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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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Recommended
Documents
- Radiation Oncology National Linear Accelerator and Workforce Plan
- Making integrated care happen at scale and pace (England)
- Enabling integrated health care
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Evaluation of the Cancer Nurse Coordinator Initiative: Annual report
- Evaluation of the Midlands Health Network Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) model of care: Phase II report
- Elective services productivity and workforce projects: Final report - June 2012
- Evaluation of a gerontology nurse specialist in primary health care: Case finding, care coordination and service integration for at-risk older people
- A short report on integrated care initiatives in selected New Zealand Health Networks
International Literature
- Facilitators and barriers of implementing the chronic care model in primary care: A systematic review
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Care pathways lead to better teamwork: Results of a systematic review
- National Evaluation of the Department of Health’s Integrated Care Pilots (England)
- What do we know about patients' perceptions of continuity of care? A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies
Popular
Documents
- Enabling integrated health care
- Making our health and care systems fit for an ageing population (UK)
- Radiation Oncology National Linear Accelerator and Workforce Plan
- Evaluation of the first year of the Inner North West London Integrated Care Pilot (England)
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Orthopaedic Quality Improvement Collaborative Change Package
NZ Literature Abstracts
- Reorienting the New Zealand health care system to meet the challenge of long-term conditions in a fiscally constrained environment
- 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
- Evolution of a health navigator model of care within a primary care setting: A case study
- Overview of the Let’s Beat Diabetes evaluation 2009: Final report
International Literature
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Providing integrated care for older people with complex needs: Lessons from seven international case studies
- Using the Red/Yellow/Green Discharge Tool to improve the timeliness of hospital discharges (USA)
- Are nurses well placed as care co-ordinators in primary care and what is needed to develop their role: A rapid review
- International profiles of health care systems 2012, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
