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Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest, Issue 63 online now

Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission
07 March 2017

In this issue:

Quality and safety improvement
  • Congratulations to the successful Whakakotahi 2017 improvement projects 
  • Waikato nurse wins inaugural emerging leader award 
  • Personal experience: Giving back to the community 
  • Choosing Wisely forum only weeks away 
  • MidCentral physiotherapist wins emerging leader award 
  • Advance Care Planning: Conversations that Count Day Update
Reducing harm
  • Safe Surgery NZ update 
  • Maternal Morbidity Working Group releases brochures about care review and sharing stories 
  • April Falls 2017 display competition opens 1 April
Reporting and commentary
  • Family Violence Death Review Committee’s Position Brief: February 2017
Vacancies
  • Midwife and consumer representative (Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee)
Events
  • Upcoming events calendar 2017 
  • Choosing Wisely – implementation symposium 
  • FallsStop – free seminar about falls reduction with Anne-Marie Hill 
  • Open Forum with Dr Karen Hitchcock: May you never grow old
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