Evaluation of a Gerontology Nurse Specialist in Primary Care Last Publication Date: 09 Aug 2011 This report is an evaluation of a demonstration site coordinated by Health Workforce New Zealand. A gerontology nurse specialist in primary care identifies at-risk older adults…
Standards of Service Provision for Lung Cancer Patients in NZ Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2011 The National Standards of Service Provision for Lung Cancer Patients in New Zealand have been developed by the National Lung Cancer Working Group to address New…
Review of Health Impact Assessments Conducted under the Ministry of Health Learning by Doing Fund Last Publication Date: 02 Jun 2011 This paper was prepared in 2010 as a report of a review of those HIAs (including the WOHIAs) funded as part of the Learning by Doing…
Cancer: Major sites by DHB region of residence 2006–2008 Last Publication Date: 02 Jun 2011 The publication shows cancer registration and death information mapped by DHB region of patient residence.The maps show the DHB regions that have significantly higher and lower…
Inquiry Report: Progress in delivering publicly funded scheduled services to patients Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2011 New Zealand will always have more patients than our publicly funded non-urgent medical and surgical services (scheduled/elective services) can cope with at any one time. Common…
District Nursing Service Development in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 30 May 2011 This report highlights the range of creative and responsive district nursing service delivery models. The report goes deeper into four case studies demonstrating how district nurses…
Community Cancer Support Services Pilot Project Evaluation Last Publication Date: 30 May 2011 In 2008, the Ministry of Health commissioned Health Outcomes International to evaluate three community cancer support pilots. The pilot projects aimed at reducing inequalities in cancer…
District Nursing Services in New Zealand in 2010 Last Publication Date: 02 May 2011 This report identifies 65 separate district nursing services offering a wide range of home, clinic, and community based health care services usually seven days a week.…
Targeting Shorter Waits For Cancer Treatment Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2011 Health targets are a set of national performance measures specifically designed to improve the performance of health services. They provide a focus for action.The impact they…
ASD Diagnostic Instruments Review Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2011 This review summarises diagnostic instruments that can be used to aid expert clinical judgment by teams diagnosing ASD.