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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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Responding to a measles outbreak in a Pacific island community in western Sydney: Community interviews led to church-based immunization clinics
posted by WM Admin on 2015-05-13 09:23:40.885
There are large Pacific island communities in western and south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2011 and 2012, measles…
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Finding privacy from a public death: A qualitative exploration of how a dedicated space for end-of-life care in an acute hospital impacts on dying patients and their families (Australia)
posted by WM Admin on 2015-05-05 15:57:03.518
In this qualitative study, the authors explored the experiences and perceptions of hospital staff caring for dying patients in a…
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Shared decision making in designing new healthcare environments—time to begin improving quality (Sweden)
posted by WM Admin on 2015-03-22 13:10:07.858
In this paper, the authors describe and suggest several strategies (critical factors) to promote shared-decision making when planning and designing…
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Efforts to Attenuate the Spread of Infection (EASI): A prospective, observational multicentre survey of ultrasound equipment in Australian emergency departments and intensive care uni
posted by WM Admin on 2015-03-20 08:58:11.73
The authors tested ultrasound equipment used in five EDs and five ICUs for blood and microbial contamination, and collated and…
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