17 May 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Associate Professor Sue Crengle says the Choosing Wisely approach has the potential to reduce, maintain or increase inequities – and deliberate consideration of equity is needed across all Choosing Wisely activities.
16 May 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is encouraging surgical teams in district health boards and private surgical hospitals throughout New Zealand to hold a start-of-list briefing on Thursday 27 June 2019.
16 May 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 25 April to 16 May 2019 is now available online.
10 May 2019, Primary Care
The Whakakotahi 2018 primary care quality improvement programme teams came together to share what they have learnt to-date at the third and final learning session held in Wellington, on Tuesday 19 March 2019.
10 May 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
A Choosing Wisely champion hospital pilot in Victoria has been so successful the initiative is being extended to 11 other hospitals in the state.
10 May 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Shared decision making and health literacy international expert Kirsten McCaffery* says shared decision making is important for good quality patient-centred care and can play an important role in helping reduce unnecessary, low value care.
10 May 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Choosing Wisely forum Continuing the Conversation will be held at Te Wharewaka in Wellington on Friday 10 May, 2019.
9 May 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.
8 May 2019, Primary Care
A project to expand Gisborne-based Turanga Health’s workplace wellness programme with follow up home visits is ensuring at-risk clients have access to wrap-around services.
6 May 2019, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) is seeking a new member to join its Maternal Mortality Review Working Group (MMRWG).
3 May 2019, Aged Residential Care
A nurse practitioner’s dedication to building the profession in New Zealand was honoured with a special pounamu at the Nurse Practitioners New Zealand conference.
2 May 2019, Infection Prevention & Control
New Zealand has an opportunity to participate in a global survey to assess infection prevention and control programmes in health care facilities as part of World Hand Hygiene Day on 5 May.
1 May 2019, Family Violence Death Review Committee
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is seeking a lived-experience (consumer) member to join the Family Violence Death Review Committee.
1 May 2019, Aged Residential Care
The Commission is pleased to be working with ACC who have funded a quality improvement (QI) facilitator programme.
30 Apr 2019, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
A second cohort of health professionals has recently graduated from the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction programme’s quality improvement facilitator (QIF) course.
30 Apr 2019, Health Quality Intelligence
New data shows 49 percent of those who visited their GP in 2017 were dispensed at least one antibiotic.The data is part of the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation on community use of antibiotics released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
29 Apr 2019, Patient Deterioration
Patients and whānau often say ‘something just doesn’t feel right’ and they are often correct, recognising subtle signs of patient deterioration in hospital, even when vital signs are normal.
29 Apr 2019, Medication Safety
A review and update of the standard batch sheets for oral liquid formulations compounded in New Zealand (NZ standard oral formulations or NZSOF) has been completed.
24 Apr 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 5–24 April 2019 is now available online.
17 Apr 2019, Primary Care
West Coast Primary Health Organisation (PHO) has partnered with Māori health and social services provider, Poutini Waiora, in a project to improve outcomes for targeted Buller Medical Māori and Pacific clients with diabetes.