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 | 25 | View all |
| Research Studies | 0 | View all |
| Researchers | 1 | View all |
| International Literature | 7 | View all |
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International Literature
The ebbs and flows of changing acute bed capacity delays (Australia)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 4 Dec 2012
This case study used a Capacity Audit process to provide a summary of changes in acute hospital bed delays, occurring…
International Literature
Effect of handover on the outcomes of small bowel obstruction in an acute care surgery model (Australia)
posted by HIIRC Admin on 18 Sep 2012
In this Australian study, an acute care surgery (ACS) model was introduced to manage emergency surgical presentations efficiently. The authors…
NZ Literature Abstract
Metro-Auckland Pacific population health profile
posted by HIIRC Admin on 16 Nov 2012
Published 2012. Author: Health Partners Consulting Group.
Auckland: Health Partners Consulting Group
NZ Literature Abstract
Acute Surgical Unit at Auckland City Hospital: A descriptive analysis
posted by HIIRC Admin on 10 Aug 2012
Published 2012. Authors: Li Hsee, Marcelo Devaud, Lisa Middelberg, Wayne Jones, Ian D. Civil.
ANZ Journal of Surgery, 82(9), 588–591
Popular
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Patient satisfaction and outcome using emergency care practitioners in New Zealand
- Task Manager: An innovative approach to improving hospital communication after hours
- Cholecystectomy following acute presentation to a major New Zealand metropolitan hospital: Change to the timing of surgery is needed
- Acute Surgical Unit at Auckland City Hospital: A descriptive analysis
- Twelve-month experience of acute stroke thrombolysis in Christchurch, New Zealand: Emergency department screening and acute stroke service treatment
International Literature
- Getting out of hospital? The evidence for shifting acute inpatient and day case services from hospitals into the community
- Estimating ICU bed capacity using discrete event simulation (Singapore)
- The effect of context on performance of an acute medical unit: Experience from an Australian tertiary hospital
- Determining level of care appropriateness in the patient journey from acute care to rehabilitation (Australia)
- ParaMED Home: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial of paramedic assessment and referral to access medical care at home (Australia)