How Wound Balance aligns Teams, Tools and Patients for Better Clinical Outcomes

Recorded live at the LINK Conference in Berlin, this episode of Wound Care Insights brings together Prof. Karen Ousey and three leading US wound experts – Dr. Laura Swoboda (Family Nurse Practitioner & Translational Scientist), Dr. Alton Johnson (Podiatric Surgeon & President, Save the Leg, Save the Life Foundation) and Dr. Trent Brookshier (Podiatric Surgeon, USA) – for a practical discussion on how to make Wound Balance work in real life.

Drawing on their experience in diverse US healthcare settings, they explore how clinicians can move beyond treating the wound alone and instead address the full picture: the wound microenvironment, patient comorbidities, social determinants of health and system-level barriers. The experts discuss the BIOMES concept as a triage framework to support earlier referral, highlight the importance of differentiating inflammation from infection, and share real-world strategies for managing patients with limited access to care.

Listeners will understand why wound care improves when we move from reactive treatment to proactive, holistic Wound Balance thinking.