District health board mental health and addictions services: Serious adverse events reported to the Health Quality & Safety Commission 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2013 In 2011, the Health Quality & Safety Commission (the Commission) made a decision to separate district health board (DHB) mental health and addictions services serious adverse…
Evaluation Report: Health Literacy Medication Project - Measurement and Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 Background Health literacy is defined by the Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQSC) as: "The degree to which individuals can obtain, process and understand health information and…
Special report: Unintentional deaths from poisoning in young people Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 Poisoning has been defined as injury to, and destruction of, bodily cells through the ingestion, inhalation, injection or absorption of toxic substances (World Health Organization 2008).…
Falls risk assessment tools and care plans in New Zealand DHBs - A review and discussion document Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2013 The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s national programme, Reducing Harm from Falls, has an initial emphasis on preventing falls and reducing fall-related injuries in public hospitals.…
Medication Safety Programme – Measurement and Evaluation Project reports Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2013 A significant piece of work was concluded in 2013 which focussed on measurement and evaluation across the medication safety programme, with an emphasis on the electronic…
Development of patient experience indicators for New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2013 This project supports delivering better quality health care for all New Zealanders. It aims to achieve this by initiating the work required to measure and report…
Literature review of health literacy education, training tools and resources for health providers Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2013 This literature review was prepared by Workbase for the Health Quality & Safety Commission. It provides guidance for the development of the training tools and resources…
Special Report: Unintentional suffocation, foreign body inhalation and strangulation Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2013 Suffocation, foreign body inhalation and strangulation are well-recognised causes of death in the paediatric age group. Data from the United States and United Kingdom show a…
Falling costs: the case for investment Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012 This report contributes to the Reducing Harm from Falls national programme of the Health Quality & Safety Commission. The aim is to present the evidence for…
Describing the quality of New Zealand’s health and disability services Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2012 The Health Quality & Safety Commission is required under legislation to develop and publish regularly a set of indicators to drive improvement of the quality and…
