Webinar: A model hospital for IPC and management of COVID-19 patients (WHO webinar series)
22 Apr 2020, Infection Prevention & Control
A webinar from the World Health Organization: A model hospital for IPC and management of COVID-19 patients.
22 Apr 2020, Infection Prevention & Control
A webinar from the World Health Organization: A model hospital for IPC and management of COVID-19 patients.
21 Apr 2020, Advance Care Planning
Most of us can only imagine what having someone die in front of us would be like, but it’s part of the job for Wellington paramedic, Sean Thompson.
21 Apr 2020, Advance Care Planning
Tahu Hikuroa has aggressive brain tumours that means his future is uncertain. But, having an advance care plan has helped Tahu and wife Jo to make some tough decisions and feel more in control about what lies ahead.
21 Apr 2020, Advance Care Planning
A few years ago, Jan Wallace was invited to join the locality health forum for her hospital board area and became particularly interested in palliative care, also known as end-of-life care.
20 Apr 2020, Patient Deterioration
The national patient deterioration programme says there is no need to change the New Zealand early warning score (NZEWS) parameters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 Apr 2020, Primary Care
Congratulations to Nelson’s Victory Square Pharmacy. Its Whakakotahi quality improvement project to improve the physical health of people on opioid substitution treatment won the He Tangata/The People – team work with consumer engagement – award.
16 Apr 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has temporarily suspended the requirement for DHBs to collect and report on QSM measures that are manually collected until 30 June 2020.
15 Apr 2020, Family Violence Death Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) board is seeking one member with senior legal experience to join the Family Violence Death Review Committee.
9 Apr 2020, talkingCOVID
The national Serious Illness Conversation Guide training team will be available as a panel to answer questions from clinicians about the Serious Illness Conversation Guides and the training on the talkingCOVID webpage.
9 Apr 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 12 March to 8 April 2020 is now available online.
31 Mar 2020, Family Violence Death Review Committee
The Family Violence Death Review Committee is adding its voice to the calls to ensure flexible, responsive family violence services are provided during the COVID-19 crisis.
30 Mar 2020, Advance Care Planning
Aotearoa is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an unsettling time, and it is natural for people to be anxious. However, it is also an opportunity for people to plan for a scenario where they may become suddenly unwell.
27 Mar 2020, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s consumer network welcomed seven new members at a recent meeting held in Wellington.
26 Mar 2020, Patient Safety Week
In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a new World Patient Safety Day, to be held annually on 17 September. From this year, New Zealand will align with the WHO’s campaign, instead of holding a separate awareness week in November.
24 Mar 2020, Advance Care Planning
A new evidence-based guide to support clinicians to have quality conversations with seriously ill people and their whānau is now available.
19 Mar 2020, Advance Care Planning
In light of the rapidly developing and changing situation with COVID-19, the Health Quality & Safety Commission is postponing Advance Care Planning Day until later in the year. The day was to be held on Friday 3 April.
18 Mar 2020, Primary Care
An award-winning quality improvement project to reduce the rate of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) among under-25-year-olds in West Auckland’s Tuvaluan community aims to be extended to other Pacific communities.
12 Mar 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 20 February to 11 March 2020 is now available online.
10 Mar 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
An Open Forum featuring Mr Samer Nashef, cardiac surgeon, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK and Dr Stephen Duckett, director of the health programme, Grattan Institute, Victoria, Australia.
20 Feb 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 30 January to 19 February 2020 is now available online.