Falls risk assessment tools and care plans in New Zealand DHBs - A review and discussion document Published: 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....
The involvement of alcohol consumption in the deaths of children and young people in New Zealand during the years 2005–2007 Published: 01 Sep 2011 While it is commonly accepted that alcohol misuse is harmful, very little is known about the effects of alcohol on the lives of children in New...
Surgical culture safety survey Published: 01 Dec 2015 The Health Quality & Safety Commission's Surgical Culture Safety Survey provides baseline data on attitudes and perceptions of surgical team members at New Zealand district health...
Medication Safety Programme – Measurement and Evaluation Project reports Published: 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...
Literature Review from BoP DHB - Excellence through Patient and Family Centred Care Published: 01 Jan 2012 The Excellence through Patient and Family Centred Care Project aims to identify best practices and bring about system changes that enable the Bay of Plenty Health...
Literature review of health literacy education, training tools and resources for health providers Published: 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 deaths from poisoning in young people Published: 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)....
Feasibility trial of a suicide mortality review mechanism Published: 01 Dec 2013 Suicide is an issue of major concern to New Zealand communities. Each year more than 500 people take their lives, more than the number of those...
Health professionals' perceptions of quality survey Published: 01 Oct 2015 In 2015, as part of a larger evaluation of the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s work, the Commission contracted researchers at Victoria University of Wellington and...
A qualitative lens on the in-hospital patient experience survey Published: 23 May 2016 The Health Quality & Safety Commission’s in-hospital patient experience survey was implemented on 1 July 2014. Since the survey began, there are three questions which consistently rate...