Press Releases
June 08, 2009
Lake Forest Hospital Wound Center Names Program Director
Lake Forest, Il. – Anne O. Craft, a health care development and policy executive with more than 18 years of experience, has been named program director at Lake Forest Hospital Wound Center at Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, which is scheduled to open in August.
Located at 900 N. Westmoreland Road, the center will specialize in the treatment of chronic wounds and non-responsive conditions. Created in partnership with National Healing Corporation, one of the nation's largest wound care management companies, it will offer hospital-based outpatient wound care as well as disease management and diabetes care.
As program director, Craft will be responsible for all aspects of the center’s operation including ensuring quality patient care, recruiting and hiring, compliance with federal and state guidelines, budgeting and fiscal policies, and marketing and sales.
A resident of Saint Charles, Craft most recently served as practice manager with the department of surgery at DuPage Medical Group.
After receiving a bachelor of science degree in health care administration from Southwest Texas State University, Craft earned a master of science degree in management and organizational development from Benedictine University in Lisle.
Lake Forest Hospital Wound Center will have leading-edge hyperbaric oxygen chambers which surround the patient with 100 percent oxygen at higher than normal atmospheric pressure to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood and promote healing from the inside out. The center will also offer highly specialized treatments including bio-engineered skin substitutes, biological and biosynthetic dressings, and growth factor therapies.
For more information on the Lake Forest Hospital Wound Center, call (847) 535-7600.
Lake Forest Hospital is a 215-bed community hospital with 600 physicians board-certified in 68 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County. The hospital has been named the “Consumer Choice” Hospital for Lake and Kenosha counties according to a survey by National Research Corporation for five years in a row for having the best doctors, best nurses, best image and reputation, and best overall quality.
The hospital’s mission is to provide communities the highest quality health care through exceptional access to state-of-the-art clinical services with compassionate and personal care. Clinical services are delivered at the hospital’s Lake Forest and Grayslake campuses, and at facilities in Bannockburn, Glenview, Gurnee-Brookside, Gurnee-Tower Court, Libertyville, Lindenhurst and Vernon Hills. At the main hospital in Lake Forest, exemplary care is provided in Cain Family Emergency Services, the Hunter Family Center for Women’s Health, the Posy Krehbiel Breast Care Center, the Waud Family Maternity Services and the Center for Advanced Radiation Medicine. CareCoach, Lake County’s only mobile health program, provides care for the underserved at 25 locations throughout the region. For more information, visit www.lfh.org.