NEWS: 25 Jan 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Council of Medical Colleges (CMC) is encouraging older people to talk to their doctor about whether they could take fewer medicines.
NEWS: 16 Nov 2017, Primary Care
A rising tide of gout is being responded to by South Auckland general practice Papakura Marae Health Clinic and National Hauora Coalition (a collective of Māori service providers).
NEWS: 14 Dec 2017, Primary Care
This year the Commission’s commitment to increasing quality improvement capability in primary care took a positive step forward through the Whakakotahi primary care quality improvement challenge.
NEWS: 5 Nov 2017, Patient Safety Week
Over 22,000 New Zealanders aged 65 and over are taking a potentially dangerous combination of medicines that could seriously damage their kidneys
PUBLICATION: 28 Jul 2016, Medication Safety
To highlight the risks involved in using abbreviations in prescriptions, the Commission ran a poll asking readers what they thought the dose was in the prescription below.
NEWS: 21 Aug 2017, Primary Care
Gout is an equity issue. The suffering this condition causes is avoidable and differences between people and populations can be remedied.
NEWS: 21 Aug 2017, Building Leadership & Capability
A forward-thinking approach to how our young doctors are trained is behind the latest Open for leadership award.
NEWS: 16 Jun 2017, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee
The Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC) has identified what it says are unacceptable discrepancies in the mortality rates for New Zealand’s most deprived populations.
NEWS: 13 Jun 2017, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
The rate of babies dying shortly before or after birth (perinatal mortality) is now the lowest since reporting began in New Zealand.
NEWS: 25 May 2017, Building Leadership & Capability
The latest recipient of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Open for leadership award is Picton Medical Centre GP, Dr Jessica Sterenborg.
EVENT: 10 Apr 2017
Join Dr Karen Hitchcock and New Zealand experts to discuss and debate both the importance and the role of older people in New Zealand, and the implications for improving the quality and safety of our health care system.
NEWS: 2 Feb 2017
The symposium, at Te Papa in Wellington on Thursday 30 March, will feature Choosing Wisely International chair Professor Wendy Levinson as a keynote speaker.
NEWS: 16 Dec 2016
On Wednesday 7 December a number of health sector leaders got together to launch the Choosing Wisely campaign New Zealand. Choosing Wisely focuses on reducing the number of unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures carried out on patients.
MEDIA RELEASE: 7 Dec 2016
A new campaign looking to cut down the number of unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures carried out by health professionals has been launched in New Zealand today.
NEWS: 25 Nov 2016, Partners in Care
Rose Russell was about to head off to Malaysia to deliver an academic writing course when she had a fall that drastically changed her plans.
NEWS: 31 Oct 2016, Health Quality Intelligence
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is celebrating improved patient care as Patient Safety Week begins, with the release of a new report – Open4Results.
NEWS: 20 May 2016, Infection Prevention & Control
District health boards (DHBs) across the country celebrated World Hand Hygiene Day on May 5 in a range of ways.
NEWS: 2 May 2016, Medication Safety
Counties Manukau Health and Northland are among district health boards (DHBs) leading the way in the roll out of electronic medicine reconciliation (eMedRec).
NEWS: 12 Apr 2016
It’s not too early to start thinking about your end-of-life care and treatment choices for the future.
EVENT: 11 Apr 2016, Other Topics
These free seminars will suit health care management, nurses, doctors and hospital health care assistants, and provide high-level ideas, thoughtprovoking approaches and world-leading advice about preventing pressure injuries.
NEWS: 4 Dec 2015, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Figures just released from the Health Quality Safety Commission for 2014 show 40 babies died in 2014 from SUDI or sudden, unexpected death in infancy. On average, there were 47 deaths per year in the five years to 2014.
MEDIA RELEASE: 27 Jul 2015, Health Quality Intelligence
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has released a new Atlas of Healthcare Variation domain, focusing on diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer in public hospitals.
NEWS: 21 May 2015, Building Leadership & Capability
The 21st century is the century of the system, internationally renowned health writer Dr Atul Gawande told a forum of more than 500 people from New Zealand’s health, disability, aged-care and end-of-life care sectors on Monday 18 May in Wellington.
EVENT: 14 Apr 2015, Partners in Care
Manukau City Accident and Medical Clinic and ProCare Health are planning for a Manukau Wellness expo that will provide significant benefits for the Manukau, South Auckland community.
PUBLICATION: 15 Dec 2014, Partners in Care
Querida Whatuira-Strickland describes her work helping whānau with health literacy in her role as kaitakawaenga.