Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre
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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Enabling people to live well: Fresh thinking about collaborative approaches to care for people with long-term conditions (UK)
posted by Research Admin on 23 May 2013
This 2013 research was commissioned and funded by the UK Health Foundation to help identify where and how improvements in…
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Making Health Care Safer II: An updated critical analysis of the evidence for patient safety practices (U.S.)
posted by Research Admin on 8 May 2013
This evidence report updates the 2001 report, Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices. The 2001…
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Coping With Winter
posted by Alastair McLean on 3 May 2013
The Ministry hosted the national ‘Coping with winter’ forum on Monday 8 April 2013 in Wellington. Given the impact that…
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Alcohol and heart health: Evidence paper (Heart Foundation)
posted by Research Admin on 26 Apr 2013
The aim of this paper is to assess the evidence linking alcohol and cardiovascular disease, and place it in the…
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Pacific Peoples’ Health Position Statement (Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners)
posted by Research Admin on 23 Apr 2013
This position statement was developed with reference to recent literature, existing College documents and the position statements of other health…
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Tobacco Position Statement (Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners)
posted by Research Admin on 23 Apr 2013
This position statement was developed with reference to recent literature, existing College documents and the position statements of other health…
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The Leaders in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment – how do they do it?
posted by Carl Billington on 22 Apr 2013
A CVD Risk Assessment is the first crucial step for patients in the prevention of a cardiovascular event before it…
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Living with Kidney Disease: A comprehensive guide for coping with chronic kidney disease
posted by HIIRC Admin on 19 Apr 2013
Kidney disease is a serious, long-term medical condition that touches the lives of many New Zealanders, but to the average…
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Turning Point - Issue 3 available now
posted by emurray on 20 Jan 2012
The Ministry has put together a quarterly magazine for New Zealand smoking cessation workers - with the aim of supporting…
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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…
NZ Literature Abstract
New Zealand National Hand Hygiene Compliance Audit: March 2013
posted by Research Admin on 17 May 2013
Published 2013. Author: Hand Hygiene New Zealand.
[Wellington]: Hand Hygiene New Zealand
NZ Literature Abstract
Report on the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives as at December 2012
posted by Research Admin on 10 May 2013
Published 2013. Author: Ministry of Health.
Wellington: Ministry of Health
NZ Literature Abstract
Diabetes in pregnancy among indigenous women in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States: A systematic review of the evidence for screening in early pregnancy
posted by Research Admin on 7 May 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Catherine Chamberlain, Bridgette J. McNamara, Emily D. Williams, Daniel Yore, Brian Oldenburg, Jeremy Oats, Sandra Eades.
Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 29(4), 241–256
NZ Literature Abstract
The epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever in Northland, 2002–2011
posted by Research Admin on 22 Apr 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Audrey Robin, Clair Mills, Roger Tuck, Diana Lennon.
New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1373)
NZ Literature Abstract
Public health workforce development survey 2012
posted by HIIRC Admin on 17 Apr 2013
Published 2012. Authors: Allan Wyllie, Jo Howearth.
Auckland: Phoenix Research
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Health literacy in community pharmacy
posted by Research Admin on 21 May 2013
HQSC media release, 21 May 2013 The Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC) is carrying out a health literacy demonstration project…
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$35.5m extra for diabetes and heart disease (Budget 2013)
posted by Research Admin on 16 May 2013
Tony Ryall media release, 16 May 2013 New Zealanders with or at risk of developing diabetes and heart disease will…
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Clean Hands Chronicle 6: Quarterly newsletter from Hand Hygiene New Zealand
posted by Research Admin on 3 May 2013
The May 2013 issue of the Clean Hands Chronicle explores culture change and the theory of planned behaviour in hand…
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2013 Oceania Tobacco Control Conference - Invitation to submit abstracts for presentations and posters (Open Now)
posted by Ben Everist on 4 Apr 2013
Submission Deadline – 31 May 2013 The theme of this conference builds on previous Tobacco Control Conferences with the aim of…
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- Enabling people to live well: Fresh thinking about collaborative approaches to care for people with long-term conditions (UK)
- Patient safety campaign aims to save lives and reduce harm
- Evaluation of the first year of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot (England)
- The rise of diabetes - Radio NZ documentary
- Section 88 Maternity Service Payment Changes
Events
- 2013 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) Annual Scientific Meeting (Darwin)
- The 2013 Harkness Report-Back Seminar: Strategies to Improve Care Integration - Lessons From Rural Patient Centred Medical Homes (Auckland)
- 3rd Australasian Compensation Health Research Forum 2013 (Sydney)
- Today's Research: Tomorrow's Health Registration - Women's and Children's Health (Palmerston North)
- What if... we could detect type 2 diabetes before it was a problem? (Christchurch)
Projects
- Electronic MDM (Multi Disciplinary Meeting) Tool - Northern Cancer Network
- ‘Shared care’ health records now on-line in ED - Wairarapa DHB
- National Policy Framework: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention in adult hospitalised patients in NZ
- NZ Electronic Prescription Service (NZePS)
- Electronic Patient File Transfer (NZ-GP2GP)
Case Studies
- Implementing shared decision making: Clinical teams’ experiences of implementing shared decision making as part of the MAGIC programme (UK)
- Removing a roadblock to ED patient flow - improving access to telemetry monitoring (Waitemata DHB Health Excellence Awards 2012 poster award winner)
- A simple intervention to improve awareness and documentation of foot examination at Royal Hampshire County Hospital (UK)
- Trauma team redesign (Westmead Hospital, Sydney)
- Implementation of the Flinders Program by a Primary Health Organisation
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Screening for prostate cancer in New Zealand general practice
- Effects of early exercise engagement on vascular risk in patients with transient ischemic attack and nondisabling stroke
- The role of the emergency department in the acute management of chronic or recurrent pain
- Patient and family experiences of palliative care in hospital: What do we know? An integrative review
- New Zealand Maternity Clinical Indicators 2011
International Literature
- The time-efficiency principle: Time as the key diagnostic strategy in primary care (UK)
- Cost effectiveness of patient education for the prevention of falls in hospital: Economic evaluation from a randomized controlled trial (Australia)
- In situ simulation: Detection of safety threats and teamwork training in a high risk emergency department (U.S.A.)
- Effects of self-management health information technology on glycaemic control for patients with diabetes: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Differences in cancer awareness and beliefs between Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK (the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership): Do they contribute to differences in cancer survival?