NZ Health and IT News
Selected news from the New Zealand Health and IT sectors. Click on the stories headline to view the full article from the source website.
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Regional e-Referrals Project takes another step
Computer World, August 4, 2011
... Auckland regional e-Referrals project spokesperson Ngaire Buchanan says the Auckland e-Referrals project has been a long haul...
Medical notes sent in error
Stuff, August 1, 2011
... Ritchie, 89, of Merivale, has been mistakenly receiving confidential medical records via his home fax machine since the middle of last year. ....
Community trial of Electronic Prescription Service under way
Scoop, May 6, 2011
... an online record of their prescriptions. "This is an exciting development and a significant step forward," says IT Health Board director Graeme Osborne.
New heads of ICT for healthAlliance and BNZ
CIO NZ, May 5, 2011
Appointments of Johan Vendrig and Roy Goldsmith reflect major restructuring of ICT departments in some of the country's largest organisations...
Speech: Tony Ryall - Midlands Health Integrated Family .
Voxy, April 9, 2011
Good afternoon and welcome to the official Midlands Health Network Integrated Family Health Centres launch in Hamilton. It's great to be here this afternoon ...
Speech: Tony Ryall - Kiwi Health Jobs Dot Com Launch
Voxy, March 29, 2011
Before we talk about the kiwi health jobs website, I would like to reiterate my appreciation and thanks to everyone in the health service - both public and ...
Diabetes epidemic puts strain on eye screening
New Zealand Herald March 4, 2011
Health Minister Tony Ryall said he had ordered a review of diabetes programmes, "because they don't seem to be delivering for diabetes patients". ...
Nine Better Sooner More Convenient "laboratories" to be evaluated
New Zealand Doctor Online, Feb 22, 2011
The Health Research Council (HRC) is in discussions with the Ministry of Health to find money to support an evaluation of the nine Better Sooner More Convenient (BSMC) primary care business cases that are being implemented. HRC chief executive Robin ...
Draw health map of NZ, say planners
New Zealand Herald, Feb 17, 2011
... District Health Board in 2009 and 17 per cent at Counties Manukau. ... Professor Wennberg said a big part of the Dartmouth Atlas, a national US atlas of ...
Data quality improvements hoped for from new Ministry of Health system
QAS.co.nz, Feb 15, 2011
New Zealand's Ministry of Health (MoH) is hoping to record data quality improvements as a result of its NZ$13.9 million investment in a new IT system. ...
Sam Knowles to chair govt's ICT Council
Computerworld New Zealand, Jan 11, 2011
... consists mostly of CIOs from core public service agencies plus the NZ Transport Agency, and Graham Osborne, director of the National Health IT Board. ...
Changes on district health boards
Times Online - Auckland, Dec 2, 2010
Health Minister Tony Ryall says Mr Coster has extensive clinical and governance experience in the health and academic sectors. District health boards have ...
St John Joins Forces With Taumranui Hospital ED
Voxy, Oct 27, 2010
Waikato District Health Board and St John's advanced paramedic pilot was officially launched at Taumarunui Hospital yesterday. ...
Health Board takes on telco certification duties
Computerworld New Zealand, Oct 14, 2010
The connected health network is an initiative in the National Health IT Plan and an important foundation for other initiatives in the plan that require the ...
Online Depression Therapy Service To Launch
Voxy, Sept 17, 2010
Medtech led consortium wins mental health contract New Zealanders with moderate to mild depression will soon have free access, through their GPs, to a new online therapy service called "Beating the Blues". ...
New northern region shared services organisation proposed
New Zealand Doctor Online, Sep 29, 2010
The Northern DHBs (NRDHB) are considering the establishment of a northern regional shared service organisation (NRSSO) and are undertaking a full consultation process with staff who may be directly affected and their unions ...
Southern Cross predicts public burden
Stuff.co.nz, 16 Sept, 2010
Health Minister Tony Ryall said the ministry had been working closely with the private health insurance industry to see if there was a feasible proposal for ...
Scottish health boss to take up top job in NZ
New Zealand Doctor Online, 14 Sept, 2010
Iain Rennie today announced the appointment of Dr Kevin Woods to the position of chief executive and director-general of health, Ministry of Health....
Trials of electronic prescriptions set for next year
Computerworld New Zealand, 6 Sept, 2010
Health IT board director Graeme Osborne says pharmacists will be able to communicate with GPs via the system. Ad Feedback "When a pharmacist is dealing or ...
Head of National Health IT Board appointed
Computerworld New Zealand, 27July, 2010
By Randal Jackson | Wellington | Tuesday, 27 July, 2010 Graeme Osborne has been appointed to a fulltime role as director of the National Health IT Board. ...
Shared-care pilot proposals for Health IT plan
Computerworld New Zealand, 26July, 2010
HealthAlliance, the consortium of District Health Boards from the north of the country, has begun scoping possible approaches for a national shared care programme by... "Probably two, possibly three" projects will be chosen for the pilot, says programme manager Sarah Thirlwall at healthAlliance...
