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2023/2024 - Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report
Developing Tai Tokerau Nursing
Strategies
Director of Nursing – Primary Care, Rhoena Davis, was
instrumental in the development of the Tai Tokerau
Nurse Practitioner Strategy. This document reviews
the progress made within workforce development and
the pathways to attaining the competencies required
to become a Nurse Practitioner. Rhoena also sat on
the working groups to develop similar strategies for
Nurse Prescribers and the nursing strategies within
wider Primary Care, Rural Health, and Māori Health
strategies.
Clinical Governance
Mahitahi Hauora’s Clinical Governance charter, which
was developed in August 2023, provides a framework
for ongoing improvement and accountability for the
quality and safety of health and disability services
across the 昀椀ve dimensions of quality de昀椀ned by the
Ministry of Health: people-centred; access and equity;
safety; effectiveness; and ef昀椀ciency.
The role of our Clinical Governance Committee
(CGC) is to promote a culture of equitable highquality clinical practice within Mahitahi Hauora and
our partner practices and ensure this is reflected in
our projects, programmes, and performance. This
includes facilitating the professional development of
practitioners and assisting with the development of
the clinical workforce.
As well as our own Clinical Governance Committee,
we are part of several Governance forums and groups
including The Northern Region Clinical Governance
Forum, Health Quality and Safety Commission, Nurse
Practitioners and Enrolled Nurses Governance Group,
Northland Diabetes Governance, Northland Bowel
Screen Governance, Northern Region Comprehensive
Primary Community Teams (CPCT) Governance Group,
and Northern Region Immunisation Governance Group.
Digital and Data
This year Mahitahi Hauora became a member of the
Digital Health Alliance (DHA), giving us access to
insights and awareness of developments within the
health industry’s digital and data space. The Data
and Digital team continually seeks innovative ways
to help us reach our goals, and improve operations
and service delivery to our partner practices while
also balancing data security, privacy, and ethical
considerations.
One of these innovations is our use of a low code/
no code development platform allowing us to create
customised solutions. Using this, we have streamlined
the reporting process to be simpler, quicker, and more
ef昀椀cient for practices and our teams. Practices can
track their progress towards clinical indicators of the
Equity for Whānau Agreement using our customised
dashboards giving detailed performance data and
patient lists to help close equity gaps.
Through our participation in the Northern Region Data
Sharing Group, we ensure that Tai Tokerau-speci昀椀c
data is available and used for effective planning and
decision-making across the region. Our collaboration
with other PHOs in this forum enhances our collective
understanding and aids the development of effective
healthcare initiatives for our communities.
Work has begun on a new Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) system which will allow us to
respond more swiftly and effectively to our health
care, community, and iwi partners’ needs. Bringing
together crucial information into a single, accessible
platform, is more ef昀椀cient, and gives us a holistic view
of our partnerships.
Keeping Practices Informed with
Clinical, Operational and Sector
Updates
This year we redesigned our email communications
to general practice. We now send newsletters and
professional development updates to all practice staff,
and tailored messages to relevant audiences.
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