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• Tairawhiti first to sign up for national patient safety campaign
• Top of the South Review
• Whanganui DHB adopts Whanau Ora
• 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control 2013 (Switzerland)
• Waitemata DHB hits new high in hand hygiene
• New Zealand National Hand Hygiene Compliance Audit: March 2013
• Waikato DHB takes part in national patient safety campaign
• Falls video compilation (HQSC)
• New national patient safety campaign launched
• Derivation and validation of QStroke score for predicting risk of ischaemic stroke in primary care and comparison with other risk scores: A prospective open cohort study (UK)
• Cost effectiveness of enhanced recovery after surgery programme for vaginal hysterectomy: A comparison of pre and post-implementation expenditures (UK)
• Exploring the adequacy of smoking cessation support for pregnant and postpartum women (Canada)
• Ten principles of good interdisciplinary team work (UK)
• The drive for quality: How to achieve safe, sustainable care in our emergency departments (UK)
• Nurses’ decision-making altered with management model
• Statement of Intent 2013 to 2016: Ministry of Health
• District Nurses first to get mobile technology
• Quitline - Promotional booklets in Tongan and Samoan
• Surgical checklists: The human factor (Ireland)
• Primary Health Care Limited
• Evaluation of the Midlands Health Network Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) model of care: Phase II report
• $4.3m prostate cancer campaign to save lives (Budget 2013)
• Health receives the largest Budget increase (Budget 2013)
• $35.5m extra for diabetes and heart disease (Budget 2013)
• Provation software being introduced across the South Island
• Methods to increase participation in organised screening programs: A systematic review
• Measures of promptness of cancer diagnosis in primary care: Secondary analysis of national audit data on patients with 18 common and rarer cancers (England)
• World Health Statistics 2013
• Healthline answers 3 millionth call
• Isabelle Romieu
• Cigarette smoking and risk of breast cancer in a New Zealand multi-ethnic case-control study
• Tobacco Control Update - 15 May 2013
• Evaluating the success of a hospital's community engagement process (Canada)
• Guidelines for perioperative care in elective colonic surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations
• Guidelines for perioperative care in elective rectal/pelvic surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations
• 2013 Asthma Information (Asthma Foundation)
• Implementing clinical guidelines in stroke: A qualitative study of perceived facilitators and barriers (Ireland)
• Cooperation and communication challenges in small-scale eHealth development projects (Denmark)
• Online medical records and the doctor–patient partnership (UK)
• Ten-year results of quality assurance in radiotherapy chart round (Australia)
• Associations between the organisation of stroke services, process of care, and mortality in England: Prospective cohort study
• Jeremy W. Simcock
• Eloise E. Dickie
• Reduction mammaplasty and resource allocation - are patients being treated fairly? An examination of the current New Zealand situation, and looking towards the future
• Campaign to get more hearts checked
• Identification of the barriers to the early diagnosis of lung cancer seminar - a mixed methods approach (Auckland)
• Free Stub it Out Game now available on iphone
• Primary Health Care Nurse Excellence celebrated
• Hospice Awareness Week 2013
• Ross Roberts