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30 Jun 2022
New health quality intelligence tools support quality improvement
The Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) plays a key role in supporting the health sector to improve the quality and safety of services.
Patient experience Health Quality Intelligence
23 May 2022
New Measures Library available from 1 July
The Health Quality & Safety Commission will begin publishing a Health Quality Measures Library on 1 July 2022. This is a centralised, easy-to-access information resource that provides data visualisations and narratives to support understanding and us
Health Quality Intelligence National Trauma Network
20 Dec 2021
Report to assist the health sector to learn from the experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic
A window on quality 2021 looks at the effects of Aotearoa's response on selected aspects of the functioning of our health system during the 2020 lockdown to help the health sector learn from it and shape resilient system responses in the future.
Health Quality Intelligence
16 Dec 2021
New report highlights impact of 2020 COVID-19 lockdown on health care experience of disabled people
The Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) has today released a report on the health care experience of around 4,000 disabled people during last year’s COVID-19 lockdown.
Health Quality Intelligence
12 Nov 2021
Flyers promoting the patient experience survey now available
A4 flyers promoting the patient experience survey are now available as PDFs in English, te reo Māori, Samoan and Tongan languages.
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02 Nov 2021
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 139 [8 October – 1 November]
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 8 October - 1 November.
Health Quality Intelligence
06 Jul 2021
‘Window’ on Pacific peoples’ health calls for urgent system change
A new report paints a stark picture of the health care challenges faced by Pacific peoples in New Zealand and calls for ambitious changes to the system to be made urgently.
Health Quality Intelligence
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
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
30 Jun 2020
Patients call for same-day appointments; online access to information
A recent survey about the impact of COVID-19 on people’s access to health care found nearly all patients wanted same-day appointments for urgent issues.
Health Quality Intelligence
30 Jun 2020
Quality and safety marker reporting to start again 1 July 2020, post COVID-19 interruption
From 1 July 2020, the Health Quality & Safety Commission expects district health boards (DHBs) to start collecting data again for all quality and safety measures (QSMs), following the recent interruption due to COVID-19.
Health Quality Intelligence
19 Jun 2020
Updated data shows cost the main barrier to accessing health services
Updated data from over 79,000 patients who responded to a survey about their experiences with Aotearoa New Zealand health services shows 17 percent reported not visiting a GP or nurse due to cost in the last 12 months.
Health Quality Intelligence