EVENT: 24 May 2018, Partners in Care
Waitemata District Health Board is hosting a health literacy symposium on 24 May 2018. The focus is to create a greater awareness of health literacy with an emphasis on what we can do as a community to create better patient experiences.
NEWS: 5 Apr 2018, Advance Care Planning
Today, Thursday 5 April 2018 is national Advance Care Planning Day. Arthur Te Anini spoke to the NZ Herald about advance care planning and why it is important to him.
PUBLICATION: 28 Mar 2018, Pressure Injury Prevention
This document gives hospital staff practical guidance on how to implement a robust PI measurement approach, as part of wider PI prevention and management (PIPM) activities.
NEWS: 15 Apr 2015, Advance Care Planning
Jane Goodwin, Advance Care Planning Facilitator, Canterbury Initiative, Christchurch Hospital talks to Newstalk ZB’s Chris Lynch about having conversations with loved ones about advance care planning.
PUBLICATION: 1 Dec 2016, Advance Care Planning
A template to help you write down what’s most important to you for future health care (in print and electronic format).
EVENT: 18 Nov 2018, Reducing Harm from Falls
The 8th biennial Australian and New Zealand falls prevention conference is being held on 18–20 November 2018 in Hobart, Tasmania.
NEWS: 14 Mar 2018, Partners in Care
Author and young cancer survivor Jake Bailey made headlines when he delivered his end-of-year prizegiving speech as head boy of Christchurch Boys’ High School in December 2015, just one week after being diagnosed with Burkitt’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
NEWS: 9 Mar 2018, Partners in Care
Te Rina Ruru’s life changed the morning her brother Ray had a car accident which left him with a traumatic brain injury. She was 16 at the time and struggled to cope. Te Rina shared her story at the Commission’s Let’s talk forum on 8–9 March.
NEWS: 27 Feb 2018, Medication Safety
A recently published article in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology highlights system issues contributing to medication errors.
PUBLICATION: 19 Feb 2018, Partners in Care
The experience of women who undergo an unplanned hysterectomy (removal of the womb) at the same time as birthing is a story that is not often told.
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: 20 Dec 2017, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 29 November–20 December 2017 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 14 Dec 2017, Health Quality Intelligence
Open4Results is a six-monthly report on the harm prevented, and money saved, in areas the Health Quality & Safety Commission focuses on or raises awareness about.
EVENT: 15 Mar 2018, Safe Surgery NZ
This is your opportunity to join other surgical teams in your area to find out about the safe surgery programme's impact to date and share your experience of the teamwork and communication interventions.
PUBLICATION: 11 Dec 2017, Infection Prevention & Control
Presentations from the HHNZ hand hygiene workshop
PUBLICATION: 28 Mar 2014, Infection Prevention & Control
As a fit and active 16 year old, Amelia didn’t think that the pain in her arm would be caused by anything other than her strenuous dance training.
PUBLICATION: 30 Nov 2017, Patient Deterioration
This workshop was a first step towards understanding current issues and developing a national approach for shared goals of care for New Zealand.
PUBLICATION: 27 Nov 2017, Pressure Injury Prevention
Frequently asked questions about the Commission's pressure injury measurement project.
PUBLICATION: 2 Feb 2017, Advance Care Planning
Arthur Te Anini is on a mission. The 67-year-old South Aucklander wants to convince his fellow Māori to start talking about future health care and end of life care.
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.
PUBLICATION: 12 Aug 2016, Pressure Injury Prevention
John, a widower of 71 and recently retired, was admitted to hospital with an ischaemic leg, and developed a pressure injury.
PUBLICATION: 22 Sep 2017, Pressure Injury Prevention
In March 2017, David Jackson underwent a successful bilateral (double) hip replacement, but developed a pressure injury during his recovery in hospital.
PUBLICATION: 11 Aug 2017, Pressure Injury Prevention
In 2013, Amanda Bradbury was admitted to hospital with lymphedema (swelling) in her legs and a pressure injury on her sacrum, believed to be caused by an old, ill-fitting wheelchair.
PUBLICATION: 30 Jun 2017, Pressure Injury Prevention
In 2016, John Rankin was diagnosed with lymphoma after being admitted to hospital. During his stay in hospital, John was largely immobile and in a lot of pain. A couple of days before he was discharged, he developed a pressure injury.