What does HIIRC aim to do?

Improve quality, innovation and productivity by:

Improving sector engagement

Identifying & serving as a central repository of best practice, innovations, new evidence & learning across the sector

Making New Zealand related research more accessible to clinicians, providers, researchers, evaluators & policy makers

What are the components?

Knowledge library of NZ research

Discussion groups with expert facilitating e.g. health target champions

Improvement methodology resources, tools and guidelines

News and calendar of events

Improvement tips and stories

Inventory of successful NZ based initiatives

Support for network based communications

Virtual meeting room facility (Meet Up)

Current Focus

Improvement methodology Hospital productivity

– Ward– Theatre/Day Surgery– Primary Health Care

Health targets– Shorter stays in ED– Diabetes & CVD– Access to Elective Services– Shorter Waits for Cancer Treatments– Help for Smokers to Quit– Increased Immunisation

Microsites

Weight Management Oral Health – Fluoridation (secure) Health and Disability Ethics Committee Green Prescription - secure Primary Mental Health Disability Services Paediatric Society - secure Canterbury Breastfeeding Network NZ Opthalmic Nurses

NZON Microsite

Knowledge Library

The Knowledge Library

Scope– Primarily NZ based research on quality and innovation in

the health sector from 2000 onwards.– Currently holds over 3000 abstracts.

Maintenance– Research New Zealand contracted to mid-2012.

Electives Section

Using HIIRC

1. Register

Using HIIRC

2. LIST ME

Using HIIRC

3. Subscribe

Request for Assistance

Champions to drive discussion

Share your projects/ successes/ ideas

Upload news stories and documents

Website Demonstration

www.hiirc.org.nz

Contact Details

Cathy Robinson - Senior Project ManagerCathy_robinson@moh.govt.nz

Corinne Renshaw - Project CoordinatorCorinne_renshaw@moh.govt.nz04 816 3312

Tom Schaefer - Project Managertschaefer@hiirc.org.nz