Literature
The Knowledge Library describes primarily New Zealand based research on quality and innovation in the health sector from the year 2000 onwards.
Current areas of focus include: clinical leadership; improvement methods; productivity (focusing initially on hospitals and shorter stays in emergency departments); health targets (including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer), and oral health.
There are also a selection of abstracts from the international literature that have applicability to health system improvement activities in New Zealand.
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| NZ Literature Abstracts | 12 | View all |
| Research Studies | 0 | View all |
| Researchers | 0 | View all |
| International Literature | 6 | View all |
Latest
International Literature
Stroke survivors’ experiences of the fundamentals of care: A qualitative analysis (UK)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 6 Feb 2013
This qualitative study describes 15 stroke survivors’ experiences of the fundamentals of care (e.g. elimination, personal hygiene, eating) during the…
International Literature
Does prognosis and socioeconomic status impact on trust in physicians? Interviews with patients with coronary disease in South Australia
posted by HIIRC Admin on 5 Oct 2012
Literature suggests that there has been a recent cultural shift towards decreased trust in, and increased questioning of, medical advice.…
International Literature
Effects of care pathways on the in-hospital treatment of heart failure: A systematic review
posted by HIIRC Admin on 26 Sep 2012
The authors performed a systematic review to determine how care pathways in the hospital treatment of heart failure affect in-hospital…
NZ Literature Abstract
Human technologies in rehabilitation: ‘Who’ and ‘How’ we are with our clients
posted by HIIRC Admin on 9 Aug 2012
Published 2012. Authors: Nicola M. Kayes, Kathryn M. McPherson.
Disability and Rehabilitation, 34(22), 1907-1911
Popular
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Stroke rehabilitation - comparing hospital and home-based physiotherapy: The patient's perception
- The blame game: Constructions of Māori medical compliance
- Clinical outcomes and patients’ perceptions of nurse-led healthy lifestyle clinics
- Going home to get on with life: Patients and carers experiences of being discharged from hospital following a stroke
- Establishing a Maori case management clinic
International Literature
- Health professionals, patients and chronic illness policy: A qualitative study (Australia)
- Measuring patient experience in the primary care sector (UK)
- Effects of care pathways on the in-hospital treatment of heart failure: A systematic review
- Stroke survivors’ experiences of the fundamentals of care: A qualitative analysis (UK)
- How do family physicians communicate about cardiovascular risk? Frequencies and determinants of different communication formats (Switzerland)