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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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- The efficacy of patient initiated follow up clinics in secondary care: A systematic review
- The health of Māori adults and children, 2011–2013
- Regional results from the 2011-2013 New Zealand Health Survey
- Strategic overview: Cardiovascular disease in New Zealand
- New Zealand Health Survey: Annual update of key findings 2012/13
International Literature
- Chronic disease management programmes for adults with asthma (Cochrane review)
- Psychological interventions for parents of children and adolescents with chronic illness (Cochrane review)
- Personalised care planning for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions (Cochrane Review)
- 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
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Reorienting the New Zealand health care system to meet the challenge of long-term conditions in a fiscally constrained environment
- Metro-Auckland Pacific population health profile
- Health and Independence Report 2013
- Trends in service design and new models of care: A review
- Evaluation of the Midlands Health Network Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) model of care: Phase II 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
- “Nothing about me without me”: An interpretative review of patient accessible electronic health records
- Patient and provider attitudes toward the use of patient portals for the management of chronic disease: A systematic review
- Person-centred care: From ideas to action (UK)
