Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre

Budget 2013: Additional $21.3m to fight rheumatic fever

posted by Research Admin on 6 May 2013

Tony Ryall, Tariana Turia media release, 6 May 2013 The Government’s fight to reduce New Zealand’s high rate of rheumatic…

Text messaging and the health target

posted by Danielle Crooks on 3 May 2013

People have raised an interesting question regarding the use of text messaging in primary care to achieve the Better help…

More heart and diabetes checks recommended

posted by HIIRC Admin on 15 Apr 2013

Tony Ryall media release, 15 April 2013 Health Minister Tony Ryall says anyone from their mid to late 30s should…

APAC Forum (Auckland) on 25–27 September 2013

posted by HIIRC Admin on 25 Mar 2013

The APAC Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare 2013 (APAC 2013) is designed to stimulate discussions, showcase new ideas and…

More children having B4 school health checks

posted by HIIRC Admin on 3 Apr 2013

Tony Ryall media release, 3 April 2013 The government wants Kiwi kids to have the best start at school through…

Reorienting the New Zealand health care system to meet the challenge of long-term conditions in a fiscally constrained environment

posted by HIIRC Admin on 11 Feb 2013

Published 2013. Author: Nicholas Mays.

Paper prepared for New Zealand Treasury Long-term Fiscal External Panel, November 2012, and Chair of Public Finance, Victoria University of Wellington and New Zealand Treasury conference, Affording our Future, Wellington, 10-11 December
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A qualitative evaluation of New Zealand consumers perceptions of general practice nurses

posted by HIIRC Admin on 25 Feb 2013

Published 2013. Authors: Elizabeth J. Halcomb, Kath Peters, Deborah Davies.

BMC Family Practice, 14:26

Gore leads nation in adopting healthcare robots (NZ Herald)

posted by HIIRC Admin on 22 Jan 2013

In this article in the New Zealand Herald, the writer describes the deployment of four healthcare robots by Gore Health.…

What exposure do student nurses have to primary health care and community nursing during the New Zealand undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing programme?

posted by HIIRC Admin on 11 Feb 2013

Published 2013. Authors: Karen Betony, Judy Yarwood.

Nurse Education Today, 31 January [Epub before print]

Ngāti and healthy: Translating diabetes prevention evidence into community action

posted by HIIRC Admin on 6 Feb 2013

Published 2013. Authors: David C. Tipene-Leach, Kirsten J. Coppell, Sally Abel, Helen L.R. Pāhau, Terry H. Ehau, Jim I. Mann.

Ethnicity & Health, 29 January [Epub before print]

Subsidy card reduces prescription costs

posted by HIIRC Admin on 31 Jan 2013

Ministry of Health media release, 31 January 2013 People are eligible for the Pharmaceutical Subsidy Card programme once they have…

Patterns of family doctor decision making in practice context. What are the implications for medical practice variation and social disparities?

posted by HIIRC Admin on 18 Jan 2013

Published 2013. Authors: Roy Lay-Yee, Alastair J. Scott, Peter Davis.

Social Science & Medicine, 76, 47–56

List of smoking cessation providers

posted by haydenmcrobbie on 21 Dec 2012

There are a number of local providers across the country and a national Quitline. In addition to behavioural support or…

A survey of primary care doctors in ten countries shows progress in use of health information technology, less in other areas

posted by HIIRC Admin on 16 Nov 2012

Published 2012. Authors: Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, David Squires, Michelle Doty, Petra Rasmussen, Ross Pierson, Sandra Applebaum.

Health Affairs, 15 November [Epub before print]

Kiwis missing out on free prescription medicines entitlement

posted by HIIRC Admin on 13 Nov 2012

University of Otago media release, 13 November 2012 Many New Zealanders are not getting free prescriptions when they should and…

'I need her to be a doctor': Patients' experiences of presenting health information from the internet in GP consultations (England)

posted by HIIRC Admin on 30 Oct 2012

In this qualitative study, based in North London, the authors explore patients' motivation in presenting health information from the internet…

Monitoring immigrant health and wellbeing in New Zealand: Addressing the tyranny of misleading averages

posted by HIIRC Admin on 16 Oct 2012

Published 2012. Authors: Jed Horner, Shanthi N. Ameratunga.

Australian Health Review, 36(4), 390-393

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