title: The Health Quality and Safety Commission: making good health care better.
abstract: New Zealand has one of the best value health care systems in the world, but as a proportion of GDP our spending on health care has increased every year since 1999. Further, there are issues of quality and safety in our system we must address, including rates of adverse events. The Health Quality and Safety Commission was formed in 2010 as a crown agent to influence, encourage, guide and support improvement in health care practice in New Zealand. The New Zealand Triple Aim has been defined as: improved quality, safety and experience of care; improved health and equity for all populations; and best value for public health system resources. The Commission is pursuing the Triple Aim via two fundamental objectives: doing the right thing by providing care supported by the best evidence available, focused on what matters to each individual patient, and doing the right thing right, first time, by making sure health care is safe and of the highest quality possible. Improvement efforts must be supported by robust but economical measurements. New Zealand has a strong culture of quality, so the Commission's role is to work with our colleagues to make good health care better.
authors: Carl
authors: C
authors: Shuker
authors: Gillian
authors: G
authors: Bohm
authors: Dale
authors: D
authors: Bramley
authors: Shelley
authors: S
authors: Frost
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Galler
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Hamblin
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Henderson
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Jansen
authors: Geraint
authors: G
authors: Martin
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Orsborn
authors: Anthea
authors: A
authors: Penny
authors: Janice
authors: J
authors: Wilson
authors: Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland. New Zealand. a.merry@auckland.ac.nz.
authors: Alan F
authors: AF
authors: Merry
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control; D026683:Advisory Committees; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009520:New Zealand; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000266:history