Patients often are seen by both primary care physicians and surgeons without a coordinated care plan established. A wound clinic allows for one centrally located medical record for each patient. The need for a cost-effective multidisciplinary approach to the care of these wounds. Modern treatments which encompass expertise from several different disciplines are available. The need to provide care for an underserved population.
Few physicians have special training or expertise in caring for wounds.
Surgeons have not always been interested in these patients as many do not require operative intervention. The need to provide a convenient system for patients with leg wounds where they can come to one clinic and receive care from different specialists. It is difficult for elderly patients with leg wounds to travel to different doctors' offices. The need to establish a vehicle for the study of new wound care treatments. The need to foster new ideas and research in the field of wound healing.