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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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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Annual update of key results 2013/14: New Zealand Health Survey
- Palliative care and Māori from a health literacy perspective
- The health of Māori adults and children, 2011–2013
- Regional results from the 2011-2013 New Zealand Health Survey
- Does cost drive primary care patients to New Zealand’s emergency departments? A systematic review
International Literature
- Interventions to reduce waiting times for elective procedures (Cochrane review)
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Which features of primary care affect unscheduled secondary care use? A systematic review
- Rapid intervention and treatment zone: Redesigning nursing services to meet increasing emergency department demand (Australia)
- Emergency department crowding (a UK review)
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Reorienting the New Zealand health care system to meet the challenge of long-term conditions in a fiscally constrained environment
- Youth’12 overview: The health and wellbeing of New Zealand secondary school students in 2012
- Health and Independence Report 2013
- Evaluation of the Midlands Health Network Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) model of care: Phase II report
- The health of Māori adults and children
International Literature
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses
- “Nothing about me without me”: An interpretative review of patient accessible electronic health records
- Nurse-led primary healthcare walk-in centres: An integrative literature review (Australia)
- International survey of older adults (including New Zealand) investigates access, coordination, and patient-centered care
