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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.
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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.
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International Literature
- What makes a top hospital? Leadership (UK)
- Being a team leader: Newly registered nurses relate their experiences (Sweden)
- Leadership facilitation strategies to establish evidence-based practice in an acute care hospital (U.S.)
- Leading change: A three-dimensional model of nurse leaders' main tasks and roles during a change process (Finland)
- Implementing the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist: A model for future perioperative initiatives (USA)
