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08 Oct 2019
Commission attends practice managers conference
Representatives from the Health Quality & Safety Commission profiled a range of our primary care-related work at the Practice Managers and Administrators Association of New Zealand (PMAANZ) conference in September.
Primary care
25 Sep 2019
Commission funds Māori leaders to attend Toitū Hauora Māori leadership summit
Te Rau Ora hosted the annual Toitū Hauora Māori Health Leadership Summit at Te Papa in Wellington on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 August 2019.
Primary care
03 Sep 2019
Commission’s work shared widely at general practice conference
Representatives from the Health Quality & Safety Commission profiled a wide range of our primary care-related work at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioner’s conference in July.
Primary care
22 Aug 2019
Blog: Tools to remove barriers to quality improvement in primary care
Quality improvement (QI) is the use of systematic tools and methods to improve health care outcomes and experiences of care.
Primary care
25 Jul 2019
Tuvaluan community drives message to improve skin infection rates
A community-driven approach has played a vital role in a project that has reduced the rate of skin and soft tissue infections among under 25-year-olds in West Auckland’s Tuvaluan community by more than 40 percent.
Primary care
04 Jul 2019
Respiratory ‘WOF’ and follow up improves Māori and Pacific children’s asthma management
A Hastings community pharmacy’s project to improve asthma management in a group of Māori and Pacific children has left everyone breathing easier.
Primary care
05 Jun 2019
Towards quality improvement at scale in the New Zealand primary care setting
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is pleased to share the findings from consumer, health service and stakeholder engagement, to inform the future direction and priorities in our primary care programme.
Primary care
29 May 2019
Streamlining patient enrolment delivers extra benefits
A project to improve the patient enrolment process at Whanganui’s Gonville Health and make it more patient-centred and culturally appropriate has achieved benefits beyond its intended aims.
Primary care
24 May 2019
Blog: System change is key to choosing wisely – part one
Neil Whittaker is GP partner/owner at Nelson East Family Medical Centre and a medical educator. He is a supporter of the Choosing Wisely approach, and believes system change is the key to more effective and efficient care.
Primary care
24 May 2019
Blog: System change is key to choosing wisely – part two
Neil Whittaker is GP partner/owner at Nelson East Family Medical Centre and a medical educator. He is a supporter of the Choosing Wisely approach, and believes system change is the...
Choosing Wisely Primary care