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27 Jun 2019
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 101 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 7 to 27 June 2019 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
27 Jun 2019
Blog: Colourism: Skin deep
In this blog, Rangimaarie Painting, a student from the University of Auckland on placement with the Health Quality & Safety Commission, discusses the concept of colourism.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
26 Jun 2019
Patient Safety Week
Planning for Patient Safety Week | Wiki Haumaru Tūroro (3–9 November 2019) continues. This year we are again partnering with ACC to promote the week. This year’s theme is ‘Improving communication by understanding implicit bias in health care’.
Aotearoa Patient Safety Day
17 Jun 2019
Commission proud to receive the Rainbow Tick
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is proud to be the latest organisation to receive the Rainbow Tick – a sign that we welcome, understand and value sexual and gender diversity.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
12 Jun 2019
Choosing Wisely must mean choosing equity
A paper published in the latest New Zealand Medical Journal says the Choosing Wisely campaign must ensure the message 'more is not necessarily better' does not inadvertently worsen the under-treatment for Māori and other groups.
Choosing Wisely Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
06 Jun 2019
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 100 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 17 May to 6 June 2019 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
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
28 May 2019
National approach for healthcare associated infection quality improvement
DHBs have agreed to fund a new model for an effective and sustainable whole-of-sector approach to healthcare associated infection (HAI) in New Zealand.
Infection prevention and control
24 May 2019
Suicide post-vention group shows benefit of community critical in suicide prevention
An interagency post-vention group in Te Tai Tokerau ki Muriwhenua has shown local solutions based on te ao Māori are critical for saving rangatahi lives.
Suicide Mortality Review Committee
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