“Anything done in health care that does not help a patient or family is, by definition, a waste, whether or not the professions and their associations traditionally hallow it.”
Prof Don Berwick
click the link below for Health Quality Measures NZ (HQMNZ) – a site provided by Patients First and sponsored by the Health Quality and Safety Commission
Welcome to our website!
Patients First plays in the integration space i.e. “in the commons”. Patients First is a national programme of work – effectively not for profit – with funding invested in integration of information.
Patients First grew out of the National Primary Care Quality and Information Programme – and has evolved. The work that we do traverses and integrates primary care and secondary care systems and information.
We create and maintain some of the tools for a joined up eco-system (wrapped around the patient). This is independent of setting of care or professional group.
We’ve tried to match this philosophy in the branding – “Patients First”
Our Steering Group has representation of Senior Executive from National Levels.
We hope you find some useful material here . We are a learning and adaptive organisation here for making health care “better” through the use of systems and information. Please contact us if we can help you deliver better care for New Zealanders.