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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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Physical space and its impact on waste management in the neonatal care setting (UK)
posted by WM Admin on 2014-07-02 13:32:07.246
This qualitative study used non-participant observation and semi-structured interviews in a neonatal intensive care unit to assess how the working…
International Literature
More sustainable hospitals could save more than $15 billion over a decade in the U.S. (Commonwealth Fund)
posted by WM Admin on 2012-11-05 09:00:24.912
This report analyses data from selected hospitals that have implemented programmes to reduce energy use and waste and achieve operating…
NZ Literature Abstract
District health boards: Availability and accessibility of after-hours services. Progress in responding to the Auditor-General’s recommendations
posted by WM Admin on 2014-06-26 11:53:39.505
In 2010, the Office of the Auditor-General published a report about a performance audit looking at whether district health boards…
NZ Literature Abstract
Getting a taste for food waste: An ethnographic exploration into the generation of hospital food waste prior to patient consumption
posted by WM Admin on 2013-08-12 13:03:19.587
In the qualitative study described in this thesis, the author investigates the reasons for hospital food waste prior to the…
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NZ Literature Abstracts
- District health boards: Availability and accessibility of after-hours services
- Otago Southland District Health Boards hospital capacity review: Current state analysis: Draft version 3.1
- Getting a taste for food waste: An ethnographic exploration into the generation of hospital food waste prior to patient consumption
- District health boards: Availability and accessibility of after-hours services. Progress in responding to the Auditor-General’s recommendations
