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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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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Health needs assessment of Asian people living in the Auckland region
- Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospital and the role of correct procedures and nurse experience
- Evaluation of the Diabetes Nurse Specialist Prescribing project. Report prepared for the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes
- No-fault compensation for treatment injury in New Zealand: Identifying threats to patient safety in primary care
- e-MR: Electronic Medication Reconciliation – Improving patient safety through e-medicine admission and discharge management
International Literature
- Interventions for reducing medication errors in children in hospital (Cochrane review)
- Enhanced recovery after pancreatic surgery: A systematic review of the evidence
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Promoting engagement by patients and families to reduce adverse events in acute care settings: A systematic review
- Interventions to improve safe and effective medicines use by consumers: An overview of systematic reviews (Cochrane Review)
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- Health and Independence Report 2013
- Introduction of the Pill Pruner to acute medical care: A simple medication guide to control polypharmacy
- Measuring the safety culture in a hospital setting: A concept whose time has come?
- Teams, tribes and patient safety: Overcoming barriers to effective teamwork in healthcare
- 12 hour shifts and rates of error among nurses: A systematic review
International Literature
- The implementation of intentional rounding using participatory action research (Australia)
- Bedside handover: Faster and safer? (Australia)
- The Silent Treatment: Why safety tools and checklists aren’t enough to save lives
- Lean thinking in emergency departments: A critical review
- Models of care in nursing: A systematic review
Case Studies
- Improving critical care discharge summaries: A collaborative quality improvement project using PDSA (UK)
- Improving patient safety through feedback on prescribing errors (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, England)
- Developing person-centred analysis of harm in a paediatric hospital: A quality improvement report (UK)
