EVENT: 2 Jun 2021, Building Leadership & Capability
Apply for a sponsored space by 5pm Friday 2 April 2021 for the online AICG certificate in clinical governance course and the applied clinical governance workshop.
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Information about health literacy, equity, cultural safety and competence.
NEWS: 4 Sep 2020, Primary Care
Patients in remote settlements of eastern Bay of Plenty now have better access to timely and accurate medicines, thanks to a quality improvement project undertaken by the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Community Health Centre in Te Kaha.
NEWS: 24 Jul 2020, Building Leadership & Capability
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has partnered with the Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance (AICG) to provide eight sponsored places on the online AICG Certificate in Clinical Governance course.
NEWS: 2 Jul 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 11 June–1 July 2020 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 1 Jul 2020, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Health Quality & Safety Commission's Statement of Performance Expectation for the period 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
NEWS: 27 May 2020, Mental Health & Addiction Quality Improvement
Approximately 60 participants representing 15 district health boards (DHBs) joined an online learning session for the Learning from adverse events and consumer, family and whānau experience project.
NEWS: 18 Jul 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 28 June to 17 July 2019 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 27 Jun 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Health Quality & Safety Commission's Statement of Performance Expectation (for the period 2019 to 2020).
NEWS: 10 May 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Shared decision making and health literacy international expert Kirsten McCaffery* says shared decision making is important for good quality patient-centred care and can play an important role in helping reduce unnecessary, low value care.
PUBLICATION: 9 Apr 2019
Health Quality & Safety Commission's Statement of Performance Expectation (for the period 2018 to 2019).
NEWS: 18 Mar 2019
The Health Quality & Safety Commission would like to acknowledge the skill and dedication of health professionals in Canterbury and around the country who responded so swiftly, compassionately and professionally to the tragic events in Christchurch.
PUBLICATION: 21 Nov 2017, Patient Deterioration
This policy is provided as an example only and will need to be adapted to reflect expectations for local practice and processes.
NEWS: 27 Sep 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The lack of a systematic way to assess frailty in older people – and therefore to treat them appropriately – prompted Hawke’s Bay geriatrician Dr Tim Frendin and colleagues to develop the Assessment of Robustness in Ageing (ARIA) tool.
PUBLICATION: 20 Sep 2018, Infection Prevention & Control
Organisational expectations for Hand Hygiene New Zealand programme implementation in hospitals.
BLOG POST
The Aged Residential Care programme is keen to profile the good work being done in the sector. We’re inviting organisations to share examples of best practice by blogging on our website.
NEWS: 22 May 2018, Building Leadership & Capability
The latest recipient of an Open for leadership award, Pegasus Health Pasifika Health Manager Maria Pasene, says she has her parents and a bossy aunty to thank for her career success.
NEWS: 2 May 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The Commission is a partner in the Council of Medical College’s Choosing Wisely campaign. The campaign encourages health professionals to question current practice and to talk to patients about the potential risks and benefits of undergoing tests...
BLOG POST
The Commission recently announced that our mental health and addiction quality improvement team will work alongside Te Pou, the national KPI programme and DHB mental health and addiction services to achieve the aspirational goal of Zero seclusion: towards eliminating seclusion by 2020.
PUBLICATION: 17 Mar 2017, Pressure Injury Prevention
In 1999, Danny was a forestry worker, when a rotten tree behind where he was working fell on him.
NEWS: 11 Jul 2017
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 23 June–11 July 2017 is now available online.