Camy Bell, MS, APRN, CCNS, BCMAS
In today’s healthcare environment, faster wound healing is no longer a clinical aspiration—it’s a necessity. It plays a critical role across the continuum of care by supporting better patient outcomes, optimizing clinical workflows, and mitigating financial pressures faced by healthcare systems.
Faster healing impacts more than physical outcomes
Whether caused by burns, trauma, or surgery, wounds disrupt more than skin—they interrupt living. Beyond the physiological burden, prolonged healing can increase the risk of infection, scarring, and patient distress. Long hospital stays, painful dressing changes, and time away from work or family can take a heavy toll on psychological wellbeing. By enabling more efficient wound healing, clinicians help patients regain independence and return to their lives sooner.
Meeting clinical demands with predictable healing
As clinicians face increasing demands to deliver high-quality care in less time and with limited resources, predictability in wound healing becomes even more essential. Faster and more consistent healing trajectories can reduce the length of stay and ease workload on healthcare teams—all while maintaining the quality of care.
Faster recovery enables facilities to treat more patients
Expedited healing allows hospitals and outpatient facilities to better manage patient throughput and allocate resources effectively. Reducing the duration of care for each patient opens capacity for others, supports staffing efficiency, and contributes to more sustainable care delivery, particularly in high-demand settings, where burn-out is a real issue teams are facing.
Supporting the body’s repair process with evidence-based solutions
Expedited healing isn’t just about the body’s natural ability to repair; it’s about giving that repair process the right support. Evidence-based wound care practices, combined with advanced wound care technologies, can help clinicians guide the healing process with greater confidence.
Faster wound healing doesn’t just close wounds—It restores lives, relieves clinical burden, and allows healthcare systems to help more people.
View an infographic demonstrating the power of expedited wound healing along with wound care solutions that support physicians and facilities in their pursuit of faster healing.
Learn more about the AVITA Medical portfolio solutions that support your expedited wound healing goals: RECELL® Spray-On Skin™ Cells, PermeaDerm® biosynthetic wound matrix, and Cohealyx™ collagen dermal matrix.
About the author
Camy joined AVITA Medical in 2018 to support the launch of RECELL bringing with her over 15 years of burn, trauma, and wound care experience. As Director, Medical Affairs, she leads the Medical Science Liaison team at AVITA Medical in the pursuit of improving patient outcomes through scientific exchange with the healthcare community.
Camy holds an undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University and obtained her Clinical Nurse Specialist advanced practice nursing degree from the University of Colorado. She served patients at bedside and in nursing leadership at the University of Colorado Burn Center with a passion for implementing advanced wound care technologies, nurse-driven resuscitation, simulation-based training, and prevention and aftercare programs. In 2011, she was awarded the Nightingale Luminary Award for her significant contribution to the service of patients with burn injuries in Colorado.
