Hospital discharge wound follow-up

Wound follow-up after hospital discharge.

Post-discharge wound-care support for people receiving care leaving hospitals, rehab, skilled nursing facilities, and surgery who need clear wound follow-up before the plan falls apart.

GatewayWound Care

Contact Gateway

Talk with Gateway about this care need.

Share the setting, city or ZIP, care concern, and best follow-up contact. Gateway reviews the request and will explain the next step when needed.

1Request care or send a referral
2Gateway reviews the request
3Gateway follows up clearly

How Gateway helps

Hospital discharge wound follow-up that fits the real care setting.

The goal is not more noise. The goal is a clear plan, clean documentation, and communication with the people already responsible for the person receiving care.

Bedside assessment

Measurements, wound appearance, drainage, odor, pain, surrounding skin, infection concerns, and what has changed since the last touch.

Care-team communication

Updates for the ordering provider, facility team, home health agency, family, or surgeon when the case requires it.

Escalation discipline

When the wound picture changes, Gateway helps identify who needs to know and what should happen next.

Documentation

Clear wound notes designed to help care continue across settings and prevent the plan from disappearing.

Gateway Wound Care county map for St. Louis and Metro East wound care service areas

Counties shown on the map

Counties where Gateway visits homes and facilities.

St. Louis CitySt. Louis CountySt. Charles CountyJefferson CountyFranklin CountySt. Clair CountyMadison CountyMonroe CountyClinton CountyJersey County
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