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.
What's on top
Public Health Association Conference 2013: Partnership or Collaboration; is there a difference?
posted by rob.zorn on 19 Jun 2013
Are you worried public health may be falling off the political agenda? This year's Public Health Association Conference is the…
Other recommended items
Featured
Document
Clairfication of PP20 Indicators for Diabetes, CVD, and Stroke
posted by Carl Billington on 12 Jun 2013
Following an initial period of consultation the Ministry wrote to DHBs in late April (see attached letter - 24 April)…
Event
3rd National Clinical Nurse Specialist Conference
posted by Glynis Cumming on 11 Jun 2013
"Finding Our Voice: Articulating Our Vision" is the theme of the conference and focuses on the importance of CNSs being…
NZ Literature Abstract
Infectious diseases attributable to household crowding in New Zealand: A systematic review and burden of disease estimate
posted by Research Admin on 7 Jun 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Michael Baker, Andrea McDonald, Jane Zhang, Philippa Howden-Chapman.
Wellington: He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme, University of Otago
NZ Literature Abstract
Renal supportive and palliative care: Position statement
posted by Research Admin on 5 Jun 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Susan M. Crail, Robert Walker, Mark A. Brown, Renal Supportive Care working group.
Nephrology, 18(6), 393–400
NZ Literature Abstract
ANZSN renal supportive care guidelines 2013
posted by Research Admin on 4 Jun 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Mark A. Brown, Susan M. Crail, Rosemary Masterson, Celine Foote, Jennifer Robins, Ivor Katz, Elizabeth Josland, Frank Brennan, Elizabeth J. Stallworthy, Brian Siva, Cathy Miller, A. Katalin Urban, Cherian Sajiv, R. Naida Glavish, Steven May, Robyn Langham, Robert Walker, Robert G. Fassett, Rachael L. Morton, Cameron Stewart, Lisa Phipps, Helen Healy, Ilse Berquier.
Nephrology, 18(6), 401–454
NZ Literature Abstract
Is it time to talk? Interpreter services use in general practice within Canterbury
posted by Research Admin on 4 Jun 2013
Published 2013. Authors: Kara Seers, Lynley Cook, Gillian Abel, Philip J. Schluter, Paul Bridgford.
Journal of Primary Health Care, 5(2), 129–137
News Item
NZ Health Innovation Hub appoints innovation manager
posted by Research Admin on 4 Jun 2013
Health Innovation Hub media release, 4 June 2013 The New Zealand Health Innovation Hub is pleased to announce the appointment…
Research Review
The Hidden Impact: The Wider Implications of Pertussis and Varicella Infections - Research Review Speaker Series
posted by Research Admin on 19 Jun 2013
This publication summarises a recent presentation by Dr Cameron Grant who spoke at the Goodfellow Symposium on the hidden impact…
Tool
Primary care ethnicity data audit toolkit (Ministry of Health)
posted by Research Admin on 13 Jun 2013
The scope of the Toolkit includes three practice-administered tools to assess the quality of ethnicity data and systems for data…
Tool
Consumer views of healthcare - video library (HQSC)
posted by Research Admin on 6 Jun 2013
A library of short videos highlighting people’s experiences of the health and disability sector is a valuable resource that was…
Popular / Show Latest
Tools
- How to use nicotine therapies correctly
- The Productive Operating Theatre Programme (TPOT): The Modules overview
- Ask About The Elephant GP Toolkit
- CVD Risk Assessment Calculator
- The Productive Operating Theatre Programme (TPOT): Improving quality and efficiency in the Operating Theatre- A lifeline for financial leaders?
Case Studies
- One Heart Many Lives
- “So, now you want me to do what?” - The ABC Journey with General Practice
- Working together and good data deliver significant improvements in Bay of Plenty
- Innovative programmes deliver more community-based care in Canterbury
- Valuing patients’ time initiatives improve ED to ward flow
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Clinical leadership and clinical governance: A review of developments in New Zealand and internationally: Report commissioned by the Clinical Leaders Association of New Zealand for the Ministry of Health
- Health status of New Zealand European, Māori, and Pacific patients with diabetes in 242 New Zealand general practices
- Trends in service design and new models of care: A review
- Reorienting the New Zealand health care system to meet the challenge of long-term conditions in a fiscally constrained environment
- Improving acute patient flow and resolving emergency department overcrowding in New Zealand hospitals — the major challenges and the promising initiatives
International Literature
- What makes a top hospital? Leadership (UK)
- A structured approach to transforming a large public hospital emergency department via lean methodologies (USA)
- IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2011 and 2030
- Effectiveness of nurse-led preoperative assessment services for elective surgery
- Emptying the corridors of shame: Organizational lessons From England’s 4-hour emergency throughput target