Gordon Healthcare Technologies

ABOUT US.

Gordon Healthcare Technologies, LLC., (GHT) is led by Founder & CEO Dr Stephen Gordon, who is surrounded by an international team of knowledgeable and experienced business professionals including Lawyers, CPA’s, Marketing, and Valuation specialists. GHT is both a Minority owned American Company and is Affiliated with a very successful Service-Disabled American Veteran’s medical supply company, PREMIERS SECOURS. www.psmedsupply.com GHT is a SAM registered Government vendor. We Design, Build, and Manage Modular, Hyperbaric, Burn, and Wound Care Surgery Centers and Sustainability Systems. Our off-site modular design and construction is the most cost effective, durable, and versatile construction method currently available, and is vastly superior to traditional construction methods. Our designs (including foundations and built-ins) are assembled, tested, and certified, disassembled, shipped, and confidently reassembled anywhere in the world. Our preferred off-site construction partner is MODLOGIQ. www.modlogiq.com

Dr Gordon graduated from Howard University College of Medicine in 1975, completed general surgery training and became Board Certified in Surgery. He went on to complete plastic surgery training at Emory Univ, Atlanta GA., and became Bd Certified in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. May 1990, Dr Gordon took a sabbatical year to do fellowship training in Cranio- Maxillo- Facial surgery under Dr Ortiz-Monasterio in Mexico City .

Dr Gordon has practiced all aspects of Plastic Surgery for 44 years and throughout his career has headed up multiple humanitarian surgical missions to remote parts of the world.

Beginning 1981 Dr. Gordon led surgical missions or consulted on the feasibility of establishing wound care surgical facilities in poor or rural parts of the U.S., and for the following countries: Barbados, Mexico, Panama, Aruba, Fiji, Tanzania, Ghana, and Somaliland (Somalia).

As Chief Surgeon of the American Medical Team for Africa (AMTA) (1994) he led the 1st of many multispecialty surgical teams of doctors and surgical personnel from Grady Hospital, Atlanta to Muhimbili Medical Center in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The poorest countries are designated by the World Bank as “Low- income” countries and found primarily in Africa. Dr. Gordon has extensive experience performing reconstructive surgery in less-than-ideal surgical situations. In his own words: “…these experiences were challenging because our teams usually worked in woefully inadequate facilities with very limited supplies. ‘If we didn’t bring it, they aint got it.”

Dr. Gordon designed, built, owned, and operated an Accredited Class 3 (general anesthesia) Cosmetic Surgery Center and Medical Spa Clinic for over 20 years in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Gordon has inspected and certified surgery centers to the high standards required by Medicare and other U.S. NGOs for approx. 5 years. His personal experience in the design-build process, accreditation, and working in Hyperbaric, Burn and advanced surgical wound care is a key asset to the GHT mission.

October 2019, Dr. Gordon & partner opened a Burn & Advanced Wound Care Center at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas. Dr Gordon is certified in Advanced Burn Life Support (ABLS) by the American Burn Assoc. and is a certified Hyperbaric Oxygen supervising physician.

Dr Gordon is a surgical “wound-ologist” who understands first-hand the unique complexities of wound care in resource poor regions of the world. Gordon Healthcare Technologies, (GHT) was founded to address these challenges by providing thoughtful modern and comprehensive solutions.

Case Study: Nevada disadvantaged /wound care

GORDON HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES

Phase one: Focus

The Challenge:

1. Of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, Nevada ranks #13 out of 51 for Horrible Health Care Systems*. The reason the ranking isn’t any worse is because the ‘Cost of Healthcare’ parameter (category) in NV is low and that ‘looks good’, elevates the rankings 10 points. Cost of Healthcare is low because payors won’t pay reasonable rates for healthcare in NV.

2. Nevada indigent children have virtually nohealthcare payor sources, with a ranking of 5th lowest % of children with health insurance in the nation. Nevada adults rank at 9thlowest.

3. Nevada has the 3rd fewest physicians per capita, (by a factor of 6x) of anywhere in the country. Health care in America is driven by physician presence. Hospitals, clinics, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician assistants cannot function in Nevada without physician oversight. Physicians don’t believe they can make a good living in Nevada. Nevada ranks 43rd in Health Care access, and 40th in Health Care Outcomes. Medicaid is like having no insurance at all because it doesn’t cover wound dressings or Home health care, and the reimbursements are so low that Doctors frankly don’t want Medicaid patients. Health Care access is dependent upon availability of health care facilities, services, and staff- something we (Wounded Bird) can hopefully improve.

4. Nevada ranks 9th nationwide in racial economic disparity. ** 31% of Native American and 26% of African American households live in poverty compared with 9% of white households in Nevada. Economic disparity translates into healthcare disparity and loss of dignity.

Wounds are treatable medical issues which can rob a person of quality and length of life if neglected. Wound care services are basic necessities and must be available to all citizens and visitors regardless of Age, Ethnicity, or Economic Status. A person may be jobless or homeless/or wounded warriors but they needn’t be Health less.

The Solution:

Wounded Bird Human Health Services Inc is a Nonprofit Public Charity established for the primary purpose of delivery of 4 sustainable pillars of care which are:

1. Public Burn & wound care patient education, treatment & support.
2. Training of key facility based medical and administrative personnel.
3. Facilitate Access to supply chain of essential products, instruments, & technology.
4. Construction and/or maintenance of public buildings or spaces (within existing buildings) for wound care delivery (clinics).

