We are proud staff have taken ownership of
the values and are drawing them into their
work with our communities and into their
relationships with one another. supporting clinical governance and our clinical
teams and asked her to assess those against
the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s
(HQSC’s) framework for clinical governance.
Good to Great Māori Health Strategy
Good to Great is the title of Jim Collin’s
bestselling book and set of principles, based
on his research of elite companies that made
the leap from being good to great, and
sustained those results for 15 years or more.
The principles have informed BOPDHB's
approach and strategy to achieving Māori
health equity, the Good to Great Māori Health
Strategy. The HQSC framework sets out the aim of
clinical governance - to improve the
experience and quality of care - and identifies
four main strategic areas: consumer
engagement and participation; an engaged,
effective workforce; clinical effectiveness; and
quality improvement/patient safety.
Whilst this strategy lays out our approach for
the future, we have had some significant
achievements in the past 12 months as well.
Our collaborative performance improvement
efforts with Nga Mataapuna Oranga Public
Health Organisation (PHO) have both
increased seasonal influenza vaccination rates
by 20% in the total population aged 65 years
and over (March-May 2017 compared to
March-May 2016), and reduced inequalities
between ethnic groups at the PHO to just 1%
(gap between New Zealand European and
Māori for March-May 2017). These
improvements have been achieved at a cost
of approximately $5 per additional person
vaccinated.
Our Good to Great priorities over the next 18
months will be: Engaging Effectively with
Māori - Professional Development
Programme; Health Equity Performance;
Quality Service Improvement; and Accelerate
reducing Māori disparities by increasing our
focus on collective responsibility (partnering
with Māori).
Quality Review
The Quality Review work, began later in the
year, and informed our approach as we
moved forward. The BOPDHB commissioned
quality improvement expert Dr Mary Seddon
to review the committee structures
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Other areas
There has been a wealth of work and
achievements outside of these strategic
priority areas during the year. Some other
highlights include:
Edgecumbe flooding
In April the health system was tested by ex-
Cyclone Debbie and the Edgecumbe flooding
events and we are proud to say it responded
incredibly well; a situation which is a credit to
all of our staff. The work in the Eastern Bay
continues with psychosocial support for those
still suffering the ongoing effects. We are
pleased to make additional resources
available to support the needs of the
Edgecumbe community.
Colonoscopy
In March 2017 we announced our plan to
raise the number of publicly-funded
surveillance colonoscopies by more than 50%
in the coming year; meaning the delivery of
around 300 colonoscopies a month.
Home and Community Support Services
(HCSS)
The way we deliver HCSS has changed. We
now have three providers, and each of those
providers is a partnership between
mainstream and kaupapa services. It’s a big
service change and required our providers to
engage in a different way. The way it has been
embraced could provide a model for other
services.