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The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand's health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
The Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) is your source of knowledge to improve New Zealand's health care system. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health, HIIRC has been developed to support performance and quality improvement efforts.
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Computer-based diabetes self-management interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (Cochrane review)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 2 Apr 2013
This systematic review assessed the effects of computer-based diabetes self-management interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes on health status…
International Literature
Cost effectiveness of telehealth for patients with long term conditions (Whole Systems Demonstrator telehealth questionnaire study): Nested economic evaluation in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial (UK)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 25 Mar 2013
The aim of this economic evaluation, nested in a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial, was to examine the costs and…
NZ Literature Abstract
Reduction mammaplasty and resource allocation - are patients being treated fairly? An examination of the current New Zealand situation, and looking towards the future
posted by Research Admin on 14 May 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Eloise E. Dickie, Jeremy W. Simcock.
New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1374)
NZ Literature Abstract
Engagement and recruitment of Māori and non-Māori people of advanced age to LiLACS NZ
posted by HIIRC Admin on 3 Apr 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Lorna Dyall, Mere Kepa, Karen J. Hayman, Ruth O. Y. Teh, Simon A. Moyes, Joanna Broad, Ngaire M. Kerse.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37(2), 124–131
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- How to incorporate DAFNE into routine clinical practice
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- An electronic medication reminder, supported by a monitoring service, to improve medication compliance for elderly people living independently
- An affordable, computerised, table-based exercise system for stroke survivors
International Literature
- Computer-based diabetes self-management interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (Cochrane review)
- The cost-effectiveness of substituting physicians with diabetes nurse specialists: A randomized controlled trial with 2-year follow-up (The Netherlands)
- The voices of cancer survivors in England on quality of life after diagnosis and treatment
- Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not using insulin (Cochrane Review)
- A path of perpetual resilience: Exploring the experience of a diabetes-related amputation through grounded theory (Australia)