Personal health information workshop topic
Otago Daily Times, 21 July, 2010
The workshop, organised by the National Health IT board and the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand, is one of several being held around the ...
New lab information system for Waikato DHB
New Zealand Doctor Online, July 8, 2010
"This has been a high-profile project and the first IS project to be approved by the new National Health Board," said James Rice, managing director of iSOFT ...
EHR expert slams UK govt health programme
Computerworld New Zealand, July 5, 2010
The report by Professor Trisha Greenhalgh and a range of academic health experts at University College London, painted a picture of a stormy culture clash...
Health standards body ratifies online standard
Computerworld New Zealand, July 5, 2010
As an open, standards-based, vendor-neutral solution, the online forms specification is intended to allow organisations such as the Ministry of Health, ...
MOH to build online child health services
Reseller News, June 24, 2010
By Reseller News Staff, Auckland | The Ministry of Health is looking for a supplier to help build an online information service. ...
Health ministry spends up on IBM and Oracle
Computerworld New Zealand, Jun 23, 2010
By Randal Jackson | Wellington | Wednesday, 23 June, 2010 The Ministry of Health has invested in Oracle and IBM software licences for planned growth during ...
New appointments to Midland DHBs
New Zealand Doctor Online, Jun 15, 2010
Health Minister Tony Ryall has today announced two new appointments to Midland District Health Boards. Mr David Scott of Gisborne is being appointed to the ...
Concern Lack Of Clinical Input In EOI Process
Voxy, Jun 11, 2010
While health minister Tony Ryall today urged GPs to become involved in the EOI process for "better, sooner, more convenient" care, he learned that's not so ...
Doctors think scope of medical lab review too narrow
New Zealand Herald - Jun 7, 2010
Health Minister Tony Ryall has appointed two business experts to review the transition when newcomer Labtests took on the public contract from Diagnostic ...
Medicines list first step in IT plan
Computerworld New Zealand, May 2, 2010
... 2010 A New Zealand Universal List of Medicines (NZULM) launched last week is a significant foundation of the draft National Health IT Plan, says Graeme Osborne...
New medicines information service released for New Zealand
New Zealand Doctor Online, Jun 1, 2010
"The development of the NZULM, through the Hutt Valley District Health Board and the national Safe Medication Management Programme is a significant ...
35 Jobs to go at Health Ministry
Stuff.co.nz - May 26, 2010
The Ministry of Health today announced it will cut 35 jobs by July as a result of restructuring, with another 100 jobs set to go before July 2011. ...
Government protects Health's spending power
New Zealand Doctor Online, 22 May 2010
"Advice from the Ministry of Health is that a $507 million increase would have been sufficient to protect health services against inflation and population ...
Waikato District Health Board Improves In All Six Areas
Voxy, 20 May 2010
Waikato District Health Board improved in each one of the six national health targets released today by the Minister of Health. Chief executive Craig Climo ...
Patients in line for IT aid
Stuff.co.nz, 14 May, 2010
Health Minister Tony Ryall has directed the newly formed National Health Board to create the first national IT system for the sector based on achieving the ...
Nurses fear US-style staffing scheme
Stuff.co.nz, 9 May, 2010
The trial starts with the Counties-Manukau District Health Board in July and is likely to be extended to fill gaps around New Zealand. ...
Civil servants in the money
New Zealand Herald, 9 May, 2010
One in six staff at the Ministry of Health, which is being restructured, is paid more than $100000. Andrew Little, national secretary of New Zealand's ...
Hutt Valley DHB appoints new chief
New Zealand Herald, 7 May, 2010
Hutt Valley District Health Board announced today the appointment of Graham Dyer as its new chief executive, to replace Chai Chuah who was appointed ...
New Chief Executive For Hutt Valley DHB
Voxy, 7 May, 2010
Hutt Valley District Health Board has appointed Graham Dyer to be it's new Chief Executive, to replace Chai Chuah, who became National Director of the ...
Surgeon slates MP's health claims
Wanganui Chronicle, 6 May, 2010
"I support National's move towards the National Health Board and I support reduced health bureaucracy but I don't support blatant misrepresentation of ...
Draft delivers five-year plan for health IT
Computerworld New Zealand, April 23, 2010
Referring to the failure of IT to deliver on promises of person-centric health, the director of the board, Graeme Osborne, says the draft "recognises the ... (Includes references to shared care plans)
Osborne steps down as Health IT Board chairman
Computerworld New Zealand, April 4, 2010
National Health Board national director Chai Chuah says it is appropriate that Graeme Osborne step down from his governance roles to lead the new programme at an ...
Health Ministry staff await word on their future
Computerworld New Zealand, Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
All Ministry of Health employees, both permanent and fixed-term, will receive a personal letter tomorrow clarifying their roles and any impact on them over changes in health structures initiated by the government last year...
