Through its health quality intelligence programme, the Commission establishes baseline measures and indicators which can be used to assess the quality of the health and disability system.
15 Sep 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
This is the fourth annual update as required by the Ombudsman from the Ministry of Health and the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) on the sector’s progress towards increasing transparency of health data in New Zealand by June 2021.
30 Jun 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
This report sets out major themes from the results of the adult hospital patient experience survey since its inception in 2014. It covers how responses have changed over that time, and the variation in responses between different groups.
30 Jun 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
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.
26 Jul 2019, Health Quality Intelligence
New data from over 72,000 patients who responded to a survey about their experiences with New Zealand health services shows one in five reported not visiting a GP or nurse due to cost in the last 12 months.
22 Jan 2019, Health Quality Intelligence
The Commission has developed a new online portal to make it easier for district health boards (DHBs) to submit data for its quality and safety markers (QSMs).
12 Nov 2018, Health Quality Intelligence
The latest inpatient survey shows a significant increase in the number of patients who felt hospital staff included their family and whānau in discussions about their care.
