Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 85 online now

In this issue

Whakapai i te kounga me te haumaru | Quality and safety improvement

• Let's PLAN for better care
• Tackling skin infections in a Pacific population
• Queen's Birthday Honour for consumer network member

Whakaheke mōrearea | Reducing harm

• Theme for Patient Safety Week 2018
• Second quality improvement facilitator course begins in July
• New survey of mental health staff will support improvements in quality of care
• Recording of pressure injury measurement webinar now available
• Updated Ask, assess, act resources

Pūrongo me te whakamārama | Reporting and commentary

• Early recognition and response to sepsis in pregnancy key
• Maternal death rates falling, but work needed to prevent preterm birth
• Report calls for hip fracture surgery within 48 hours
• Medical colleges warn against unnecessary tests and treatments this winter
• Subscribe to the Choosing Wisely newsletter
• Commission vacancies

Ngā hui huhua | Events

• Upcoming events calendar 2018
• Adverse event review workshops
• All Together Better Health IX conference
• BMJ International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare
• Quality improvement scientific symposium
• Patient Deterioration New Zealand: Current state and future developments
• 13th Biennial Asia Pacific International Mental Health and Addiction Conference
• 8th Biennial Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Conference

Related links

• Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 85, 14 June–4 July 2018