2010 Canterbury DHB Quality Improvement and Innovation Awards

24 projects were entered into the 2010 Quality Improvement and Innovation Awards. The Community Based Services category was the largest with 12 entries - more than twice as many as any other year.

Award winners and other entries from the Canterbury DHB and community based providers are listed below. Please view the Project Summary Booklet for more information about each project.

Hospital and Specialist Service Category Winner:

Lab Intern Programme Canterbury Health Laboratories: A Proactive Response to an Age Old Challenge

Canterbury Health Laboratories

Hospital and Specialist Service Category Runner-up:

Let the Good Lives Roll: Closed Groups and Open Minds in the Forensic Inpatient Units

Regional Forensic Psychiatric Service, Hillmorton Hospital

Community Based Service Category Winner:

Appetite for Life: Improving Health and Wellbeing through Effective Weight Management

Partnership Health Canterbury PHO

Community Based Service Category Runner-up:

Canterbury B4 School Check: Implementing the Eighth Core Well Child/Tamariki Ora Check in Primary Care

Pegasus Health / Canterbury DHB Planning & Funding

Community Based Service Category Second Runner-up:

Establishing a Hepatitis C Community Clinic: A Centre for Early Diagnosis and Improved Access to Treatment

Hepatitis C Community Clinic

Systems Improvement Category Winner:

One Lost is One Too Many: Placentas/Whenua: Consent, Indications List, and Tracking Process

Birthing Suite, Christchurch Women's Hospital

Systems Improvement Category Runner-up:

Sharps Safety Initiative at Christchurch Hospital

Sharps Safety Project Team

People's Choice Award Winner:

From Cooking Skills to Life Skills: Using the Great Little Cookbook to Promote Healthy Eating on a Budget

Community and Public Health

Highly Commended Award Winners:

The Benefits of Sensory Stimulation through Food Preparation Therapy in a Dementia Unit

Radius St Winifreds Hospital

Watch-House Nurse Pilot: Christchurch Police/CDHB Watch-House Nurse Initiative

Specialist Mental Health Services

HealthScape: An Information Management and Accountability Tool for Public Health Services

Community and Public Health

Operating Wise: Improving Patient Flow

Perioperative Service, Christchurch Hospital

Other entries from the Canterbury DHB and community based providers:

“Riding the Wave” A DBT-Informed Intervention Package to Address Persistent Suicidal/Self Harm Behaviours in Adolescents Presenting to Canterbury DHB CAF Mental Health Services

Canterbury Youth Speciality Service, Specialist Mental Health Services

Rakatahi Work Experience Project

Ngā Ratonga Hauora Māori with Mokowhiti Consultancy

A Pilot Transitional Rehabilitation Programme for Post-acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Implementing the “Independent Living” Philosophy in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting

Burwood Spinal Unit, Older Persons Health and Rehabilitation

Changing Clinical Practice to Increase Physical Activity during Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation

Older Persons Health Specialist Service

Integration of Collaborative Pharmacy Services into General Practice Teams: Three Month Pilot Project

Christchurch PHO

Physiotherapy Therapy and Home Based Exercise Programme for People with Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A PHO Initiative

Christchurch PHO

Youth Residential and Outreach Service

Richmond New Zealand

Integrated Model of Care: Improving Primary Healthcare for Pacific Youth

Pacific Trust Canterbury Health and Social Services

PHO-Based Oral Health Promotion for Adolescents and 0-5 Year Olds

Canterbury Community PHO

Change 4 Life Aranui: Promoting Improved Nutrition and Increased Physical Activity in the Aranui Community

Canterbury Community PHO

CR X-ray Cassette Quality Management System

Medical Physics and Bioengineering Department

Improved Drug Detection in Patient Urines

Canterbury Health Laboratories

Please browse the Frequently Asked Questions for more information about the Canterbury DHB Quality Improvement and Innovation Awards.

For further details please contact Emma Kenagy.