...Michele Clark; Marion Gray; Jane Mooney Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of near‐misses and mistakes among new graduate occupational therapists from Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ), and their knowledge of current incident reporting systems. Design...

... --> Keywords: Government funded medication, Healthcare quality improvement, Healthcare resource management, Healthcare information, New Zealand Prescriptions for government-funded medicines increased by almost 4 per cent last year to 36.3 million, but the rate of that growth is slowing, according to drug...

... records per site (Cook et al., 2002); the Australian and New Zealand Paediatric Intensive Care Registry (ANZPIC) audited 50 records per site (Norton and Slater, 2005) and another study examining data quality in a Dutch intensive care registry audited 20 records per site (Arts et al...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Patients Safety Information systems Quality improvement New Zealand Dr Fox said primary care has made a substantive commitment to the quality agenda and has accepted the need to take another step forward. “We need to focus...

... medicine Imprisonment New Zealand Since 1999 there has been an increased emphasis on the transfer of community-based forensic service users to general adult mental health services,where practically possible. Dr Chaplow says this is good news, and shows that community-based care services...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Public health Public policy New Zealand Keywords: Public health, Public policy, New Zealand The good health and well-being of the population is largely a product of the settings in which people live, work, and play...

... at the Ministry of Health (e-mail: sally_hughes@moh.govt.nz). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Public health Sexual health Health services New Zealand Far East and Australasia New Zealand - Hubba campaign a hit: sexual health initiative takes off Keywords...

... Primary care Public health New Zealand New Zealand - Revealed: better health outcomes for all Keywords: Primary care, Public health, New Zealand The roll-out of Primary Health Organisations is contributing to advances in the battle to reduce health inequalities...

... International research collaboration Keywords: International collaboration, Research, Asia-Pacific,Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 --> International collaboration Research Asia-Pacific Australia New Zealand United...

... health for all New Zealanders and actively work to reduce health inequalities between different groups. Other actions to reduce inequalities include the Maori Health Action Plan 2002-2005, and the Pacific Health and Disability Action Plan introduced in February 2002. Further information...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Hospitals Quality management New Zealand New Zealand new quality framework for medical profession Keywords: Hospitals, Quality management,New Zealand The New Zealand Ministry of Health is introducing a new quality framework for clinical...