Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 134, 25 June–16 July 2021
NEWS: 16 Jul 2021, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 25 June - 16 July.
NEWS: 16 Jul 2021, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 25 June - 16 July.
NEWS: 10 Dec 2020, Adverse Events
The annual summary of adverse events data from 2019/20 has been released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
PUBLICATION: 24 Nov 2020, Reducing Harm from Falls
An article from the British Medical Journal with useful tips for mitigating the risk of falls in older people, while wearing a face mask.
NEWS: 24 Nov 2020, Reducing Harm from Falls
It is essential – especially for the elderly – to consider how to reduce the risk of falling while wearing a face mask.
NEWS: 30 Jun 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
From 1 July 2020, the Health Quality & Safety Commission expects district health boards (DHBs) to start collecting data again for all quality and safety measures (QSMs), following the recent interruption due to COVID-19.
NEWS: 22 Apr 2020, Building Leadership & Capability
Timaru physiotherapist Sonya Veale is the latest recipient of an Open for leadership award.
NEWS: 16 Apr 2020, Health Quality Intelligence
The Health Quality & Safety Commission has temporarily suspended the requirement for DHBs to collect and report on QSM measures that are manually collected until 30 June 2020.
PUBLICATION: 1 Apr 2020, Reducing Harm from Falls
In this video Matt Boyd from Adapt Research introduces the 2020 reducing harm from falls evidence base.
PUBLICATION: 1 Apr 2020, Reducing Harm from Falls
This document provides recent literature of interest from the Reducing harm from falls: recommended evidence-based resources 2020.
PUBLICATION: 1 Apr 2020, Reducing Harm from Falls
The reducing harm from falls recommended evidence-based resources 2020 includes systematic reviews, clinical guidelines and toolkits.
NEWS: 30 Mar 2020, ACP information for consumers
Aotearoa is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is an unsettling time, and it is natural for people to be anxious. However, it is also an opportunity for people to plan for a scenario where they may become suddenly unwell.
NEWS: 13 Dec 2019, Partners in Care
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is piloting a new consumer engagement quality and safety marker in four district health boards from December 2019.
BLOG POST
Clinical systems manager at Ryman Healthcare, Victoria Brevoort, shares how the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Ngā aratohu maimoa hauwarea | Frailty care guides are being used across their organisation.
NEWS: 21 Nov 2019, Adverse Events
The annual Learning from adverse events report from the Health Quality & Safety Commission has been released.
PUBLICATION: 22 Oct 2019, Building Leadership & Capability
Presentations from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's 2019 Quality Improvement Scientific Symposium.
PUBLICATION: 12 Sep 2019, Aged Residential Care
The frailty care guides are a suite of 26 nursing decision support tools covering the spectrum of frailty from deterioration to communication and advance treatment planning.