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Creating the innovation culture, geniuses, champions, and leaders (Innovationlabs, 2007) (PDF, 305kb)
Downloadable article describing innovation culture.
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Health care innovations exchange (Agency for healthcare research and quality)
Compilation of quality tools for assessing, measuring, promoting, and improving the quality of health care.
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Innovation brainstorming tools (Innovation Tools)
Lists articles, books, tools and software for brainstorming and idea generation. It includes information on brainstorming techniques, as well as links to a wealth of other techniques for generating ideas.
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Innovation Tools (Innovation Tools)
Articles and links to provide entrepreneurs and innovators with a focused, growing collection of the best resources on business innovation, creativity and capacity building for innovation.
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Ministry of Health innovation award (Ministry of Health innovation award)
Presents finalists and other related information.
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Ready to become more innovative? Not sure where to start? (Futurethink)
Online diagnostic test to assess readiness for being innovative (ideas, strategies, process and climate). The webpage also lists research information, tools and training to help organisations to better innovate.
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Laying a solid foundation. Strategies for Effective Program Replication (Public/Private Ventures, Geri Summerville with Becca Raley., 2009) (PDF, 1.92mb)
This guide for policymakers, practitioners clearly lays out the key structures that should be in place before wide-scale replication is considered, as well as the steps needed to ensure the replication's success.
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Carers New Zealand (Carers)
Carers NZ presents a useful Resource Library and a recently published study by Diane Jorgensen, et.al entitled The New Zealand informal caregivers and their unmet needs
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Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC) (Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre (HIIRC))
The Health Improvement and Innovation Research Centre enables the New Zealand health sector to improve quality, implement innovations and increase productivity.
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Self Management Support (Self Management Support)
This new online community for anyone interested in self management support is now open to everyone as a place to join in discussions, share ideas, experiences, resources and projects relating to self management, e-learning, chronic care and quality improvement.
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How to deliver high-quality, patient-centred, cost-effective care: Consensus solutions from the voluntary sector (The Kings Fund, 2010)
This publication is the collective effort of ten of the leading health and social care organisations in the voluntary sector to identify the five key themes that the health and social care system must embrace to be sustainable and to ensure quality.
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Engaging communities for health improvement: A scoping study for the Health Foundation (Health Foundation UK, 2009) (PDF, 316kb)
This report looks at how community engagement projects can help to encourage members of the public to become involved in healthcare issues.
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Supporting people with mental health conditions into paid employment: A briefing for Work Programme providers (Centre for Mental Health, 2010) (PDF, 111 kb)
The Centre provides a brief paper for Work Programme providers outlining how people with a mental health diagnosis can be supported into paid employment.
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Realising ambitions: Better employment support for people with a mental health condition (Department for Work and Pensions , 2009) (PDF, 782kb)
A review commissioned by the UK government to investigate how it could better help fulfil the employment ambitions of and tackle challenges faced by people with a mental health condition.
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Five ways to well-being (The New Economic Foundation)
This report commissioned by the UK Government's Foresight project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing, recommends five ways towards well-being. It presents the evidence and rationale between each of the five ways, drawing on a wealth of psychological literature.
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What we are learning about community-led development in Aotearoa, New Zealand (Inspiring Communities. , 2010)
The report presents the thoughts and stories of over 40 individuals and communities actively involved in community-led initiatives throughout Aotearoa. A summary of the bigger-picture thinking and approaches to societal change and innovation that currently influence Inspiring Communities’ work is also offered.
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The impact of eHealth on the quality and safety of health care: A systematic overview (Ashly et al., 2011)
This paper seeks to evaluate the impact of eHealth solutions on the quality and safety of health care.
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Acute services: Local ideas to improve integration (Mental Health Commission, 2010)
A paper detailing illustrations of local service innovation in New Zealand that have led to improvements in access to acute services, continuity of care and service user and family/whänau satisfaction.
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Mental health and addiction funding: Mechanisms to support recovery (Mental Health Commission, 2010)
This report outlines district health board (DHB) level funding mechanisms and discusses theoretical and problems. It identifies case studies of innovative funding initiatives.
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Agewell: Health promotion for older people in New Zealand (Agewell)
This webpage links to to age related community groups and national and international organisation sites
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Kai Xin Xing Dong website (Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, 2010)
This education tool for Chinese communities aims to reduce stigma and discrimination toward mental illness. The site contains culturally appropriate mental health resources for service users and community members, a literature review Chinese Attitudes to Mental Illness and information on organisations, helplines, free workshops, and Chinese support groups to inform your referrals.
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Supporting teen fathers: A resource for service providers (Ministry of Social Development, 2010)
This is a useful resource for providers and Community Response Forums as they plan effective services for teen fathers. The downloadable booklet outlines what is known about teen fathers in New Zealand and things to consider when developing services for teen fathers. It also contains profiles of five providers that deliver services to teen fathers.
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Community Matters - Helping New Zealand build strong communities (Community Matters)
The new site is a one-stop shop where communities can access information about the community advisory services, Lottery grants, the Community Organisation Grants Scheme and Crown-funded schemes and trusts administered by the Department. This is the new gateway to the grants online system.
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