EVENT: 7 Nov 2012, Safe Surgery NZ
The New Zealand chapter meeting of The Health Roundtable is scheduled for November in Auckland. The special topic for the meeting is 'reducing perioperative harm.'
NEWS: 5 Oct 2012, Adverse Events
Dr David Sage has been appointed Clinical Lead for the national reportable events programme. This includes the national reportable events policy, and reporting of serious and sentinel events by district health boards (DHBs).
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.
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These are a set of high level measures which are designed to provide the public and the health and disability sector with a clear picture of the quality and safety of health services in New Zealand.
NEWS: 21 Jun 2012
This news item links to a series of WebEx seminars with NASA astronaut and A&E consultant Dr Dafydd Williams.
NEWS: 19 Apr 2012
The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) website contains the latest New Zealand and overseas health news and information.
NEWS: 18 Apr 2012, Partners in Care
A recent Commonwealth Fund study found that the more patients were involved with their healthcare, the more positive their experience of their care and the fewer errors they reported.
NEWS: 1 Feb 2011, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Health Quality & Safety Commission Board member Anthea Penny is passionate about effective leadership that motivates people to engage in new ways of acting and behaving to improve the health sector’s performance and the patient’s experience.
NEWS: 2 Feb 2011, Partners in Care
National quality campaigns often sponsor online communities; however, little is known about whether and how organisations use these communities, and the impact of their use.
NEWS: 18 Mar 2011, Adverse Events
The Health Quality & Safety Commission notes with deep respect the skill and dedication of the health professionals who provided a quality emergency response in the wake of Canterbury’s devastating earthquake.
NEWS: 5 Apr 2011, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Health Quality & Safety Commission Board member Geraint Martin knows first hand the challenges – and rewards - of quality improvement.
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
PUBLICATION: 6 Jan 2011
This document explains how the Commission exercises its powers of delegation
PUBLICATION: 4 Apr 2011, Adverse Events
Four case studies document the progress made in the past five years by health care organisations in the United States that were early leaders in patient safety improvement.
PUBLICATION: 23 May 2011, Adverse Events
In 2007, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare engaged the University of Queensland to learn more about the economic costs of adverse events in Australia.
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Reporting on variations in health care practices and the reasons behind them so we can make sure we're providing the best possible services.
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Improving hand hygiene is a simple but vital measure in the fight against healthcare-associated infections.