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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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- Mātātuhi Tuawhenua: Health of rural Māori 2012
- Screening for cardiovascular disease: A comparison of Maori and non-Maori risk profiles
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- Systematic review of telemedicine applications in emergency rooms
- Factors delaying chemotherapy for breast cancer in four urban and rural oncology units (Australia)
- Rural–urban differentials in 30-day and 1-year mortality following first-ever heart failure hospitalisation in Western Australia: A population-based study using data linkage
- A cross sectional survey of attitudes, awareness and uptake of the parental pertussis booster vaccine as part of a cocooning strategy, Victoria, Australia
