Paine TG, Milne CT, Barr JE, Cordrey R, Dieter S, Harwood J, Sawyer A, Trepanier K, Woelfel S, Quality of Care Task Force, Association for Advanced Wound Care., et al.
Ostomy/wound management. Date of publication 2006 Nov 1;volume 52(11):57-66.
1. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2006 Nov;52(11):57-66.
The AAWC conceptual framework of quality systems for wound care.
Paine TG(1), Milne CT, Barr JE, Cordrey R, Dieter S, Harwood J, Sawyer A,
Trepanier K, Woelfel S; Quality of Care Task Force, Association for Advanced
Wound Care.
Author information:
(1)Washington Wound Care Clinic, 1940 116th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA.
Washingtonwound@lycos.com
When the Association for Advanced Wound Care Quality of Care Task Force members
determined there was no unanimously accepted definition of quality as it relates
to wound care, they: 1) identified relevant components of quality wound care, and
2) created a framework of quality wound care indicators to enable the creation or
assessment of wound care delivery systems. The framework is an innovative
conceptual model that serves as a basis for the Association strategies to
facilitate high quality wound care for patients/clients across the continuum of
care and recognizes the role of the supporting systems necessary to provide wound
care services. It uses the Institute of Medicine's Crossing the Quality Chasm: A
New Health System for the 21st Century to define quality systems for wound care
and includes safety and effectiveness coupled with the delivery of timely,
efficient, equitable, collaborative, patient-centered care. This framework can be
utilized during clinical, managerial, or regulatory review of wound care service
delivery.
PMID: 17146119 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
