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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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International Literature
- 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
- Person-centred care: From ideas to action (UK)
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NZ Literature Abstracts
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- Diabetes text-message self-management support program (SMS4BG): A pilot study
- eHealth systematic literature review: Final report
International Literature
- Self-care of school-age children with diabetes: An integrative review
- 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)
- Facilitators and barriers of implementing the chronic care model in primary care: A systematic review
- Self-awareness of foot health status in patients with Type 2 diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II (Australia)
