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Programme in Austria<br />
25th Conference of the<br />
European Wound Management Association<br />
Aim 5 – Analysing register data<br />
Analyse nationally collected data to improve access<br />
to information. (Austrian Impatient Quality Indicators)<br />
Austria’s government recently announced the beginning<br />
of a widespread analysis of standardised national data to<br />
define and visualise quality criteria concerning several<br />
health topics. These Austrian Inpatient Quality Indicators<br />
(A-IQI) are designed to measure health-care quality based<br />
on ICD and individual treatment. They enable the health<br />
system to define and test quality against general data.<br />
Therefore implementation of the A-IQI should provide<br />
an objective view of quality of care concerning diabetes.<br />
The A-IQI will facilitate evaluation of the major amputation<br />
registry and will elucidate the lack of quality information<br />
regarding diabetic foot treatment.<br />
The first results should be available in <strong>2014</strong>/15.<br />
Discussion<br />
After long medical discussions and intensive lobbying<br />
work by members of AWA (Austrian Wound Association)<br />
and the ÖDG (Austrian Society for Diabetes), the “diabetic<br />
foot” problem has <strong>final</strong>ly become a political issue in<br />
Austria. Some very important changes have been scheduled<br />
within the planned restructuring of the health care<br />
system to prevent complications in patients with diabetes<br />
and improve the treatment of diabetic feet. For four out<br />
of five aims set out in the intervention strategy defined<br />
by the AWA, initial steps towards improvement have been<br />
taken. However, this is only the start. Reimbursement for<br />
preventive services in primary care remains to be defined.<br />
Within areas where improvement are already taking place,<br />
AWA will continue to advocate for political and economic<br />
support for initiatives that contribute to further improvement<br />
of diabetic foot care in Austria. <br />
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EWMA 2015<br />
LONDON · UK<br />
13-15 MAY 2015<br />
WOUND CARE<br />
– SHAPING THE FUTURE<br />
A PATIENT, PROFESSIONAL, PROVIDER<br />
AND PAYER PERSPECTIVE<br />
Dr Gerald Zöch will provide additional information<br />
concerning this topic at the annual <strong>2014</strong> EWMA Congress<br />
in Madrid, Spain.(15th May, 13:15-14:15, “<br />
International perspectives on implementation”)<br />
Literature:<br />
(1) Apelqvist J, Ragnarson-Tennvall G, Larsson J, Persson U.: Long-term costs for foot<br />
ulcers in diabetic patients in a multidisciplinary setting; Foot Ankle Int. 1995<br />
Jul;16(7):388-94.<br />
EWMA <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>2014</strong> vol 14 no 1<br />
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