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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
- Health loss in New Zealand: A report from the New Zealand Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study, 2006–2013
International Literature
- Interventions for reducing medication errors in children in hospital (Cochrane review)
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Person-centred care: From ideas to action (UK)
- Efficacy of interventions to combat tobacco addiction: Cochrane update of 2013 reviews
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- Health loss in New Zealand: A report from the New Zealand Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study, 2006–2013
International Literature
- Children's experiences as hospital in-patients: Voice, competence and work. Messages for nursing from a critical ethnographic study (UK)
- International profiles of health care systems 2014, including New Zealand, published by the Commonwealth Fund
- Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2012 (OECD)
- Inequalities in non-communicable diseases and effective responses
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