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24 May 2016
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-update, Issue 50 online now
Issue 50 of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-update is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
25 Apr 2016
Nominations now open for Ko Awatea excellence awards
The Ko Awatea Excellence in Health Improvement Awards provide the perfect opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in health innovation and quality improvement on an international basis. Nominations are now open.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
20 Apr 2016
Australian pilot and partial paraplegic, Janine Shepherd, invites you to attend APAC Forum and hear her amazing story.
Once a champion cross-country skier, Janine’s life was irrevocably altered when she was hit by a truck while training for the winter Olympics. Doctors expected that she would not survive her extensive injuries but her fighting spirit saw her not only
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
20 Apr 2016
'KoLaboration' map showcases quality improvement projects
A new map from Ko Awatea is encouraging 'KoLaboration' in the health sector by showcasing national and international quality improvement projects.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
11 Apr 2016
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-update, Issue 49 online now
Issue 49 of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-update is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
29 Feb 2016
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-update, Issue 48 online now
Issue 48 of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-update is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
06 Feb 2016
Commission backs calls for better awareness on medication safety issues
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is supporting calls for more attention to be given to unsafe vaccine packaging and labelling.
Medicines (Reducing harm)
23 Jun 2015
Report shows significant reduction in stillbirths
The rate of babies dying from 20 weeks of pregnancy to 28 days old (perinatal mortality rate) has fallen to the lowest number since reporting began in New Zealand in 2007.
Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
10 Nov 2014
Improving medication error reporting and learning in primary care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission and the New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre (NZPhvC) are encouraging wider reporting and learning from medication errors and near-miss events in primary care.
Medicines (Reducing harm)
05 Sep 2014
Update on the safe use of opioids collaborative
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Medication Safety programme welcomes the members of the national safe use of opioids collaborative:
Medicines (Reducing harm)