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Measuring return on investment from quality improvement
Carrie Marr, Chief Executive of the Clinical Excellence Commission in NSW, posed some excellent quality improvement measurement questions at the Measuring Health Outcomes conference in Melbourne on 31 May and 1 June 2016.

Quality and Safety in Healthcare lecture presented by Dr Dirk De Korne
Dr De Korne recently visited Tasmania and presented A Quality and Safety in Healthcare lecture at the Medical Science Precinct in Hobart. His implementation, research and teaching focusses on understanding the diffusion of quality and patient safety innovations and includes business process and systems redesign, human factors and ergonomics, and performance benchmarking.

HSI Tas to present at 5th APAC Forum
Congratulations to HSI Tas Lecturer in Health Service Improvement Dr Pieter Van Dam who has successfully submitted an abstract for an oral presentation at the 5th APAC forum to be held in Sydney from 12-14 September 2016.

Pieter Van Dam presents at ANMF conference
Dr Pieter Van Dam presented an overview of HSI Tas transformational redesign work to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Tasmanian branch conference in June 2016.

Leadership Masterclasses helping to develop strong collaborations
Health leadership experts help deliver the 6th Collective Health Leadership Masterclass

Celebrating Improvements in Healthcare Delivery
Health professionals from across the state meet to recognise healthcare innovation work being undertaken by HSI course participants.

Quality and Safety in Healthcare lecture to be presented by Dr Dirk De Korne
Dr de Korne is visiting Tasmania after presenting at the Healthcare of the Future Conference in Sydney in June 2016 and will be delivering a lecture on his extensive work on quality and safety

Redesign Improvements Across RHH Outpatient Clinics
The efforts of staff in the Royal Hobart Hospital Specialist Outpatient Clinics are starting to produce positive results within the clinics and for patients who attend them.