Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 121, 3 – 23 September 2020
24 Sep 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 3 to 23 September 2020.
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24 Sep 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 3 to 23 September 2020.
17 Sep 2020, Pressure Injury Prevention
The inaugural ‘Let’s discuss pressure injuries’ session was held virtually on 12 August 2020.
17 Sep 2020, Infection Prevention & Control
This paper by Dr Arthur Morris, Dr Sally Roberts, Nikki Grae and Dr Chris Frampton highlights increased rates of infection following hip and knee arthroplasty when cefazolin is underdosed.
17 Sep 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Matua Witi Ashby gifted the name Ngā Pou Arawhenua to the Māori caucus of the mortality review committees. This document outlines the meaning behind Ngā Pou Arawhenua's name.
16 Sep 2020, National Trauma Network
This document presents the history of managing critical haemorrhage in New Zealand, an evidence summary that justifies the proposed next steps and a description of the intended critical haemorrhage project approach.
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.
11 Sep 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
This document outlines the protocol for reviewing patient comments from the primary care patient experience survey.
8 Sep 2020, Primary Care
In its quality improvement project, Victory Square Pharmacy set out to address these inequities in opioid substitution treatment patients in Nelson.
4 Sep 2020, National Trauma Network
This brochure, available in te reo Māori and English, provides information about the National Trauma Network to trauma patients and their whānau.
3 Sep 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 13 August to 13 September 2020.
28 Aug 2020, National Trauma Network
This project plan sets out the aim, rationale, objectives and approach for the critical haemorrhage project which seeks to reduce mortality and complications in critically haemorrhaging trauma patients.
24 Aug 2020, Primary Care
Some of the people involved in Whakakotahi projects talk about their experience and how consumers are key partners in quality improvement.
13 Aug 2020, National Trauma Network
An infographic containing key information about improving trauma care for critically bleeding patients.
13 Aug 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 23 July–12 August 2020 is now available online.
13 Aug 2020, Primary Care
The Hutt Union and Community Health Service undertook an ambitious project to reduce average blood glucose levels, as measured by HbA1c, in its low-decile and largely Pacific and Māori community
7 Aug 2020, Medication Safety
A booklet and flyer with information for people who could get pregnant, and their families and whānau, understand the risks and benefits of taking anti-seizure medicines for epilepsy, mental health and pain.
7 Aug 2020, Medication Safety
This booklet from ACC has information for health care providers to discuss with people who could get pregnant, about the benefits and risks of taking anti-seizure medicines for epilepsy, mental health or pain.
6 Aug 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
This report addresses the impact that the survey and reporting may have on individual privacy, and outlines steps to assess and minimise potential areas of risk along with compliance with the information privacy principles.
6 Aug 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
General practices taking part in the patient experience survey can now show a video in their clinic waiting room that talks about what the survey is and encourages patients to participate.
6 Aug 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
A guide for general practices about getting started with the primary care patient experience survey.