11 Jan 2012, Partners in Care
This report presents the results of a research programme to develop a directory of consumer organisations, groups and individuals undertaking consumer representative roles in the health and disability sector
30 Dec 2011
Professor Alan Merry, Chair of the Health Quality & Safety Commission, celebrates the Commission’s first birthday with Board members and staff.
20 Dec 2011, Adverse Events
Expressions of interest are sought from professionals working in the health and disability sector, to support the work of the Commission in its role in relation to reportable events and serious and sentinel events.
20 Dec 2011, Adverse Events
Expressions of interest are sought from professionals across the health and disability sector to support the work of the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) in relation to the development of its Global Trigger Tool work programme.
16 Dec 2011, Medication Safety
These updates provide more detailed information about the Medication Safety programme,
14 Dec 2011, Infection Prevention & Control
Hand Hygiene New Zealand is seeking nominations for its first ever quarterly hand hygiene awards.
13 Dec 2011
The Commission's December newsletter is now available.
13 Dec 2011, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
This article in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology looks at the reduction of maternal deaths over the last 100 years
13 Dec 2011, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Beyond the numbers: classifying contributory factors and potentially avoidable maternal deaths in New Zealand, 2006 - 2009. Cynthia Farquhar, Lynn Sadler, Vicki Masson, Gillian Bohm, Alastair Haslam
12 Dec 2011
The Health Quality & Safety Commission works towards the New Zealand Triple Aim for quality improvement.
10 Dec 2011, Medication Safety
On 1 August 2011, the waiver provision in the Medicines Regulations 1984 was updated.
10 Dec 2011, Medication Safety
The future of Taranaki Base Hospital is paperless.
10 Dec 2011, Partners in Care
Maureen Bisognano, president and CEO of the Institute of Healthcare Improvements thoughts on the power of storytelling to help radically change the way health care is delivered to patients.
10 Dec 2011, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission Board is seeking new member(s) for the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. There are up to four vacancies available.
9 Dec 2011, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The new Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists antepartum haemorrhage guideline is attached.
7 Dec 2011
The Health Quality & Safety Commission congratulates its deputy chair, Dr Peter Foley, who was awarded a New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) Fellowship last week
4 Dec 2011, Family Violence Death Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is delighted to announce that Associate Professor of Law Julia Tolmie is to head the Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) from 1 December.
2 Dec 2011
The November issue of the Health IT Board newsletter is available online.
2 Dec 2011, Partners in Care
On behalf of the sector, the Commission has developed a directory of consumer organisations, groups and individuals in the health and disability sector.
29 Nov 2011
There are approximately 500 births each year at Wairarapa Hospital, and about half of the women take their placenta home following a birth.