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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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Obese patients and radiography literature: What do we know about a big issue?
posted by WM Admin on 2015-05-07 10:19:32.918
The practical and social difficulties associated with medical imaging of obese patients are an increasingly common problem and it is…
NZ Literature Abstract
Radiographic skeletal survey for non-accidental injury: Systematic review and development of a national New Zealand protocol
originally posted by WM Admin on 2015-01-12 09:01:59.796 and updated 2015-02-25 12:48:41.349
The authors undertook a systematic review to inform the development of a skeletal survey protocol that could be implemented across…
NZ Literature Abstract
Does early radiography alter remanipulation rates in paediatric forearm fractures?
originally posted by WM Admin on 2014-07-17 11:32:22.917 and updated 2015-02-04 10:50:43.997
"In paediatric patients with a forearm fracture, treated with manipulation under anaesthesia with fluoroscopic guidance, protocol varies whether a day…
NZ Literature Abstract
The impact of a rural scanner in overcoming urban versus rural disparities in the utilisation of computed tomography
posted by WM Admin on 2015-01-23 08:32:58.76
This study assesses the impact of a computed tomography (CT) scanner in a rural hospital in New Zealand. "Prior to…
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Seeing what's happening on the inside: Patients' views of the value of diagnostic cardiac computed tomography angiography
- Radiographic skeletal survey for non-accidental injury: Systematic review and development of a national New Zealand protocol
- The impact of a rural scanner in overcoming urban versus rural disparities in the utilisation of computed tomography
- Measuring and managing radiologist workload: Measuring radiologist reporting times using data from a Radiology Information System
- Geographic disparities in the utilisation of computed tomography scanning services in southern New Zealand
International Literature
- The higher risk general surgical patient: Towards improved care for a forgotten group (UK)
- Improving operating theatre communication between the orthopaedics surgeon and radiographer (Australia)
- Reducing imaging waiting times: Enhanced roles and service-redesign (UK)
- e-Health – for continuity of care (proceedings of the 25th European Medical Informatics Conference)
- Developing radiographer roles in the context of advanced and consultant practice (UK)
