Presentations from the 'Working towards safer beginnings' workshop
PUBLICATION: 19 Jun 2013, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Presentations from the PMMRC workshop held on 12 June 2013.
PUBLICATION: 19 Jun 2013, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Presentations from the PMMRC workshop held on 12 June 2013.
NEWS: 13 Jun 2013, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Speech notes from Hon Tony Ryall and his opening address to the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee workshop.
PUBLICATION: 12 Jun 2013, Reducing Harm from Falls
This is the summary, full report and authors presentation by Associate Professor M Clare Robertson and Professor A John Campbell, Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, December 2012.
NEWS: 10 Jun 2013, Health Quality Intelligence
Feedback is being sought on a draft set of consumer experience indicators developed to help change and improve New Zealand’s health service.
PUBLICATION: 29 May 2013, Medication Safety
Teaching powerpoint presentation for Tall Man lettering.
PUBLICATION: 21 Mar 2013, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
Presentation by Dr Nick Baker: the context and circumstances of unintentional suffocation in place of sleep in New Zealand.
PUBLICATION: 29 Jun 2016, Health Quality Intelligence
Update of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's health quality and safety indicators (June 2016).
PUBLICATION: 12 Nov 2014, Adverse Events
The Global Trigger Tool Guide and appendices provide useful information about using the GTT, including managing data, standard operating procedures, reporting, triggers, performance indicators, and identifying opportunities for improvement.
MEDIA RELEASE: 1 Nov 2012
The Commission congratulates the winners of the Whanganui 2012 Health and Disability Quality Awards.
NEWS: 6 Sep 2012, Medication Safety
The New Zealand Hospitals Pharmacists’ Association conference was held in Auckland in July. The Commission sponsored two prizes at the conference, and the winners and their abstracts are outlined.
PUBLICATION: 23 Aug 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
A powerpoint presentation given by Dr Nick Baker at the George Abbott symposium
PUBLICATION: 20 Jul 2012, Medication Safety
A powerpoint presentation detailing the changes that have been made to the national medication chart
PUBLICATION: 22 Jun 2012, Perinatal & Maternal Mortality Review Committee
Presentations from the PMMRC workshop held on 14 June 2012.
PUBLICATION: 8 May 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
A powerpoint presentation by Dr. Nick Baker about the risks young people face in the 'middle years'.
NEWS: 11 Apr 2012
Send your abstract in before Monday 16th April to seize this opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise on improving children's wellbeing or other public health related topics.
PUBLICATION: 3 Apr 2012, Child & Youth Mortality Review Committee
A powerpoint presentation by Nick Baker for the 'Children, Babies and Alcohol' conference organised by Alcohol Action NZ and held in March 2012.
NEWS: 4 Feb 2011
The attached document is an example of a quality project submitted recently to the Southern DHB Quality Awards late 2010.
NEWS: 16 Jul 2011, Safe Surgery NZ
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Surgical Safety Checklist in 2009, and on the face of it, uptake has been impressive. Three large studies published in major journals all show substantial reductions in mortality and morbidity.
PUBLICATION: 2 Dec 2010, Adverse Events
PowerPoint presentation for use by DHBs etc, summarising the Serious and Sentinel Events report 2009/2010. Includes notes for the presenter.
NEWS: 10 Dec 2011, Medication Safety
The future of Taranaki Base Hospital is paperless.
PUBLICATION: 7 Aug 2015, Medication Safety
The medication charting toolkit has been prepared for health practitioners who are implementing the national medication chart and/or conducting education and training on how to use the National Medication Chart.