Each year, Evolution’s health services select their top quality improvement initiatives to be judged for the best in category and supreme winner. Many of these initiatives go on to be entered into regional and national health quality awards events.
The Evolution Healthcare Annual Quality awards recognises and rewards the achievements and innovations undertaken by our staff across all our Hospital and Wellbeing services.
In 2023, a total of fifteen entries were received and seven were selected for our Quality Award finals.
Overall Winner
The overall Award went to Proactive for the development and implementation of a mobile physiotherapy and wellness service in the South Island.
Category Winners
Achieving Better Health Outcomes
Proactive with the development and implementation of a mobile physiotherapy and wellness service in the South Island.
Person Centred Care
Anglesea Hospital with the development and implementation of a children’s’ activity book using local artists depicting a child’s journey through the hospital
Business Improvement
Evolution Human Resources team for the implementation of a group wide learning and development system.
Reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with breast and axillary surgery.
This submission was also sent to the NZPSHA Quality Awards and was a finalist in the 2021 entries.
See moreEnhanced Recovery after Surgery for hip and knee surgeries Award Submission Extract from 2019 (and finalist in NZPSHA 2021 Quality Awards).
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