Prem Kumar

Improvement Advisor, Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand

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Equally well- Aotearoa, New Zealand- some key facts

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Dr @JaniceWilsonNZ opening the 2019 quality improvement scientific symposium @HQSCNZ #Qiss19

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#qiss19 @GillianBohm welcoming the 2019 quality improvement scientific symposium delegates @HQSCNZ

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@MichalBoydNZ clinical lead for the @HQSCNZ ARRC quality improvement programme giving an insight into the new @HQSCNZ frailty care guide at 10th Gerontology Nursing Conference 2019 by the Selwyn Institute.

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World Patient Safety Day is being marked for the first time across the globe today. The @WHO has launched a global campaign to create awareness of patient safety and urge people to show commitment to making health care safer:
https://t.co/saXcQGa7h2 #PatientSafety

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As Aotearoa’s aged population increases, the recognition and treatment of frailty has become crucial.

Ngā aratohu maimoa hauwarea | Frailty care guides, published today by the Commission, offers health care providers practical advice on frailty: https://t.co/616InFnOIc

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Congratulations to Dr Michal Boyd @MichalBoydNZ, clinical lead for the Commission’s aged residential care programme, for her award for service to nursing presented last night at the NZNO awards dinner

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Q: What’s the best way to engage with the community to reduce skin infections? A: Ask the community!
@thefonohealth found the rate of skin infections in their Tuvaluan community was higher than other groups and launched a project to combat the issue. https://t.co/GRpomATtg6

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‘The children come up and sing songs for them. I went right, this is it. This is what I believe in. More community involvement in something such as this.’

Hear more resident stories and an aged residential care quality improvement discussion guide at: https://t.co/UBG80wFEXk

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Teams analysing the data using Run chart at 2nd face to face workshop for Aged residential care quality improvement facilitator course at @KoAwatea_cmdhb in partnership with @HQSCNZ and @ACCNZ @SuzanneFPr @IHutchby

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Surgical Briefing Awareness Day is on this Thursday.

Need some visual reminders to encourage your surgical teams to hold routine start-of-list surgical briefings?

Download our ‘Spend five to save lives’ scrub room poster and leaflet here: https://t.co/MxKd9GZDKS

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Nurses @NZAgedCare nurse workshop learning about Plan-do-study-act using the Tennis ball simulation. N=40 nurses have learned about QI today with the support of @HQSCNZ

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@MichalBoydNZ clinical lead for @HQSCNZ Aged residential care National QI programme taking a session on acute resident deterioration and how to manage it. @NZAgedCare nurse workshop in Auckland.

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Rhonda Sherriff @NZAgedCare clinical advisor sharing ins and outs of the ARRC contract at @NZAgedCare nurse workshop. Very enlightening session specially for overseas nurses. @HQSCNZ

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New data shows 49 percent of those who visited their GP in 2017 were dispensed at least one antibiotic. The data is part of the new Atlas of Healthcare Variation on community use of antibiotics released by the Health Quality & Safety Commission: https://t.co/mtLuH6m2YW

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@petertwamley1 Yes I have started filling the editable .pdf version. We have to walk to talk.
Some of the questions do make us think. It’s a PDSA for me at the moment. Thanks for the encouragement to complete one👍.

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Everyone should have a Advance care plan irrespective of age.

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We are counting down to #ACPdayNZ this Friday with the release of these lovely ACP brochures in Simplified Chinese, developed in partnership with POI project and Mercy Hospice

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Creating the critical mass to support quality improvement in New Zealand health system. Start of quality improvement advisor course @KoAwatea_cmdhb @HQSCNZ

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Kicking off Whakakotahi 2019 with a visit to Victory Square Pharmacy in Nelson. Their project addresses the physical health needs of their opioid substitution treatment patients. Learn more here: https://t.co/oFpeY9qLFT

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Working with @ACCNZ we are supporting capability building in aged residential care. We congratulate the inaugural intake of quality improvement facilitators being trained through @KoAwatea_cmdhb with an initial focus on worker injuries. Well done to you all!