New national trauma rehabilitation quality improvement project underway
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
The new national trauma rehabilitation quality improvement project, which aims to understand and improve rehabilitation for major trauma patients,...
Urgent global action needed on the overuse of antibiotics
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
As a result of increasing levels of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines are becoming ineffective, and health...
Lack of support a major hurdle when faced with a rare disease
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
Lack of support a major hurdle when faced with a rare disease
25 Feb 2021 | Partners in Care
Lack of...
National Wound Awareness Week New Zealand: 26 July – 1 August 2021
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
The NZ Wound Care Society (NZWCS), in partnership with ACC, is holding its second National Wound Awareness week from...
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 141 [29 November –17 December]
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
Ngā ihirangi | In this issue
Whakapai i te kounga me te haumaru | Quality and safety improvement
Whakaheke mōrearea |...
New Choosing Wisely pharmacy recommendations
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
New Choosing Wisely pharmacy recommendations
25 Sep 2020
More than 40 New Zealand pharmacists have worked together to develop new Choosing...
Post-hui access to Ō tātou hiranga | What matters to us
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s advance care planning programme held a two-day virtual hui on 2–3 December for...
Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services report release highlights the...
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
The Health Quality & Safety Commission says the recently released annual report of the Office of the Director of...
Health Quality & Safety Commission e-digest – Issue 137 [27 August–16 September 2021]
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
Ngā ihirangi | In this issue
Support for people working in health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Whakapai i te kounga me...
Responsible use of antibiotics saves lives – International Infection Prevention Week 2020
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
It’s International Infection Prevention Week 2020 and the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) and the Choosing Wisely...
An example of effective consumer engagement by HUCHS
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
An example of effective consumer engagement by HUCHS
28 Jan 2021 | Primary Care
In September 2020, the Hutt Union and...
Connecting care: improving service transitions – Kolini Baker’s story
Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission
When Kolini Baker’s partner died, her world fell apart. She became depressed, addicted to methamphetamine, lost custody of her...
