title: Outcomes: the mainstay of a framework for quality care.
abstract: To move toward quality care, it is important to understand all relevant terminologies and concepts. A conceptual framework is useful for organizing all the relevant practice components, such as professional standards, protocols, critical paths, and care plans. The article presents a framework for quality care that focuses on outcomes and defines and incorporates all the other essential elements that are used to reflect quality.
authors.affiliation: IQ Technologies, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*