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Wound Care Referrals.
Handled.

Primary Care • Urgent Care • Home Health

Send us the referral. We handle the placement.

WoundDock navigates patients to appropriate wound care based on their individual needs - while keeping your team informed.
Free for your practice. Free for your patient. Download Referral Form Refer a Patient

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Are you Medicare or Medicaid?

Do you need help finding a wound care doctor near you? Let us help!

Medicaid or Medicare Patient?

If you’re concerned about a wound or how it’s healing, professional wound care may help. Submit your information, and we’ll help you find the next step. Start Wound Intake →
National Wound Care Referral Network

One Referral. We Handle the Rest.

Your team sends the referral. Wound Dock™ handles the navigation.

We identify approproate wound care based on the patient's insurance, location, clinical needs, mobility constraints, and provider availability - then help move the patient toward care while keeping your team informed.

  • Submit the Referral

    Your front desk, medical assistant, or referral coordinator sends the patient's contact information, insurance details, and a brief wound description. Submit online or fax the completed referral form.

  • We Verify and Match

    Our team checks the patient's coverage and referral needs, reviews the information provided, and identifies a wound care provider in our network who can accept the patient.

  • We Help Place the Patient

    We contact the patient, help coordinate scheduling, and confirm acceptance with the receiving office. Your staff has a referral contact to help resolve questions along the way.

  • We Follow Through

    We follow the referral through the first visit and update your office on placement and whether the patient has been seen.

  • Built for Wound Care - Only

    A focused platform dedicated exclusively to wound care.
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Common wound conditions that require specialist care

Not all wounds behave the same. Certain wound types are more likely to stall, worsen, or recur without advanced evaluation and treatment.
Non-Healing Wounds

Non-Healing Wounds

Surgical Wounds that won't close Surgical wounds that reopen, drain, or fail to close may signal infection, poor blood supply, or mechanical stress. These wounds often require advanced therapies beyond routine postoperative care. Learn More
Diabetic Ulcers

Diabetic Ulcers

Chronic, Non-Healing Diabetes can impair circulation, sensation, and immune response. Even small foot wounds may progress quickly and often require coordinated care from wound specialists familiar with diabetic complications. Learn More
Venous Ulcers

Venous Ulcers

Slow-healing, Chronic Venous disease can cause chronic leg wounds that persist for months or years without proper compression and vascular management. These wounds often recur if the underlying condition is not addressed. Learn More
Bedsores

Bedsores

Pressure Ulcers Pressure injuries develop from prolonged pressure and reduced tissue oxygenation. They commonly occur in limited-mobility patients and require structured offloading, wound management, and prevention planning. Learn More
Burn Care

Burn Care

Specialized, Restorative Burn injuries can damage multiple layers of skin and tissue, increasing the risk of infection and delayed healing. These wounds often require specialized burn care, advanced dressings, and close medical monitoring. Learn More
Infected Wounds

Infected Wounds

Draining, Worsening Trauma, contamination, or delayed treatment can lead to complex wounds with infection risk. These cases may require debridement, advanced dressings, or coordinated specialty care. Learn More

Why some wounds don’t heal

Most wounds improve within a few weeks. When they don’t, it is usually not because of poor care or patient error — it is because the wound has become clinically complex.

Common reasons wounds fail to heal include:

Common signs a wound needs specialist care:

  • Not healing after 2-4 weeks
  • Increasing pain, drainage, odor, or redness
  • History of diabetes, vascular disease, or surgery
  • Wound reopened after closing

Primary care and urgent care are not designed to manage complex or chronic wounds. Delayed escalation increases infection risk, hospitalization, and amputation rates.

How this platform works

Learn about your wound

Understand common reasons wounds fail to heal and when specialist care may be appropriate.

Find appropriate specialists

Search for licensed wound care clinicians by wound type and location.

Review provider information

Compare specialties, clinical focus, and practice details to help guide next steps.

Contact a clinic directly

Reach out to a provider’s office to discuss evaluation and treatment options.

This platform provides education and care navigation only and does not offer medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Wound Dock™ is a patient education and care-navigation platform focused on non-healing and complex wounds. Our goal is to help patients understand when specialist care may be appropriate and to make it easier to locate qualified wound care clinicians.

Providers listed on this platform are licensed healthcare professionals who treat wound conditions. Provider information is compiled from publicly available data and direct submissions, and may include specialty focus, practice details, and location. Some providers may choose to enhance their profile or placement through paid participation. Placement or visibility does not represent a medical endorsement, quality ranking, or guarantee of outcomes.

This platform does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Clinical decisions are made solely between patients and their healthcare providers.

Education Contributor Physicians

Meet our educational contributor medical professionals.
Dr. Richard Fox

Richard Fox

Board-Certified General Surgeon Board-Certified General Surgeon in private practice in Boulder, Colorado, since 2002. Infected Wounds, Non-Healing Wounds Boulder, Colorado See Profile
Dr. Rosenthall

Eugene Rosenthall

Dr. Eugene Rosenthall, DPM, FACFAS Bedsores, Burn Treatment Denver, Colorado See Profile
Dr. Jacquelyn Glenn

Jacquelyn Glenn

Dr. Jacquelyn Glenn, MD, FACS, CWSP Bedsores, Burn Treatment Lone Tree, Colorado See Profile
Dr. Nathan Mcclane

Nathan Mcclane

Dr. Nathan Mcclane, MD General Surgeon with a specialized focus on surgical wound care Bedsores, Burn Treatment Phoenix, Arizona See Profile
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