Questions to ponder in 2019 from Partners in Care
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, 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.
19 Nov 2018, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Clarissa Chandrahasen has experienced first-hand the trauma and distress of being secluded.
19 Nov 2018, Patient Deterioration
Better patient experience and outcomes lie at the very heart of an innovative service launched by the Waitemata DHB and supported by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
18 Nov 2018, Reducing Harm from Falls
The 8th biennial Australian and New Zealand falls prevention conference is being held on 18–20 November 2018 in Hobart, Tasmania.
16 Nov 2018, Patient Deterioration
We are pleased to announce two new staff have joined Alex, Laura and Emma on the patient deterioration programme team
15 Nov 2018, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission recently facilitated a successful workshop for members of local child and youth mortality review panels. The workshop took place in Nelson on 6–7 November 2018.
12 Nov 2018, Health Quality Intelligence
The latest inpatient survey shows a significant increase in the number of patients who felt hospital staff included their family and whānau in discussions about their care.
12 Nov 2018, Infection Prevention & Control
With very few new antibiotics having been developed in recent years, health agencies say their responsible use is absolutely critical to people’s health.
8 Nov 2018, Health Quality Intelligence
Māori and Pacific peoples are less likely to receive appropriate treatment for gout, despite being significantly more likely to be affected by the disease than other ethnicities.
8 Nov 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 18 October–7 November 2018 is now available online.
7 Nov 2018, Partners in Care
The Health Consumer Advisory Service presented at the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Partners in Care consumer network meeting last month.