PUBLICATION: 20 Sep 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
This blog was first published in O&G Magazine Vol 21 No 3 Spring 2019. It highlights the evidence for surgical checklists and briefings, and the Commission’s experience of implementing these tools nationally.
NEWS: 19 Sep 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 29 August to 18 September 2019 is now available online.
NEWS: 10 Sep 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
A third national survey of district health board (DHB) surgical staff shows that in most instances people work together as a well-coordinated team.
PUBLICATION: 6 Sep 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
Localised start-of-list and surgical safety checklist posters from Counties Manukau Health.
PUBLICATION: 10 Sep 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
The 2019 surgical safety culture survey was undertaken by Mobius Research and Strategy, to assist in evaluation of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Safe Surgery NZ programme. This report presents the results of the 2019 survey.
NEWS: 28 Jun 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
Over 60 surgical teams across New Zealand participated in surgical briefing awareness day yesterday.
PUBLICATION: 20 Jun 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
Briefings take just five minutes and have a significant and positive impact on patient safety by improving communication and teamwork, reducing delays and identifying potential risks prior to surgery.
NEWS: 28 May 2019, Infection Prevention & Control
DHBs have agreed to fund a new model for an effective and sustainable whole-of-sector approach to healthcare associated infection (HAI) in New Zealand.
NEWS: 16 May 2019, Safe Surgery NZ
The Health Quality & Safety Commission is encouraging surgical teams in district health boards and private surgical hospitals throughout New Zealand to hold a start-of-list briefing on Thursday 27 June 2019.
NEWS: 16 May 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 25 April to 16 May 2019 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 8 May 2019, Infection Prevention & Control
For providers implementing and delivering a national Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme in New Zealand.
NEWS: 30 Apr 2019, Health Quality Intelligence
New data shows 49 percent of those who visited their GP in 2017 were dispensed at least one antibiotic.The data is part of the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation on community use of antibiotics released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission.
NEWS: 4 Apr 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Kaushiki Roy will be one of the consumer voices at the Choosing Wisely forum, Continuing the Conversation. The forum will take place at Te Wharewaka o Poneke in Wellington on Friday 10 May, 2019.
EVENT: 25 Mar 2019, Perioperative Mortality Review Committee
The Perioperative Mortality Review Committee is holding four regional workshops to introduce a tier 1 project on a web-based system for reviewing local perioperative deaths.
NEWS: 19 Feb 2019, Infection Prevention & Control
Over the past year the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s infection prevention and control programme team has facilitated the implementation of a preoperative anti-staphylococcal bundle within the Surgical Site Infection Improvement (SSII) Programme.
NEWS: 22 Jan 2019, Health Quality Intelligence
The Commission has developed a new online portal to make it easier for district health boards (DHBs) to submit data for its quality and safety markers (QSMs).
NEWS: 16 Jan 2019, Health Quality & Safety Commission
Summer in New Zealand is about days at the beach, the sound of cicadas and the smell of melting tar. But for some people it can also be synonymous with having skin rashes and sore knees and backs from gardening or backyard cricket; not to mention tennis..
PUBLICATION: 20 Dec 2018, Patient Deterioration
Presentation slides and videos from the Commission's two-day conference about patient deterioration, held in November 2018.
NEWS: 20 Dec 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 28 November–19 December 2018 is now available online.
PUBLICATION: 19 Dec 2018, Infection Prevention & Control
Guide for providers implementing and delivering a national Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme in New Zealand
NEWS: 10 Dec 2018, Primary Care
The shortlist of projects for the third round of Whakakotahi, the Commission’s initiative to develop quality improvement capability in primary care, has been announced.
NEWS: 7 Dec 2018, Adverse Events
The latest Learning from adverse events report shows health providers in New Zealand are continuing to develop and improve their systems for reporting, reviewing and learning from adverse events.
NEWS: 18 Oct 2018, Health Quality & Safety Commission
The latest issue of the Health Quality & Safety Commission's e-digest for the period of 27 September–17 October 2018 is now available online.
NEWS: 15 Oct 2018, Infection Prevention & Control
A new report has found that infections following hip and knee replacements have fallen, meaning reduced harm to patients.
NEWS: 11 Oct 2018, Health Quality Intelligence
Most patients feel their GP or practice nurse treats them with kindness, understanding and respect, results of a survey by the Health Quality & Safety Commission and Ministry of Health show.