situation where information is passing around on paper, or in emails or excel spreadsheets. “By putting in place a handful of integrated systems with strong security and tightly managed access
to information, we could ensure clinical data was only available to certain people and there’s less risk around leakage or loss of personal information,” he says. “Having an overall national view also allows us to make policy planning decisions and focus resources on areas where they need to be.” Adapting and adjusting National systems mean the Ministry of Health team can more easily adapt and make operational changes as the situation and science on Covid-19 evolves. PREMIUM TO CONT I NUE READ I NG TH I S PAGE JO I N HiNZ TODAY FROM $1 7 PER MONTH WI TH NO M I N I MUM TERM . OR $1 9 8 PER YEAR .
Until the end of last year, testing for Covid-19 in managed isolation was done on day three and 12 of a person’s stay. As new, more easily transmissible variants of the disease began to emerge, the government decided that people from anywhere other than Australia, Antarctica and some Pacific Islands must also have a test within 24 hours of entering a facility. Implementing that change nationally using manual or localised systems would have involved an enormous amount of extra work. However, the automation offered by a single system reduces the large manual overhead required to keep things moving. hinz.org.nz/page/JOIN
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