Quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services program

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services (QAAMS) program was developed to assist health workers with the management of diabetes among Indigenous people. The program involves point of care pathology testing using a medical instrument designed to measure haemoglobin in A1c and the urine albumin: creatinine ratio for the control of diabetes. It is a culturally appropriate and clinically effective management service performed mainly by Aboriginal Health Workers, within a quality management framework.

A website has been developed for the program and includes information on:

• the program and its history
• aims and objectives
• who is involved
• main activities for the program (training, workshops, services)
• related publication and links.

The program is funded by the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing.

Contacts

QAAMS Program Manager
Ph: (08) 8201 7555
Fax: (08) 8201 7666
Email: Mark.Shephard@flinders.edu.au

Related publications

McAteer B (2012)

The QAAMS Program: quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services program [ppt].

Paper presented at the Living longer stronger: AH & MRC chronic disease conference 2012. 19 June 2012, Sydney

• Links
• View information: The QAAMS Program: quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services program
• View website: Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of New South Wales

Links

• View information: Quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services program
• View website: Quality assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical services