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CONTENT HUB BEING CREATED

Health Navigator Charitable Trust, KidsHealth NZ and HealthInfo Canterbury are creating a national, as-a-service, health content hub. The partners are calling on others to join them in creating the hub, which will act as a central repository for trusted, New Zealand focused, high-quality health content and self- care resources for all New Zealanders. The hub will enable seamless sharing and updating of information across platforms, so that organisations can repurpose the content for their specific needs and audiences.

NEW REPORT ENVISIONS NZ AS GLOBAL LEADER IN DIGITAL HEALTH

An NZHIT report, Hauora, Mauri Ora: Enabling a Healthier Aotearoa New Zealand, was launched by Minister of Health Andrew Little in Parliament on 7 April 2021. “Lifting our performance in health and health outcomes and access to health is going to be delivered, in part, on the back of much improved use of data and digital processes,” he told attendees. The report makes five recommendations to “make New Zealand a world-class digital health technology exemplar.” These are to create a national Digital Health Innovation Network; a more effective Supplier Engagement Framework; and a national Digital Health Academy. Also, to focus on engaging and empowering consumers and promotion of New Zealand’s digital health industry offshore.

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AMBULANCE CARE SUMMARIES VIEWED ELECTRONICALLY IN SOUTH ISLAND HOSPITALS

Ambulance care summaries are being viewed more than 18,000 times a month by hospital staff working across the South Island. An integration between Orion Health’s Health Connect South and the St John and Wellington Free Ambulance systems means clinicians at four of the South Island’s DHBs can view all Ambulance Care Summaries for a patient within their clinical portal. St John staff were previously having to print the summaries in EDs and any information needed for the hospital record had to be manually re-entered into the hospital’s system. Christchurch Hospital ED physician James Weaver says the summaries are now available immediately for ED staff to view and the process saves considerable time for St John ambulance officers.

RUSH OF COMPANIES JOIN MEDTECH MARKETPLACE

More than 30 partners have signed up for Medtech’s FHIR API Integration Program. Called ALEX (Application Layer EXchange), the program uses Microsoft’s Azure FHIR software to enable secure integration into the Medtech 32 and Medtech Evolution patient management systems. Medtech has 80-85 percent of the PMS market in New Zealand (around 870 practices) and most use at least one third party application, such as a patient portal or telehealth platform. The providers of these systems can now join the Medtech marketplace, by agreeing to adhere to a code of conduct, in order to sell their services to GPs.