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  • BreastScreen Aotearoa Partnership Action and Equity Group

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    The BreastScreen Aotearoa (BSA) Partnership Action and Equity Group was formed in 2023 updating the previous advisory group which ran from 2003. Its role is to support BreastScreen Aotearoa to achieve its vision for a mana-enhancing, equitable, high-quality and accessible national screening programme. Role of the group The role of the group is to: provide unidisciplinary context to independent BSA monitoring reports discuss and provide independent advice on the policy and strategic direction of BSA in New Zealand. It is expected members will consult widely within their own constituent groups d

  • Primary health organisations payments

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    Claiming specifications HL7 Messages Standard Definition PHO v3.15 (PDF, 596 KB) [PDF, 597 KB] Reporting specifications The reporting specifications are available from Reporting Requirements .

  • Age-related residential care services agreement

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    The Ministry of Health introduced a national aged residential contract from 1 June 2002. Responsibility for this contract was devolved to district health boards on 1 October 2003. The contract covers rest home, dementia and geriatric hospital level care delivered in a residential care setting. The contract ensures that there is a national standard of services that are provided to residents in long-term residential care. It is important that residents, friends and families, are aware what services are covered in this contract. Each year there is a national review of the Age Related Residential

  • Clinical Education & Training Unit

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    The Clinical Education & Training Unit (CETU) supports, develops and coordinates the clinical education of junior doctors at Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai Auckland Resident Medical Officers (RMO) clinical handbook This handbook is designed by and for RMOs to help them with decision-making. The guidelines try to introduce a standard approach across services for the treatment of common medical conditions.  Download the handbook [PDF, 14 MB] Contact us Clinical Education & Training Unit Level 15, Building 1 Auckland City Hospital 2 Park Road Grafton phone:  09 307 4949 ext 23

  • The eMedicines Programme

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    About the programme Medicines are the most common treatment used in health care and contribute to significant improvements in health when used appropriately. However, the high use of medicines means they are associated with more errors and adverse events than any other aspect of health care. While rates of serious harm are low, medication errors can be harmful and increase health care costs. Most of these errors are preventable. The eMedicines Programme is introducing electronic systems into hospitals and the community to support the safe use of medicines and to provide health professionals wi

  • National Digital Facilities Framework

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    About the Framework Health New Zealand has developed a National Digital Facilities Framework (external link)  to standardise the way we plan, design, build and transition technology for new and health facilities we are redeveloping across the motu. The Framework provides structure and tools to guide the improvement and innovation of digital aspects of hospital design and redesign. Why we need the Framework Health NZ has signaled that a multibillion-dollar health facility redevelopment programme is required over the next 10 years. Our Regional Hospital Redevelopment Programme (RHRP), estab

  • Objective 2: Surveillance and research

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    ... testing and reporting. 3  Standardise the methodology and reporting of antimicrobial resistance data (antibiograms, including microbes and antimicrobials) from human health laboratories (in line with Priority action area 5, activity 1). 4  Implement appropriate international standards for laboratory testing methods for antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens isolated from animals and plants. 5  Establish a national system for veterinary laboratories to report on the antimicrobial susceptibility of common animal pathogens.   Years 2-5 activities 6  Human hea ...

  • Outcome 2

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    ... Governance Group 2020; Women’s Health Action 2020). Review and revise the  Baby Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI)  (external link) to ensure the programme is cost effective and aligns with relevant services and providers. Achieving BFCI accreditation helps ensure best-practice standards for infant and young child feeding. It also supports the provision of factual information and support for those who are pregnant or breastfeeding, and parents who cannot or choose not to exclusively breastfeed. Where are we now? The BFCI programme   Aotearoa   was discontinued in 201 ...

  • Employee guidance on travel times and payment

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    In-Between Travel payments for employees The IBT Agreement sets out how employees will be compensated for travel spent between seeing clients. The legislation sets out the detail needed to put that into effect — including the: mileage rate qualifying distance qualifying time, and maximum travel distance. IBT includes payment for travel time, distance and Exceptional Travel. Payment per average travel distance The payment is based on average travel distance across the sector, not actual travel distance. The average distance travelled by support staff is 3.7km. This is multiplied by the approv

  • Shared Digital Health Record

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    The Shared Digital Health Record is a data service designed to securely share patient data across healthcare settings. Over time, healthcare providers nationwide will be able to access and update a patient's core health information through this new service. Providers will have secure access to critical health information such as allergies, adverse reactions, conditions, encounters, and observations. In the first phase of the project, Health NZ is collaborating with primary care providers who opt in, to collect and share read-only versions of data held in practice management systems (PMSs). Thi