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17 Apr 2019
Partnership delivers wraparound support for diabetes patients
West Coast Primary Health Organisation (PHO) has partnered with Māori health and social services provider, Poutini Waiora, in a project to improve outcomes for targeted Buller Medical Māori and Pacific clients with diabetes.
Primary care
11 Mar 2019
Eight primary care-led quality improvement projects selected for Whakakotahi 2019
Eight projects from primary care provider teams from around the country have been selected for the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Whakakotahi 2019 quality improvement programme.
Primary care
09 Aug 2018
Blog: There is no 'I' in team
TEAM is an acronym for together everyone achieves more. To accomplish anything, the group or team needs a shared problem or a goal to work towards, and all the necessary...
Primary care
02 Jul 2018
Compass Health rebrands
The Commission has welcomed Tū Ora Compass Health’s recent rebrand as a sign of its commitment to achieving health equity.
Primary care
25 Jun 2018
Blog: The flipside to problems
I’ve been thinking about the saying, ‘Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life’.
Primary care
22 Jun 2018
Improving West Coast access to care and the journey for individuals and families with diabetes, prediabetes and high cardiovascular risk
West Coast PHO’s diabetes, pre-diabetes and high cardiovascular risk improvement project is one of six successful projects for Whakakotahi 2018 – the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s primary care quality improvement challenge.
Primary care
22 Jun 2018
Developing a co-designed diabetes model of care
The Linwood Medical Centre & Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) diabetes integrated specialist clinic in Christchurch is one of the six successful initiatives supported by the Commission’s Whakakotahi 2018 primary care quality improvement challen
Primary care
17 May 2018
Commission ‘excited’ by new primary health body
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has welcomed the establishment of the Federation of Primary Health Aotearoa New Zealand.
Primary care
04 May 2018
Blog: Patient experience feedback vital to the quality of general practice care – College
Dr Kate Wang is General Manager, Quality at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners.
Primary care Patient experience
08 Mar 2018
A day in the life of the Toiora exercise class
Many elements combined make the Toiora exercise class for people with diabetes an excellent example of the Whakakotahi primary care improvement challenge in action.
Primary care