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Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 79 online now

Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
28 February 2018

In this issue

Quality and safety improvement

  • Blog: Why eliminating seclusion by 2020 is an aspirational goal
  • New study finds unnecessary health tests and procedures waste millions
  • Maternity experience: Michelle's story

Reducing harm

  • Medication safety: Fatal prescription
  • April Falls 2018 update

Reporting and commentary

  • Call for nominations for the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee
  • Opioids Atlas in new format

Events

  • Upcoming events calendar 2018
  • Choosing Wisely workshop: Putting theory into practice
  • Let's talk: Our communities, our health (live-stream option available)
  • Half-day Safe Surgery NZ regional forums with Professor Bill Berry
  • Adverse event review workshops (limited spaces)
  • Putting prevention first: Leadership and action on preventing healthcare associated infections
  • BMJ International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
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