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12 Feb 2020
Blog: Assessing equity in Choosing Wisely
Researcher Anna Adcock (Ngāti Mutunga) is undertaking research on equity components of the Choosing Wisely campaign for the New Zealand Council of Medical Colleges (CMC) and Te Ohu Rata o...
Choosing Wisely
12 Feb 2020
Doing an advance care plan gave Cheryl peace of mind
Cheryl Cameron is a retired filmmaker. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 12 years ago but hasn’t let that slow her down.
ACP info for consumers Advance care planning
10 Feb 2020
New mental health and addiction service network set to launch
Whāriki, a new network for innovators, influencers and leaders in mental health and addiction services will launch in early 2021.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
30 Jan 2020
The Fono’s Whakakotahi project an award finalist
Congratulations to Auckland health and social services organisation, The Fono, for being selected as a finalist in the inaugural New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora.
Primary care
17 Jan 2020
Te māwhenga tūroro | patient deterioration programme update
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s te māwhenga tūroro | patient deterioration programme is focusing on several key projects in 2020. Find out more in this update.
Patient deterioration
17 Jan 2020
Kōrero mai empowers couple to voice concerns
When Angela felt her voice wasn’t being heard during her husband Geoff’s stay in Wellington Regional Hospital, the Kōrero mai service supported her to escalate her concerns about his deteriorating health.
Patient deterioration
13 Jan 2020
Third learning session held for Connecting care: Improving service transitions | Te tūhono i ngā manaakitanga, te whakapai ake i ngā whakawhitinga ratonga
Connecting care is one of the five priority areas for the Commission’s national five-year mental health and addiction (MHA) quality improvement programme.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
10 Jan 2020
Blog: Unhappy hospital holiday
Despite the horrors of the Whakaari/White Island tragedy, the Australian fires, disturbing world events and, on a more local front, reports of hospitals under pressure we carry on living our lives the best we can.
Partners in Care
10 Jan 2020
Improving safety in response to mental health and addiction adverse events
Learning from adverse events and consumer, family and whānau experience is one of the five priority areas for the Commission’s national five-year mental health and addiction quality improvement programme.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
06 Jan 2020
New community medication chart makes prescriptions clearer
Hutt Valley DHB and Nelson Marlborough DHB, with support from the Health Quality & Safety Commission have produced a new medication chart for use by district nursing in the community.
Medicines (Reducing harm)
06 Jan 2020
Changes to maternal morbidity collection and reporting in New Zealand
The Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) will be providing direct oversight of the maternal morbidity collection and reporting, retrospective from 1 July 2019.
Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee