29 Jan 2019, Advance Care Planning
In association with the Choosing Wisely Forum, the Health Quality & Safety Commission is offering three-hour Serious Illness Conversation Guide training on Thursday 9 May 2019.
22 Jan 2019, Health Quality Intelligence
The Commission has developed a new online portal to make it easier for district health boards (DHBs) to submit data for its quality and safety markers (QSMs).
16 Jan 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Summer in New Zealand is about days at the beach, the sound of cicadas and the smell of melting tar. But for some people it can also be synonymous with having skin rashes and sore knees and backs from gardening or backyard cricket; not to mention tennis..
10 Jan 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Medical Council of New Zealand’s revised statement about the use of resources strongly supports the Choosing Wisely ethos.
31 Dec 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
A link to the Health Quality & Safety Commission's calendar of upcoming events. This list will be updated on a regular basis.
21 Dec 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
A survey of around 800 doctors and nurses has found that nearly 70 percent consider the provision of unnecessary tests, procedures or treatments an issue for New Zealand health care.
20 Dec 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 28 November–19 December 2018 is now available online.
18 Dec 2018
The first New Zealander elected to lead the peak body for emergency medicine in New Zealand and Australia says there are a lot of things being done in medical practice that are not supported by evidence and are not free from harm.
17 Dec 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
A survey of over 2500 people working in mental health and addiction services has found that, while many feel tāngata whaiora (consumers in these services) are treated with respect, there are challenges in several areas.
14 Dec 2018, Advance Care Planning
A campaign encouraging people to start thinking about and talking about developing an advance care plan will be launched on 19 February next year.
13 Dec 2018, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Partners in Care team has had a steady stream of requests to provide advice on consumer engagement in 2018.
13 Dec 2018, Adverse Events
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is hosting a workshop with Professor Erik Hollnagel and a theme of ‘applying the theory of Safety II concepts into practice’.
10 Dec 2018, Primary Care
The shortlist of projects for the third round of Whakakotahi, the Commission’s initiative to develop quality improvement capability in primary care, has been announced.
7 Dec 2018, Adverse Events
The latest Learning from adverse events report shows health providers in New Zealand are continuing to develop and improve their systems for reporting, reviewing and learning from adverse events.
29 Nov 2018, Patient Deterioration
If you are involved in providing acute care in New Zealand hospitals, this conference is for you!
28 Nov 2018, Partners in Care
The Partners in Care and medication safety teams have been working with Ogilvy, to develop low-cost interventions called 'nudges' to improve the lower-scoring areas of the national adult inpatient experience survey.
28 Nov 2018, Building Leadership & Capability
A leadership team from the Porirua Union & Community Health Service is the latest recipient of a Commission Open for leadership award.
28 Nov 2018, Patient Safety Week
A huge thank you to everyone who supported Patient Safety Week 2018. The week, which focused on infection prevention and control, and in particular good hand hygiene, ran from 4 to 10 November.
27 Nov 2018
The Choosing Wisely forum Continuing the Conversation will be held at Te Wharewaka in Wellington on Friday 10 May, 2019.
21 Nov 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is seeking epidemiology services to support the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee and the Suicide Mortality Review Committee.