Patient Safety Week 2017 resources
23 Aug 2017, Patient Safety Week
Downloadable resources to support Patient Safety Week 2017
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23 Aug 2017, Patient Safety Week
Downloadable resources to support Patient Safety Week 2017
10 Jul 2015, Reducing Harm from Falls
The stay independent toolkit for clinicians comprises a booklet, a poster suitable for waiting room display and a consumer brochure which encourages older people to self-assess their falls risk and follow that with a conversation with their health profess
25 Feb 2016, Family Violence Death Review Committee
This report sets out the work of the Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) from January 2013 to December 2013.
24 Nov 2017, Adverse Events
This is the annual adverse events report published by the Health Quality & Safety Commission. The report covers adverse events reported by New Zealand's 20 district health boards (DHBs) and other providers.
30 Jun 2015, Partners in Care
A guide for New Zealand district health boards, and the health and disability services they fund, to engage better with consumers.
22 Mar 2017, Building Leadership & Capability
This guidance document sets out a high-level framework for clinical governance in health and disability services in New Zealand.
13 Jun 2017, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
This report considers perinatal and maternal mortality and morbidity from 1 January to 31 December 2015; perinatal mortality from 2007 to 2015; maternal mortality from 2006 to 2015; and babies with neonatal encephalopathy from 2010 to 2015.
26 Apr 2018, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Mortality data reports for the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee.
20 Mar 2015, Partners in Care
Booklet: Three steps to better health literacy – a guide for health care professionals.
6 Jul 2017, Medication Safety
Purpose: To highlight the risks associated with the use of transdermal patches (both from the medicine and the delivery system).
1 Jun 2017, Health Quality Intelligence
This 2017 report brings our measures up to date and draws out key messages about the quality of New Zealand’s health system.
29 Aug 2013, Reducing Harm from Falls
This review of existing falls risk assessment and care planning tools in use across district health boards (DHBs) is a key piece of work from the Commission’s Reducing Harm from Falls programme.
26 Jun 2014, Family Violence Death Review Committee
This report sets out the work of the Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) from January 2013 to December 2013.
18 Oct 2016, Building Leadership & Capability
'From knowledge to action' is a high-level framework to guide the development of quality and safety capability across all levels in the health and disability sector, including consumers/patients.
19 Nov 2012, Adverse Events
This is the Commission's third report setting out the serious and sentinel events that New Zealand's 20 District Health Boards have reported in the previous year, and the sixth report overall.
16 May 2017, Other Topics
The Health Quality & Safety Commission and Health Workforce New Zealand recently commissioned an independent evaluation of the advance care planning programme and training.
7 Aug 2015, Medication Safety
The medication charting toolkit has been prepared for health practitioners who are implementing the national medication chart and/or conducting education and training on how to use the National Medication Chart.
17 Oct 2014, Reducing Harm from Falls
Falls risk screening, risk assessment and care planning tools from Whanganui District Health Board.