RNZCGPFriday 12 February 2010, 10:43AM
Media release from Royal New Zealand College of General
Practitioners
Opening the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners'
Quality Symposium in Wellington today, Health Minister Tony Ryall
thanked the College, general practices and GPs for their leadership
in improving public healthcare quality and safety through
CORNERSTONE.
The 376 practices that have achieved the College's CORNERSTONE
accreditation have already implemented a significant events
management system to report and learn from significant and sentinel
events.
The College is currently helping another 279 practices achieve
CORNERSTONE accreditation; and working with PHOs developing a
process for how this information can best be shared across the
country.
"Gaining CORNERSTONE accreditation was an empowering process for
all the staff at my Rotorua general practice," College President
Harry Pert says. "It certainly helped us improve the quality of
care we are able to provide for our patients."