Our 1st PROPOSED project, “DRESSINGS for Success” aims to address the first pillar by providing wound dressing kits containing instructions and all of the materials necessary to change a large (up to 8” by 4”) wound dressing, 7 times. [THIS WILL REQUIRE MANY MORE VOLUNTEERS PLUS POLICE SUPPORT and SUPPORT FUNDS THAT WILL COST AT LEAST $25M per year, just for Las Vegas Alone.]

We have 3 million people living in Nevada. The health epidemics of obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, vascular disease, hypertension, are either causes of or contribute to the exaggeration of wounds. Add to that trauma, burns, paralysis and drug addiction related wounds and infections and you have quite a few sources of wounds. And an aging population. Overall, in the United States 2% of the total population are estimated to be affected by chronic wounds. Syst Rev 2017;6:15–15. This of course does not include burns or other acute wounds. 2%. of 3million =60,000 people.

My Data suggests( as of 2020) that we have (averaging all source figures) 96,338 homeless unemployed at 11.5% of 3 million = 345,000 and the undocumented immigrant population is another 228,000. A total of 669,338 disadvantaged people, i.e. persons who have Medicaid or nothing for health insurance. If 2% of this number is used (a very conservative %) then we have 13,387 people in southern Nevada with chronic open wounds. We haven’t counted burns or acute wounds. 13,387 people who have little or no resources to dress a wound and prevent it from becoming infected or otherwise complicated. People who could participate in their wound care.

Meet Stephen w. Gordon, m.d.

The First Medical Mission to Africa- where it all began.

1994: I was chief surgeon and led our first medical Mission to Tanzania, East Africa. The team was made up of Doctors, Nurses and scrub techs from Grady Hospital, Atlanta GA. We were sponsored by both a local community organization, & Grady Hospital, as well as Lion’s Safari Tours a tour group in Tanzania. Our group was known as American Medical Team for Africa (AMTA). Many more missions went back to Africa and visited multiple countries supported in part by the Morehouse School of Medicine Dept of Surgery.

Our mission was focused at Muhimbili Medical Center in Dar Es Salam. Despite extraordinary poverty, in the span of 10 days our team operated approximately 80 cases. This would not have been possible without very significant donations of supplies from Grady. We were confronted with a variety of challenges including daily electrical blackouts. The local surgical staff routinely used recycled Playtex gloves and cloth gowns. We quickly learned if we didn’t bring it (supplies) they didn’t have it.

We were treated with great respect and dignity. There was much laughter and joy over shared meals and I marveled at how successful we were under extreme circumstances which in no way compared to the abundance that we enjoy in America. We were not the first nor the last to make missions to Africa. It is commonplace for teams to show up from all over the world, bringing staff to see, to teach and yes, to practice on patients with extreme or rare medical conditions. The teams typically would donate outdated supplies and retired equipment. The equipment quickly became useless because it no longer had manufacturer support. To this day there are many low and middle income (LMIC) countries that rely on foreign sponsored welfare to provide well over 50% of the medical care rendered to the local populations. The mission to Tanzania was where & when I realized that it was not enough to show up, bring supplies and staff, and then leave. Not enough to give a man a fish- when what they really needed was to be taught to fish for themselves. The greatest health need in most LMIC’s is to have access to modern burn and wound care facilities, staff, and supply chains. This is something that together we can do. The patients and families, before and after, & the possibilities of “what could be” has never left me. That is why we are seeking sponsorships, donations, volunteers, and collaborations with local governments and community businesses to establish sustainable wound care facilities, staffed with local professionals and to include supply chain access. We purpose to model our projects to be consistent with the United Nations 2030 Economic Development Goals to eliminate poverty and improve quality of life. This is the primary mission of Wounded Bird Human Health Services, a 501-c-3 Non-Profit Corporation. We hope you will participate with us.

Meet Stephen w. Gordon, m.d.

THE NEGLECTED AND DISADVANTAGED NEED WOUND CARE

I see patients with acute traumatic or chronic wounds, burns and stitches after surgery that can easily become critical situations if not properly cared for. The best method of wound care is constant surveillance and frequent if not daily wound cleaning and dressing changes. Like brushing your teeth or washing your face, the best person to do or supervise these simple dressing changes is the injured patient. Far too often a "special expensive dressing " is placed on leg wounds, foot wounds, burn wounds as well a diabetic wounds and ends up staying on far too long. Infections develop and , worse case scenario, an amputation is the final awful outcome.

As you know, there are growing numbers (thousands) of people without adequate health insurance coverage or income to dress their wounds. Medical insurance plans dont pay for dressing supplies. Home health agencies decline services to these patients. Hospitals, Wound clinics, E.R.’s and Doctor offices all lose money with indigent and Medicaid accounts. Uninsured patients are frequently turned away and Medicaid patients are treated and released, leading to frustration, anger, and poor health outcomes.Now people can take care of the own wounds and dressing changes and greatly reduce their wound infection risk and frequency of dressing change clinic visits.

With the right recipe, a person can avoid contamination in clinics, emergency rooms, and hospitals. ine, receiving soiled dressings

Las Vegas, nevada

Child with burned Head and Face

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Diabetic Ulcer

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Friction burn

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Scalded Burns

Children frequently get hurt accidentally with a burn and wound care will be necessary.

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