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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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NZ Literature Abstract
Reporting Māori participation in paramedic education and the EMS workforce in New Zealand
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- District health board employed workforce quarterly report: 1 January to 31 March 2015
- The positive impact of interprofessional education: A controlled trial to evaluate a programme for health professional students
- “Doctors on the move”: Exploring professionalism in the light of cultural transitions
- How and why patients use acupuncture: An interpretive phenomenological study
- Services for women with female genital mutilation in Christchurch: Perspectives of women and their health providers
International Literature
- ‘I don’t want to cause any trouble’: The attitudes of hospital patients towards patient empowerment strategies to reduce healthcare-acquired infections (Australia)
- Implementing supported self-management for asthma: A systematic review and suggested hierarchy of evidence of implementation studies
- Engaging patients in communication at transitions of care (Australia)
- Life after the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP): A qualitative study of critical care practitioners delivering end-of-life care
- The impact of operating room distractions on stress, workload, and teamwork
