Quality Improvement Committee

Welcome to the Quality Improvement Committee website

The Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) was formerly known as EpiQual.

The role of the Quality Improvement Committee is to provide advice to the Minister of Health on any health epidemiology and quality assurance matters. Read more about us.

News and Updates

Quality Improvement Forum 2008 – view footage (15 July 2008)
The Quality Improvement Forum on July 18th includes reports on the National Quality Improvement Programmes as well as a presentation from keynote speaker, Dr. Jonathon Gray (Director of Healthcare Improvement, Wales Centre for Health) titled How could New Zealand save 1000 lives?

Footage will be delayed by one hour .

You may require additional plug-ins to view the footage, an option to install the plug-in will appear on the menu to the left of the Powerpoint slides.

Commentary On Sentinel & Serious Events Reported By District Health Boards - 2006/07 (20 February 2008)

Sentinel and Serious Events Reported by District Health Boards in the 2006/07 year provides the first consolidated report about serious and sentinel events across New Zealand’s 21 District Health Boards. View report and data from DHBs .

Minister Sends clear message on a cohesive approach to patient safety (20 November 2007)

Minister of Health David Cunliffe welcomed the report of Health and Disability Commissioner into the safety of patients at New Zealand hospitals and pledged to ensure its recommendations were followed up. Read the full media release on the Beehive.govt.nz website.

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Page last updated: 15 July 2008