New Zealand’s unused contingency funds for digital health projects have been diverted to resolve issues in healthcare payroll systems.Based on recently disclosed government documents, the government decided early this year to tap the contingency funds…
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The project building New Zealand’s national health information platform has been put on hold following budget cuts for digital health. In a statement to Healthcare IT News, Michael Dreyer, director of the Digital Channels sector…
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Corrections NZ announces $5M EHR deal The New Zealand Department of Corrections is adopting a patient management system from Canada to improve healthcare for persons in custody.
It recently signed a NZ$9 million ($5.3 million) agreement…
The New Zealand government is no longer funding the provision of free telehealth services, including one for COVID-19, as healthcare providers went “business as usual” in providing in-person services following the end of the…
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New Zealand’s Ministry of Health plans to build national datasets on rare disorders as part of its strategy to better support people living with such conditions.The recently released Aotearoa New Zealand Rare Disorders Strategy…
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Enhancing ambulance response using MLNew research at the Victoria University of Wellington seeks to apply machine learning models to improve emergency response times.
Backed by a grant from New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and…
Te Whatu Ora extends medicine database contract with Telstra HealthTe Whatu Ora has extended its longstanding contract with Telstra Health for its Clinical Content managed services.
Before they were consolidated under Te Whatu Ora in…
A data system created to serve as a single longitudinal record of child demographic information in New Zealand has been associated with improved equity in basic child healthcare.This relationship was explored in a recent…
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The New Zealand government has emphasised frontline services in its latest budget for health.It has earmarked NZ$16.7 billion ($10.3 billion) over three years to “address cost pressures” in delivering healthcare services. It will “[provide]…
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New Zealand’s Health Information Standards Organisation is now developing new standards for interoperable health information exchange in the country.In an update on the progress of the Hira programme, Te Whatu Ora disclosed that HISO is…
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