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22 Mar 2013
Electronic prescribing in action
Commission Chief Executive Dr Janice Wilson and National Programme Director eMedicines Anton Venter visited North Shore Hospital on 14 March 2013 to celebrate the implementation of electronic prescribing.
Falls (Reducing harm)18 Dec 2012
eReferral takes it up a notch
The Emergency Department at Waikato Hospital is now receiving electronic referrals from general practices in the Midlands Health Network.
Pressure injuries (Reducing harm)16 Aug 2012
SIDS prevention: 3000 lives saved but we can do better
This article looks at the fall in sudden infant deaths over the past two decades and argues that further lives can be saved by focussing on the increased risks from bed sharing.
Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee14 Aug 2012
Drop in teenage drink-drive convictions
The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee is delighted that figures show that there has been a reduction in teenage drink-drive convictions.
Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee30 Jul 2012
Study finds medicine reconciliation reduces costs
A Dutch study found that as well as reducing medication errors, medication reconciliation processes result in a net cost benefit to health care providers.
Pressure injuries (Reducing harm)16 May 2012
The key questions of medicine reconciliation
Authors from the University of Toronto take a closer look at medicine reconciliation in this Healthcare Quarterly article.
Medicines (Reducing harm)07 May 2012
Born too soon – a new report looks at the increasing number of preterm births
A PMMRC workshop on improving outcomes for New Zealand mothers and babies.
Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee16 Apr 2012
New alert gives advice on the prescription and management of oral methotrexate.
Oral Methotrexate Alert Issued
Falls (Reducing harm)22 Feb 2012
Recommendations to prevent administration errors with Velcade (bortezomib)
The European Medicines Agency is aware of three fatal cases of administration error that occurred with Velcade in the European Union, where the medicine was accidentally given intrathecally (into the space that surrounds the spinal cord) instead of i
Pressure injuries (Reducing harm)31 Jan 2012
Medicines reconciliation film - NHS employers organisation (UK)
A film about medicines reconciliation to highlight the role each sector plays in medicines reconciliation, particularly hospital pharmacy.
Falls (Reducing harm)10 Dec 2011
Guidelines for Applications for a Director-General's Waiver to allow Electronic Prescribing
On 1 August 2011, the waiver provision in the Medicines Regulations 1984 was updated.
Medicines (Reducing harm)07 Sep 2011
Report looks at deadly impacts of alcohol on children and young people
A new report highlights the strong contribution of alcohol to the dramatic increase in the rate of death by injury after the age of fifteen, with many young people becoming victims of their own drinking or the drinking of others.
Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee