NEWS: 3 Apr 2013, Reducing Harm from Falls
Preventing falls in the community and in hospital is everyone’s business. And that’s the message of the April Falls promotion getting underway today at Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB).
NEWS: 22 Mar 2013, Medication Safety
Commission Chief Executive Dr Janice Wilson and National Programme Director eMedicines Anton Venter visited North Shore Hospital on 14 March 2013 to celebrate the implementation of electronic prescribing.
NEWS: 8 Nov 2012, Other Topics
The Partners in Care project was an output of the Commission's Quality & Safety Challenge.
NEWS: 8 Nov 2012, Other Topics
The falls reduction projects run by the Canterbury District Health Board were an output of the Commission's Quality & Safety Challenge
NEWS: 13 Aug 2012, Other Topics
This media release from the Whanganui District Health Board shows how Wanganui Hospital is making good progress in seeking to understand how falls, pressure injuries, incontinence and malnutrition affect our population and how risks can be minimised.
NEWS: 3 Aug 2012
The Health Workforce New Zealand July 2012 bulletin for stakeholders is available
NEWS: 19 Jul 2012, Other Topics
A new tool is helping four District Health Board trial sites re-focus their endoscopy services on the needs of patients and lift the overall quality of the service.
NEWS: 11 Jun 2012
These pilots explored different ways of providing integrated care to drive improvements in the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care
NEWS: 3 Apr 2012
The introduction of cardiac nurse practitioners at Counties Manukau District Health Board has reduced waiting times for cardiac patients from around three months to less than three weeks.
NEWS: 10 Mar 2011, Adverse Events
A small team of New Zealand and Australian medical specialists and entrepreneurs have won two British health services awards for their software package Patientrack.
NEWS: 6 Apr 2011, Medication Safety
West Coast was the first District Health Board (DHB) to introduce the national medication chart.
NEWS: 28 Apr 2011, Partners in Care
Dr Janice Wilson has been Chief Executive of the Commission since mid-February 2011. Prior to this, she was Deputy Director-General in the Population Health Directorate of the Ministry of Health. In her first public comment since taking up her new role, s
NEWS: 6 Nov 2011, Medication Safety
Making sure you are taking the right medicines: An important guide for people coming into hospital