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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.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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.
Important note: This site is no longer being actively maintained and is presented here as an online archive. While it still contains a wealth of useful information, visitors who want to receive the latest health information should register to receive the fortnightly email Digest. This will link you directly to articles of interest in the key areas covered by this site. You can register for the Digest here.
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- How to Transform Patient Care: Telehealth Summit 2011 (UK) presentations
- Guidance for improving supportive care for adults with cancer in New Zealand
- Aiming for Excellence - RNZCGP standard for New Zealand general practice, 2011-2014
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Perioperative Mortality in New Zealand: Fourth report of the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee
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- He Kāhui Kōrero Taumahatanga o te Mate Pukupuku. 'Cancer Stories Project'. Aotearoa / New Zealand narratives of encounters with cancer
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International Literature
- Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease (a Cochrane review)
- Chronic disease management programmes for adults with asthma (Cochrane review)
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- Psychological interventions for parents of children and adolescents with chronic illness (Cochrane review)
- Family-based programmes for preventing smoking (Cochrane review)
Popular
Tools
- Error-prone abbreviations, symbols and dose designations not to use
- Aiming for Excellence - RNZCGP standard for New Zealand general practice, 2011-2014
- How to Transform Patient Care: Telehealth Summit 2011 (UK) presentations
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Youth’12 overview: The health and wellbeing of New Zealand secondary school students in 2012
- A short report on integrated care initiatives in selected New Zealand Health Networks
- Evaluation of the Midlands Health Network Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) model of care: Phase II report
- Te Ohonga Ake: The health of Māori children and young people with chronic conditions and disabilities in New Zealand
- New Zealand Health Survey: Annual update of key findings 2012/13
International Literature
- Cochrane review: The effect of financial incentives on the quality of health care provided by primary care physicians
- Change in mental health after smoking cessation: Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Principles of strengths-based nursing leadership for strengths-based nursing care: A new paradigm for nursing and healthcare for the 21st Century (Canada)
- Models of care in nursing: A systematic review
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
