Specialty Care

Wound Care

The Premier Point Approach

Our team of wound care trained clinicians understands the holistic approach in providing the needs of patients with acute and chronic wounds. Our clinicians are trained to perform wound care on pressure ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, surgical wounds, and other types of wounds.

The Premier Point team, in coordination with the patient's physician, work to promote appropriate wound care and healing, and ensure monitoring to prevent infection.

Ostomy

The Premier Point Approach

It takes time to become comfortable with an ostomy. At the time of discharge, many patients experience a significant number of technical, emotional, social, marital/family, and sexual difficulties. Concerns include doubt of their ability to properly care for a stoma, questions concerning their ability to return to work or school, engage in sports or recreational activities, and the stigma associated with pouching systems. The Premier Point nursing staff can help.

Our clinicians will develop the plan of care to promote the appropriate care holistically in maintaining their quality of life. Most importantly, provide assistance to the patient and caregiver on how to inspect the stoma and surrounding skin for any infection indicators, identifying the appropriate ostomy supplies, and monitoring to prevent hospitalization.

Prosthetics and Orthodics

Whether through trauma, disease, or other circumstances, the loss of a limb or use of a limb is a life-altering event. Patients experience a broad range of emotions including grief, blame, self-doubt, and depression. The recovery process can also offer many challenges as patients manage post-surgery pain and relearn daily living activities such as getting out of bed, personal hygiene and grooming, and household chores. The experienced team at Premier Point can help.

Our nurses, occupational therapists and physical therapists have extensive experience working with complex amputation cases, and work as a team with referring physicians and the prosthetist, when applicable, to develop customized medical care and therapy plans that address pain and proper wound healing, prevent muscle weakness, contracture, and other immobility related problems, and help the patient to establish a new, normal, healthy, and active lifestyle.

Closely monitoring the wound for signs of infection, scrapes, cuts, sores or any other abnormalities that could compromise the healing process
Monitoring swelling, fluid build-up, and indicators of poor circulation; administering medications, and helping the patient to manage post-surgery phantom pain
Teaching the patient desensitizing techniques to loosen any scar tissue that may have developed
Teaching the patient to manage bathing, shaving, toileting, dressing, hair care, oral care, and other daily living activities
Teaching family members and caregivers how to maintain a supportive role without enabling patient activity
Teaching lower limb amputee patients to safely manage various objects, prepare meals and perform job-related tasks
Coordinating wih a medical social worker to assess the home environment, and secure community available support for adaptive tools and home modificatios, identify referrals for crisis intervention if necessary and assist with long term planning

Post-Orthopedic Surgery Care

Knee/Hip replacement partial or full hip or knee replacement-the most common types of joint replacement surgeries, can relieve pain, and also improve gait, balance and overall quality of life.

The Premier Point Approach

Premier Point clinicians can help joint replacement patients manage daily activities and minimize the risk of infection during the recovery process. Our customized care plans developed with your medical provider could include:

Inspecting the wound site for signs of infection, taking size and depth measurements, and monitoring the healing process
Teaching the patient how to care for the surgical staples or steri-strips including cleaning and changing the dressing
Ensuring strict compliance with anti-coagulant medication dosages to avoid improper blood clotting, instructing patients on how to properly take all prescribed medications, and how to recognize the side effects of improper dosages
Performing blood tests to monitor medication levels, if appropriate
Working with the dietitian to develop a customized dietary program to avoid drug interactions and promote healthy healing Pain management techniques
Pain management techniques
Supporting patients in incorporating their occupational and physical therapy training into their daily routine including standing, sitting, walking and performing grooming tasks
Identifying and removing trip hazards and other safety concerns that could impact rehabilitation progress and reinforcing instructions provided by the therapist to allow proper joint healing

Home Infusion

Managing complex in-home infusion therapy requires dedicated and specialty-trained professionals. Premier Point infusion clinicians are certified and trained to perform in the safe delivery of complex and chronic types of infusion therapy.

We provide a seamless intake, treatment, and follow-up experience for patients and referring physicians by:

Obtaining the necessary pre-approvals from insurance providers
Working with the physician to develop a personalized plan of care
Coordinating with our dedicated specialty pharmacy to ensure the appropriate medications are available
Providing detailed treatment status reports to the patient and entire medical team
Ensuring patients adhere to all medical follow-up appointments with our proprietary appointment reminder system

We also strongly believe in the benefits of continuity of care-the assigned nurse remains with the patient throughout the care program, and can readily coordinate home health aide, occupational, physical, or speech therapy, or medical social worker services, should the need arise.