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09 Feb 2021
Orthopaedic data collection made simpler
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has approved an option for district health boards to transition to ‘light surveillance’ for the orthopaedic surgical site infection improvement programme.
Infection prevention and control
05 Feb 2021
Commission farewells outgoing consumer advocate
The Health Quality & Safety Commission thanks outgoing consumer network and consumer advisory group member, Martine Abel-Williamson, for the valuable contribution she has made to the Commission's work programmes over the past seven years.
Partners in Care
28 Jan 2021
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 126 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 5–27 January 2021 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
28 Jan 2021
An example of effective consumer engagement by HUCHS
In September 2020, the Hutt Union and Community Health Service (HUCHS) launched Te Kete Hauora Patient Advisory Team Workbook which has proven to be an innovative and successful tool in gathering high quality feedback and engagement.
Primary care
28 Jan 2021
Hand hygiene coordinators share success stories at recent webinar
At a recent webinar held by the Health Quality & Safety Commission, hand hygiene coordinators shared initiatives that have worked in their district health boards (DHBs) since COVID-19 started.
Infection prevention and control
18 Dec 2020
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 125 online now
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 26 November–18 December 2020 is now available online.
Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
17 Dec 2020
Data is key to Health Quality & Safety Commission and National Hauora Coalition collaboration partnership for pro-equity project, Gen2040
The Commission and National Hauora Coalition have signed a collaboration partnership for the Commission to contribute to data management, analysis and reporting for a pro-equity project designed to give pēpī Māori (Māori babies) the best start in lif
Health Quality Intelligence
16 Dec 2020
Adverse events learning programme now delivered online
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged us to think about how we deliver learning programmes to make them more accessible. The adverse events learning review workshop is now delivered online.
Adverse events
10 Dec 2020
Commission releases annual summary of adverse events data from 2019/20
The annual summary of adverse events data from 2019/20 has been released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
Adverse events
09 Dec 2020
Advisory groups hold final meetings for 2020
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s mental health and addiction quality improvement programme's Māori advisory and consumer advisory groups held their final meetings for 2020 in Wellington last week.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement
08 Dec 2020
Cheaper, better access needed for long-acting contraception
New data highlights low use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). The data is part of the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation domain on contraceptive use by women, released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
Health Quality Intelligence
03 Dec 2020
Mental health and addiction quality improvement programme update
Highlights for the MHA quality improvement programme this month include the release of two powerful videos on consumers’ experiences of seclusion, and two well-attended and energising regional away-days for Zero seclusion project teams.
Mental health & addiction quality improvement