Based on the analysis of electronic health records from 480 clinics, we found that better care quality and continuity are associated with better-than-expected wound healing performance … Chronic wounds, defined as wounds that “fail to proceed through the normal phases of wound healing in an orderly and timely manner,”1 affect 6.5 million Americans and result in $50 billion in annual Medicare expenditure.2-4 Despite growing prevalence and economic burden in the aging US population, chronic wound care remains an area with inconsistent adherence to evidence-based recommendations and variable quality of care.5 For example, despite evidence-based recommendations for compression therapy for venous ulcers and total contact casting (TCC) for offloading of pressure for diabetic foot ulcers, a previous study involving 2404 patients from 18 hospital-based … read more