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Formulary Committee Overview

Purpose

 

The purpose of Advanced Healing System's Formulary Committee is to provide a forum for the ongoing evaluation of Advanced Healing System's Wound Care Formulary in order for that Formulary to drive AHS’ overall mission: to become the world leader in wound healing information, technology, and outcomes.

 

Primary Function

The primary function of Advanced Healing Systems’ Formulary Committee is to ensure that AHS’ Wound Care Formulary leads the wound healing market by creating the knowledge, tools and processes for Formulary users to drive the fastest wound healing at the lowest cost.

It will do that by guiding assessment of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of wound healing modalities and by ensuring that knowledge gained from those assessments translates into actionable processes for Formulary users.


The Formulary Committee provides a stabilizing influence into the fragmented Wound Care market of the health care industry by understanding, developing and recommending wound healing products, processes and tools. Members of the Formulary Committee ensure clinical objectives are being adequately addressed. In practice these responsibilities are carried out by performing the following functions:

  • Ensuring safety, efficacy and clinical suitability of AHS’ Wound Care Formulary
  • Holding sole authority to specify the content of AHS’ Wound Care Formulary (products, processes, tools, and guidelines)
  • Developing clinical process recommendations
  • Developing clinical treatment recommendations
  • Developing product utilization recommendations, including formulary products, processes, tools and guidelines as well as processes, test plans and standards for assessment of formulary components
  • Monitoring and approving the publication of clinical outcomes related to Formulary products, processes, assessments, and clinical experiences
  • Consulting as appropriate with AHS Formulary Users / other clinicians to discuss formulary recommendations and outcomes
  • Engaging in ongoing self-evaluation to ensure that AHS’ Wound Care Formulary remains up to date with current medical and wound care practice and is responsive to the needs of Formulary users

 

Formulary Committee Members

John Mielke, MD
Dr. Mielke is a practicing internist/geriatrician. He is a certified medical director serving as medical director in a number of nursing homes in the Greater Minneapolis/St. Paul metro-area. He has performed wound rounds for 20 years in the LTC setting and has an active interest in preventing and healing skin breakdown. He currently serves on the board of the Minnesota Medical Director's Association.

Art Stone, DPM
Dr. Stone, President, MedNexus, Inc, has practiced podiatry for over 40 years with the last 15+ dedicated to geriatrics. Through MedNexus, Dr. Stone provides consulting services to many medical related companies. His special interest remains Long Term Care and Wound Care. Through speaking, teaching, and presentations live and in print he has provided a forum for understanding the unique needs of the frail elderly. Presently as a member of AHS' Formulary Committee he interacts with other members to help shape a better future for wound care.

David Spencer, MD
Dr. David L. Spencer received his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He is a Diplomate in the American Board of Family Medicine as well as the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Spencer’s career, spanning 5 decades, has included military service as a doctor in the U.S. Navy, private practice in family medicine and many leadership roles including Professor and Chairman of The Department of Family Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine as well as medical directorships of the Gateway Foundation and Libertas Chemical Dependency Treatment Center of Saint John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois.

Kathy King, RN
Ms. King brings 30 years of experience in the Long Term Care industry including facility and corporate leadership positions. She is a registered nurse who attended S. Lukes School of Nursing and Mankato State University. Prior to joining Advanced Healing Systems in a consultative role, Kathy worked as a corporate quality improvement consultant related to systems and regulatory compliance. Currently Kathy is Director of Nursing Administration for a large long term care facility in the Minneapolis Metro area..

Dori Schell, RNC WCC NHA
Ms Schell is a Registered Nurse who holds certificates in both Gerontological nursing and Wound Care. Dori also holds a license in Nursing Home Administration. She is currently an independent nursing consultant specializing in Long Term Care. Dori has more than 25 years of practical clinical experience with areas of expertise in systems analysis, facility and department restructuring, program development and outcomes management.

Until recently Dori held the position of Nursing Home Administrator, developing wound care systems, fall prevention, adverse medication review, assessment and MDS Compliance and documentation, Infection Control and Quality Assurance. In addition to teaching the above programs Dori also has provided training on such topics as State and Federal Regulations, Survey readiness, interdisciplinary care planning, Quality Indicators and management skills.