SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KCI, an Acelity Company, presented study results that demonstrate increased patient therapy usage immediately after patient contact using iOn PROGRESS™ Remote Therapy Monitoring. The oral presentation, presented at the 2018 Symposium of Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring Conference explained that the day following an adherence call, 73.5 percent of patients increased therapy use, with an average increase of 8 hours. Additionally, as adherence increased, the rate of daily change in wound volume reduction also increased.

“These results are powerful because we now have evidence that proves we can and do change patient behavior, dramatically improving compliance using our connectivity offering,” said Ron Silverman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, KCI. “Patient adherence to treatment is an ever-present concern for clinicians, and we have successfully harnessed technology to alleviate that concern for more effective home care, and to provide smarter solutions for our customers and their patients.”

The presentation titled “A patient centered remote therapy monitoring program focusing on increased adherence to wound therapy: a large cohort study,” is an extension of a recently published study in WOUNDS by Leah Griffin, MS, and Laura M Leyva Casillas, MBA, MSBA. The presentation addressed the challenge of low patient compliance with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) therapy by analyzing iOn PROGRESS™ Remote Therapy Monitoring and the ability to drive adherence through active engagement when there is a decrease in therapy usage. In addition to an increase in adherence, patients rate of daily change in wound volume reduction increased from 1.42 percent change in volume reduction per day for patients with less than 60 percent therapy use to 2.23 percent change for patients with 90 to 100 percent therapy use.
KCI is propelling advanced wound care into the digital age with solutions that enable patient intervention and enhance the provider experience. In order to continue building upon these advancements, KCI formally announces a dedicated Digital Wound Care Franchise. Led by Vikram S. Bajaj, Digital Wound Care Franchise Leader and Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, the franchise’s purpose is to drive digital innovation and leverage all the benefits that technology and data capture can provide to patients, clinicians and payers.

“KCI disrupted the market in the treatment of chronic and acute wounds in 1995 with the introduction of V.A.C.® Therapy, and has since grown to become the largest wound care company in the world,” said R. Andrew Eckert, President and CEO of KCI. “Unmatched by our competition, we still carry that same pioneering spirit as we bring the digital health revolution to wound care, so that we can continue our legacy of improving the way wounds are treated.”

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