Learning from in-patient falls: Analysis of a sample of reported serious adverse events Published: 01 Nov 2013 Patient falls resulting in harm are one of the most frequently reported adverse events in hospitals. Of the 730 serious adverse events reported by district health…
Clinical Governance Assessment Project: Analysis of Three Quality and Safety Questions in a National Survey of New Zealand Health Professionals Published: 01 Nov 2012 The Clinical Governance Assessment Project (CGAP) was jointly commissioned by the National Health Board, the Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQSC) and the District Health Boards…
Reducing Harm from Falls - Evaluation of the Mini-Collaborative Aged Residential Care Programme in the Wellington Region Published: 01 Sep 2014 The Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC) in conjunction with the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and three Wellington-based District Health Boards (DHBs), established a mini-collaborative to…
Clinical Governance Assessment Project: Final Report on a National Health Professional Survey and Site Visits to 19 New Zealand DHBs Published: 01 Nov 2012 The Clinical Governance Assessment Project (CGAP) was jointly commissioned by the National Health Board, Health Quality and Safety Commission and the DHBs through DHBSS. The research…
Report: Towards a value proposition scoping the cost of falls (August 2012) Published: 01 Aug 2012 This short scoping report seeks to express the value of preventing falls that lead to harm. The purpose is to inform where the Health Quality & Safety…
Exploring the Links between Quality Improvement Strategies and Organisational Outcomes in Four New Zealand District Health Boards: Final Report Published: 01 Jan 2015 A number of New Zealand district health boards (DHBs) are using quality frameworks and concepts as core elements of their organisational strategies to improve patient outcomes…
Workbook: From Atlas to Action Published: 11 Apr 2018 This workbook is designed to help connect data from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's Atlas of Healthcare Variation falls domain with local action. The Atlas displays…
Let's PLAN for better care pre-testing and trial reports Published: 01 Aug 2014 The HQSC is developing a NZ health literacy tool to assist patients better understand the information given by health professionals. A draft resource titled P.L.A.N. for…
Variation and improving services: analysing and interpreting variation Published: 01 Mar 2014 Addressing variation in health services is one of the major challenges for clinicians and managers, both in New Zealand and internationally. Observing variation raises difficult questions…
District health board mental health and addictions services: Serious adverse events reported to the Health Quality & Safety Commission 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 Published: 01 Sep 2013 In 2011, the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) made a decision to separate district health board (DHB) mental health and addictions services serious adverse…
