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Healogics® Raises Awareness of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) to Help Reduce Amputations

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Healogics, the nation's leading provider of world-class wound care services, is raising awareness of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) throughout September.

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  • JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Healogics, the nation's leading provider of world-class wound care services, is raising awareness of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) throughout September.
  • Through this campaign, Healogics is supporting the American Heart Association's goal to reduce amputations by 20% by 2030 through increased PAD Awareness, diagnosis and treatment.
  • PAD affects nearly 10 million Americans and is a contributing factor in up to 30% of non-healing wounds on the lower leg.
  • As the industry leader, Healogics has the largest repository of chronic wound-specific patient data in the country.