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 | 359 | View all |
| Research Studies | 7 | View all |
| Researchers | 40 | View all |
| International Literature | 295 | View all |
Efficiency, effectiveness, equity (E3). Evaluating hospital performance in three dimensions
posted by HIIRC Admin on 28 Mar 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Peter Davis, Barry Milne, Karl Parker, Phil Hider, Roy Lay-Yee, Jacqueline Cumming, Patrick Graham.
Health Policy, 27 March [Epub before print]
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International Literature
Managing hospital volumes: Germany and experiences from OECD countries (OECD)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 9 Apr 2013
To help inform the Conference on Managing Hospital Volumes, co-organised by the German Federal Ministry of Health and the OECD,…
International Literature
A novel approach to improving emergency department consultant response times (Canada)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 5 Apr 2013
Using a time-series design, the authors evaluated an intervention that aimed to improve time to admission for patients referred to…
International Literature
Are multidisciplinary teams in secondary care cost-effective? A systematic review of the literature
posted by HIIRC Admin on 5 Apr 2013
This systematic review investigated the cost effectiveness of management of patients within the context of a multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting…
International Literature
Feasibility of enhanced recovery programme in various patient groups (Netherlands)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 13 Mar 2013
The aim of this prospective study was to see whether fast-track recovery is feasible in various patient groups undergoing colorectal…
International Literature
A systematic literature review of Releasing Time to Care: The Productive Ward
posted by HIIRC Admin on 11 Mar 2013
The Productive Ward programme is a series of modules that aim to increase time for direct patient care, improve the…
International Literature
The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway for patients undergoing colorectal surgery: An update of meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
posted by HIIRC Admin on 6 Mar 2013
This meta-analysis investigated the safety and efficacy of enhanced recovery programs after colorectal resection. The authors systematically reviewed all randomised…
NZ Literature Abstract
The high volume debate in a low volume country: Centralisation of oesophageal resection in New Zealand
posted by Research Admin on 13 May 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Edwin Beenen, Welson Jao, Grant Coulter, Ross Roberts.
New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1374)
NZ Literature Abstract
Palliative care patients’ use of emergency departments
posted by HIIRC Admin on 8 Apr 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Ross Lawrenson, James Waetford, Veronique Gibbons, Peter Kirk, Sandra Haggar, Rangimahora Reddy.
New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1372)
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Patient and family experiences of palliative care in hospital: What do we know? An integrative review
- The high volume debate in a low volume country: Centralisation of oesophageal resection in New Zealand
- Kiwis Count: New Zealanders' satisfaction with public services: Quarterly update 3
- Health sector: Results of the 2011/12 audits
- The future of the New Zealand plastic surgery workforce
Research Studies
- Kiwis Count Survey
- Aged Residential Care Healthcare Utilisation Study (ARCHUS)
- Relationships between patient enrolment in Partnership Health and other PHO practices and hospital utilisation, including ethnicity and deprivation
- Improving Health Systems Performance: Enhancing Hospital Outcomes
- New Zealand Quality of Healthcare Study (NZQHS)
International Literature
- Cost effectiveness of patient education for the prevention of falls in hospital: Economic evaluation from a randomized controlled trial (Australia)
- Surgical checklists: The human factor (Ireland)
- Rating providers for quality: a policy worth pursuing? (England)
- Transfer of data or re-creation of knowledge – Experiences of a shared electronic patient medical records system (Sweden)
- Fifty ways to reduce length of stay: An inventory of how hospital staff would reduce the length of stay in their hospital (Nethlerlands)