title: The AAWC conceptual framework of quality systems for wound care.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Washington Wound Care Clinic, 1940 116th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA. Washingtonwound@lycos.com
authors.forename: Timothy G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Paine
authors.forename: Catherine T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Milne
authors.forename: Jane Ellen
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cordrey
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dieter
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harwood
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Trepanier
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woelfel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*