Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest, Issue 73 online now

In this issue

Quality and safety improvement

• Hawke’s Bay speech and language therapist wins award
• Community speaks up about mental health and addiction care

Reducing harm

• Talking together to improve processes for patient deterioration escalation of care
• New patient deterioration resources
• New-look WHO patient safety website
• Update on reducing Staphylococcus aureus-related SSI collaborative
• Applications open for Medicines New Zealand's Value of Medicines Award 2017

Reporting and commentary

• Vacancies

Events

• Upcoming events calendar 2017
• 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 73, 6–27 September 2017