Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest, Issue 72 online now

In this issue

Quality and safety improvement

• Deadline extended for Whakakotahi primary care quality improvement challenge 
• Workshops engage communities on mental health and addiction quality improvement 
• Emerging leader recognised for quality improvement in health care 

Reducing harm

• Patient Safety Week 2017 resources: Available for download and order 
• Trigger tool shows medication-related harm is common in hospitals 
• New videos to improve safety of surgeries 
• Patient story: reducing harm from Amanda's pressure injury 
• Updated 10 topics in reducing harm from falls 
• New patient deterioration factsheets 
• Hand Hygiene NZ releases two new resources 

Reporting and commentary

• PMMRC practice points summary document 

Events

• Upcoming events calendar 2017 
• Three-nation approach to reducing harm from falls 
• Open Forum: International Speaker Series – one-day workshop with Dr Helen Bevan 
• Hand Hygiene NZ – half-day hand hygiene workshop 
• Workshop: Exploring shared goals of care in acute hospital settings 
• Medication without harm – how will New Zealand rise to The Challenge? 
• Patient Safety Week 2017 
• Quality improvement scientific symposium 2017 
• Let's talk: Our communities, our health 

Related links

• Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 72, 16 August–5 September 2017