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District Health Boards NZ (DHBNZ) Safety and Quality Use of Medicines Group Project - Dwayne Crombie

A strategic overview of the DHBNZ Safety and Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) Group from a Group CEO Sponsor. Quality use of medicines (QUM) is about optimizing medicines use to get the best outcomes for patients – when medicines are the right option, they need to be used wisely and safely. The purpose of the DHBNZ group is to agree and implement a best practice strategy and model among DHBs to promote the quality use of medicines, reduce adverse events within hospitals and primary care including the primary-secondary interface.