AH Client Partner Initiative Awarded with ASAE Silver Award for its Support Surface Algorithm
MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – July 8, 2015 – AH client partner, The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses (WOCN®) Society™ has earned a 2015 ASAE Power of A Silver Award for its development of an evidence-based support surface algorithm, clinical guidance for clinicians selecting the appropriate support surface for their patients as they recuperate.
“We are very excited to have earned this very prestigious award on behalf of our valued client partner and AH,” said AH CEO Robert Waller, Jr. CAE. “This recognition speaks to the efforts and abilities of our staff and the trust our client partners have with us to try new, innovative and creative initiatives.”
The program addresses the complex process of preventing and treating pressure ulcers, bed sores, that many clinicians manage in their daily practices. A number of appropriate support surfaces, the material on which a bed-ridden patient must lie, are available but choosing the right one requires considerable thought and careful patient evaluation.
“The support surface selection algorithm project is an ideal example of how a nursing association and its supporters can effect change on a national scale,” said Carolyn Watts, MSN, RN, CWON, WOCN Society President and member of the Algorithm Development Task Force. “Countless patients will benefit from the new standardization the task force created and the mobile version of the tool which their caregivers can access quickly and conveniently.”
Once the algorithm was completed and its content validated, the task force published it in the peer-reviewed Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. After publication, WOCN Society staff worked closely with the task force to create an electronic mobile version of the algorithm. With the electronic version of the algorithm, clinicians can now use the algorithm on their mobile devices, allowing them access to a validated, expert-level tool to evaluate patients at bedside. Hill-Rom provided support for the development of the algorithm.
ASAE’s Power of A (association) Awards, the industry’s highest honor, recognize the association community’s valuable contributions on the local, national and global level. The Power of A Awards reward outstanding accomplishments of associations and industry professionals for their efforts to enrich lives, create a competitive workforce, prepare society for the future, drive innovation and make a better world.
About AH
AH is a professional services firm that specializes in helping non-profit organizations achieve their mission, create value and advance their causes, industries and professions. The Mt. Laurel – based company is composed of four main divisions within AH; a full-service association management company (AMC); a marketing and communications agency; a meetings & events management team; and a division that focuses on other custom solutions such as strategic planning, website builds and database integrations, accounting, recruitment, public affairs and lobbying, certification management, and growing non-dues revenue. AH maintains AMC Institute Charter Accreditation status. The AMC Institute Accreditation program is based on an ANSI Standard. As named by the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA), AH is a Gold Certified Customer Service Organization. For more information, visit www.AHredchair.com, connect with AH on Facebook on youtube.com/
About the WOCN® Society
Founded in 1968, the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™ is a professional, international nursing society of over 5,000 health care professionals who are experts in the care of patients with wounds, ostomies and incontinence. The Society supports its members by promoting educational, clinical and research opportunities to advance the practice, and guide the delivery of health care to individuals with wounds, ostomies and incontinence. Learn more by visiting www.wocn.org. Connect with the WOCN Society on Facebook at Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN), on Twitter at @WOCNSociety and on LinkedIn at Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™.
