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02 Nov 2021
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 139 [8 October – 1 November]
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 8 October - 1 November.
Health Quality Intelligence
06 Jul 2021
‘Window’ on Pacific peoples’ health calls for urgent system change
A new report paints a stark picture of the health care challenges faced by Pacific peoples in New Zealand and calls for ambitious changes to the system to be made urgently.
Health Quality Intelligence
17 Dec 2020
Data is key to Health Quality & Safety Commission and National Hauora Coalition collaboration partnership for pro-equity project, Gen2040
The Commission and National Hauora Coalition have signed a collaboration partnership for the Commission to contribute to data management, analysis and reporting for a pro-equity project designed to give pēpī Māori (Māori babies) the best start in lif
Health Quality Intelligence
08 Dec 2020
Cheaper, better access needed for long-acting contraception
New data highlights low use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). The data is part of the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation domain on contraceptive use by women, released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
Health Quality Intelligence
30 Jun 2020
Patients call for same-day appointments; online access to information
A recent survey about the impact of COVID-19 on people’s access to health care found nearly all patients wanted same-day appointments for urgent issues.
Health Quality Intelligence
30 Jun 2020
Quality and safety marker reporting to start again 1 July 2020, post COVID-19 interruption
From 1 July 2020, the Health Quality & Safety Commission expects district health boards (DHBs) to start collecting data again for all quality and safety measures (QSMs), following the recent interruption due to COVID-19.
Health Quality Intelligence
19 Jun 2020
Updated data shows cost the main barrier to accessing health services
Updated data from over 79,000 patients who responded to a survey about their experiences with Aotearoa New Zealand health services shows 17 percent reported not visiting a GP or nurse due to cost in the last 12 months.
Health Quality Intelligence
22 May 2020
Blog: Bouncing back – the theory and practice of addressing health care backlogs post-COVID-19
In this first in a series of short, rapid-fire health quality intelligence papers, the Health Quality & Safety Commission raises the question of our national response to the consequences of...
Health Quality Intelligence
16 Apr 2020
Quality and safety marker (QSM) collection and reporting suspended until 30 June 2020
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has temporarily suspended the requirement for DHBs to collect and report on QSM measures that are manually collected until 30 June 2020.
Health Quality Intelligence
29 Jul 2019
Report calls for action on inequities in New Zealand’s health system
Aotearoa New Zealand’s health system must acknowledge, understand and address inequities in how Māori and non-Māori access and receive health services, says a new report released today.
Health Quality Intelligence
26 Jul 2019
New data shows cost as the main barrier to accessing health services
New data from over 72,000 patients who responded to a survey about their experiences with New Zealand health services shows one in five reported not visiting a GP or nurse due to cost in the last 12 months.
Health Quality Intelligence
30 Apr 2019
Antibiotics prescribed to nearly half of all people who visit a GP each year
New data shows 49 percent of those who visited their GP in 2017 were dispensed at least one antibiotic.The data is part of the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation on community use of antibiotics released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
Health Quality Intelligence