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Tū Ora, Compass Health
Categories and places are as follows:
Excellence in patient safety and care – For teams or individuals who have improved health outcomes, patient safety, patient experience, equity of access or health literacy for service users.
Runners up: Tawa Medical Centre, Linden Surgery practice teams and Tū Ora Compass Health Clinical Quality Improvement Facilitators Anne-Maree Delaney and Te Huri Arthur.
Outstanding contribution to services across our sub-region and in community and primary health care, particularly recognising initiatives to increase system connectedness and cohesion.
Runners up: Piki Project team
For non-clinical staff who have inspired those around them. This award celebrates the contribution of a non-clinical staff member to their team, the sector and our community.
Winner: Janet Comeskey, Primary Care Practice Assistant, Kelburn Northland Medical Centre
Winner: Piki Project Team
Winner: Kāpiti Ambulance Redirection Service
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
