Resource library Whare rauemi

Surveillance case studies from the Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme.

Presentations from the first SSI webinar - the case for change.

Between July 2017 and June 2018, we worked with Ko Awatea’s Dr Lynne Maher and the four Kōrero mai lead sites to co-design patient, family and whānau escalation of care processes.

This video from IHI tells the story of Rosie Bartel, who contracted a surgical site infection which had a serious impact on her health and her future.

In our ongoing Window series, this report focuses on Māori health equity, but also draws on thinking and ideas from both the broader fields of health equity and Māori health advancement throughout.

The latest in our ongoing Window on Quality series focuses on health for Pacific peoples, from maternity to end of life, using a life-course approach, and includes expert perspectives on how the health system is performing for Pacific peoples.

The resource Do you really see me or just my disability? was developed by Bay of Plenty DHB quality and patient safety coordinator Cheryl Shearer and tells the stories of seven people living with disabilities.

You are not alone. There are more than 172,000 people living with some form of heart disease in New Zealand.

The 2015–16 co-design programme was delivered in two DHBs over an eight-month period from October 2015 to May 2016. The evaluation report, interviews and case studies from the programme are now available.

Ron Paterson is a former Health and Disability Commissioner. Ron and his family had an experience of great care when Ron's father, Ian, was taken to Middlemore Hospital after a major heart attack.