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![Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 95 online now](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
21 Feb 2019
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 95 online now
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission![Choosing Wisely 2019 forum puts spotlight on unnecessary medical intervention](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
01 Feb 2019
Choosing Wisely 2019 forum puts spotlight on unnecessary medical intervention
The Choosing Wisely forum Continuing the Conversation will be held at Te Wharewaka o Pōneke in Wellington on Friday 10 May 2019.
Choosing Wisely Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission![Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 94 online now](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
31 Jan 2019
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 94 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 20 December 2018–31 January 2019 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission![Think twice about that medical test or treatment this summer](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
16 Jan 2019
Think twice about that medical test or treatment this summer
Summer in New Zealand is about days at the beach, the sound of cicadas and the smell of melting tar. But for some people it can also be synonymous with having skin rashes and sore knees and backs from gardening or backyard cricket; not to mention ten
Choosing Wisely Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission![Medical Council statement supports Choosing Wisely](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
10 Jan 2019
Medical Council statement supports Choosing Wisely
The Medical Council of New Zealand’s revised statement about the use of resources strongly supports the Choosing Wisely ethos.
Choosing Wisely Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission![Survey finds nearly 70 percent of clinicians concerned about unnecessary medical interventions](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
21 Dec 2018
Survey finds nearly 70 percent of clinicians concerned about unnecessary medical interventions
A survey of around 800 doctors and nurses has found that nearly 70 percent consider the provision of unnecessary tests, procedures or treatments an issue for New Zealand health care.
Choosing Wisely Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission![Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 93 online now](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
20 Dec 2018
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 93 online now
A survey of over 2500 people working in mental health and addiction services has found that, while many feel tāngata whaiora (consumers in these services) are treated with respect, there are challenges in several areas.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission!['Overdiagnosing and unnecessary procedures harming the healthy'](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
18 Dec 2018
'Overdiagnosing and unnecessary procedures harming the healthy'
The first New Zealander elected to lead the peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand and Australia says there are a lot of things being done in medical practice that are not supported by evidence and are not free from harm.
Choosing Wisely Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission![Choosing Wisely 2019 forum date announced](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
27 Nov 2018
Choosing Wisely 2019 forum date announced
The Choosing Wisely forum Continuing the Conversation will be held at Te Wharewaka in Wellington on Friday 10 May, 2019.
Choosing Wisely Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission![Request for expressions of interest to provide epidemiology services to support two mortality review committees](/assets/Uploads/Takahe__FillWzkwMCw1MDBd.png)
21 Nov 2018
Request for expressions of interest to provide epidemiology services to support two mortality review committees
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is seeking epidemiology services to support the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee and the Suicide Mortality Review Committee.
Mortality Review Committees Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission