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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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- The effect of a simulation-based training intervention on the performance of established critical care unit teams
- Effect of a rapid assessment clinic on the waiting time to be seen by a doctor and the time spent in the department, for patients presenting to an urban emergency department: A controlled prospective trial
- Triage codes: A predictor of nursing care time in the emergency department
- Barriers and enablers to emergency department nurses' management of patients' pain
- Emergency nurse practitioners: do they provide an effective service in managing minor injuries, compared to emergency medicine registrars?
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- Usefulness of Aggressive Behaviour Risk Assessment Tool for prospectively identifying violent patients in medical and surgical units (USA)
- Reducing inappropriate accident and emergency department attendances: A systematic review of primary care service interventions
- Determinants and prevalence of burnout in emergency nurses: A systematic review.
- Be careful with triage in emergency departments: Interobserver agreement on 1,578 patients in France
- At the crossroads of violence and aggression in the emergency department: Perspectives of Australian emergency nurses
