounds treated at Highpoint Health Wound Care – Riverview include burns, diabetic foot ulcers, chronic wounds, non-healing wounds and much more.
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic wounds each year, with circulation problems and diabetes being the most common causes of wounds. Because of the remarkable need for wound care treatment, Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas now provides wound care on an inpatient and outpatient basis from a team of highly trained professionals in Carthage.
Paula Marshall, FNP-C, CWON, who has been serving as a provider at Highpoint Health Wound Care – Sumner since 2012, has played a big role in the development of this new center. With her years of experience, and passion for wound healing, Highpoint Health Wound Care – Riverview has a very bright future ahead.
“I jumped at the opportunity to offer wound care services to Highpoint Health – Riverview,” Marshall said. “I love being able to change a patient’s outlook on life by healing their wounds, and I knew Carthage would be a great place to do that. It is so important to offer high quality health care services in rural towns like Carthage because it can make a huge difference in a patient’s perspective and experience with wound care.”
Highpoint Health Wound Care – Riverview provides patients with the care they need from the comfort of their hometown, utilizing advanced wound care treatments to help patients recover as fully as possible. These advanced treatments range anywhere from negative pressure wound therapy to wound debridement.
A wound that does not heal for thirty days or more is considered a chronic wound. When untreated, chronic wounds can have life-changing consequences, so it’s important to have these wounds looked at as soon as possible. Highpoint Health Wound Care – Riverview is now accepting new patients. If you are concerned about a wound that isn’t healing, diabetes related wounds, or chronic wounds, learn more by visiting HighpointHealthSystem.com/wound-care or call 615.735.5260. Highpoint Health Wound Care – Riverview is located at 131 Hospital Drive, Suite 2000 in Carthage, TN.
About Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas
Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas, part of Lifepoint Health, is a regional health system dedicated to making communities healthier in northern Middle Tennessee. It is composed of Highpoint Health – Sumner, the 167-bed flagship hospital, and Highpoint Health – Sumner Station located in Gallatin; Highpoint Health – Riverview, a 35-bed critical access hospital in Carthage, and Highpoint Health – Trousdale, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Hartsville. The system’s innovative partnership with Ascension Saint Thomas brings together the organizations’ clinical excellence, best practices, and talented caregivers to collaborate in new ways that improve access to high quality clinical programs and specialty care for patients and communities. To learn more, visit HighpointHealthSystem.com.
