CANTERBURY DHB QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY COUNCIL

2006 Canterbury DHB Quality and Innovation Awards

The fourth annual Canterbury DHB Quality and Innovation Awards attracted 13 projects (detailed in the 2006 Canterbury DHB Quality and Innovation Awards Project Entrees Summary Booklet), which were honoured at an awards ceremony on 17th August 2006. This year the awards were broken into three categories; 1) Community Based Services, 2) Clinical/Diagnostic; Hospital and Specialist Service, and 3) Systems Improvement.  To access any copies of the projects listed below, please contact Gillian Pearce.

The Winners were as follows:

Supreme Award Winner
Front Door Physio, Physiotherapy Department, Christchurch Hospital
Community Based Services Category Winner Improving Patient Care - Clinical Indicators Benchmarking Project, Nurse Maude Hospital and Rannerdale Veterans Hospital
Clinical/Diagnostic; Hospital and Specialist Service Category Winner Decreasing Physiotherapy Outpatient Waiting Times - The Implementation of a Circuit Training Programme, Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service, Physiotherapy Department, Burwood Hospital
Runner-up Canterbury Driving Assessment Tool (CanDATTM) - Increasing the Safety and Accuracy of Driving Assessment of People with Brain Disorders, Driving and Vehicle Assessment Service, Department of Occupational Therapy, Canterbury DHB
Systems Improvement Category Winner Front Door Physio, Physiotherapy Department, Christchurch Hospital
Runner-up Introduction of a Contemporary Audit of General Surgical Practice at Christchurch Public Hospital, Department of General Surgery, Christchurch Hospital
Highly Commended Award
A Nurse-led Model in Elective Orthopaedic Admission Process, Elective Surgical Orthopaedic Service, Burwood Hospital
Specialist Led 'Mirena' Insertion Clinic - Improving the Technical Skills of GPs in the Community, General Practitioner Liaison and Christchurch Women's Hospital

Other entrants from the Canterbury DHB were:

Design and Implementation of Interdisciplinary Care Guidelines for Hospital Management of Amputees in Christchurch, New Zealand Artificial Limb Board and Canterbury DHB
Establishment of an Acute Stroke Unit in Christchurch Hospital, Acute Stroke Unit, Christchurch Hospital
Exploring the Hospital/Community Interface, Nurse Maude and Emergency Department, Christchurch Hospital
New Medicine Management in Community Pharmacy, Unichem Brighton Village Pharmacy
Nurse led Femostop Audit, Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital
Wahine Ora/Female Health, Colposcopy Department, Christchurch Women's Hospital