DIGITAL HEALTH WEEK NZ 2025 PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER AUDITORIUM STREAM A | PLENARY 8.45 MC Greg Ward 8.50 611 Lester Levy, Health New Zealand Presentation Title 9.10 622 Hon Matt Doocey, Minister for Mental Health and Associate Minister of Health Presentation Title TBC 9.30 613 James Laughlin, High Performance Leadership & Personal Mastery Presentation Title TBC 10.05 MORNING TEA | EXHIBITION HALL
AUDITORIUM STREAM A MAIN STAGE
CONWAY 3 & 4
CONWAY 1 & 2
BEALEY 4 & 5
CONWAY 5
BEALEY 3
STREAM B ADVANCING TOGETHER
STREAM C ADVANCING TOGETHER
STREAM D INNOVATING FOR TOMORROW
STREAM E TRANSFORMING DATA INTO KNOWLEDGE 175 Sonny Taite, Health New Zealand Securely navigating the digital health horizon: Reflections and realities 39 Melinda Wassell, RMIT Fast data is done: building a sustainable future for the reuse of clinical EHR data 169 Alistair Rumball- Smith, Health NZ LORA radiology planning and forecasting engine 147 Monique Green, Health NZ From silos to synergy: building a unified view of NZ's outsourced patient journeys
STREAM F INNOVATING FOR TOMORROW
10.45 614 Professor Tim
10.45 16 Rachael Page,
96 Carey Campbell, Amalga; Melanie Skelton, Franklin Hospital The 7- month switch: Fast tracking digital health transformation
26 Maggie-Lee Huckabee, SwalTech Ltd From hospital to home: how patient-informed tech is transforming dysphagia care 89 Grant Christey, Health NZ Transforming trauma care through data: the Te Manawa Taki Trauma registry in action 133 Camille Sullivan & Steve Perry, Tui Ora Ltd Mana ora: a low-code solution for māori mental health outcomes reporting 152 Chandra Harrison, Access Advisors Designed for all? Addressing digital accessibility inequities in Aotearoa's health system
22 Rebecca Muir, Pegasus Health The impact of acute plans on hospital presentations
Woodfield, University of Otago Presentation Title TBC
HealthOne: Scott Fisher, Tū Ora Compass Health Why was getting here so darn hard? Navigating the potholes, landmines, diversions and resistance to a shared health record
11.00 501 The innovation
11.00 161 Brian Yow, Health NZ Safe, smart, scalable: governance of clinical decision support systems at Health NZ
94 Stuart McCaw, Health NZ Answering the seemingly easy questions:
178 Mary Crowe & Vanessa Buchan, Health NZ Driving change together: a clinical–digital partnership for faster, smarter emergency care 170 Benjamen Pearson & Simon Harger, Health NZ Heidi writes, clinicians thrive: a pilot in ED and outpatient settings 3 Peter Tang, Health NZ Reducing the unknown: a conceptual digital tool for real-time emergency department wait time transparency
imperative: leadership that creates progress PANEL James Laughlin; Professor Tim Woodfield, University of Otago; Alex Smart, Southern Cross Travel Insurance; Dr Diana Siew, Medtech-iQ Aotearoa Facilitator: Becky George
how many FTE and vacancies do I have?
11.15 110 Catherine Epps, Pharmac Building a
53 Parag Bhatnagar Beyond the bot: embedding intelligent automation in clinical workflows
system that improves health outcomes for NZer’s and supports pathways for innovation
11.30 707 Michael Draheim & Angela Ryan, Oracle Health Modern health horizons: shaping tomorrow’s health today GOLD SPONSOR – ORACLE HEALTH
11.30 117 Milan Sundermann & Lorna Pairman, University of Otago Clinical decision support for electronic
33 Dudley Harris, Voco Pragmatic AI - how AI should be marketed, and how it should be deployed - learnings and use cases
prescribing in hospitals: a delicate balance between usability and safety
11.45 TRANSITION
11.45 TRANSITION
TRANSITION
TRANSITION
TRANSITION
TRANSITION
11.50 615 Anne Fitisemanu,
11.50 166 Jill Westgarth, Health NZ Transforming genomic testing in Aotearoa NZ: opportunities and challenges 12.05 504 Finding your path in digital health: careers for a transformative future PANEL Gabe Rijpma, CardioNexus; Becky
125 John Woodfield, University of Otago A patient-oriented eHealth intervention can reduce complications and length of stay; an observational study 189 Health NZ Presentation from Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora, Clinical Digital Health Alumni 2025 64 Gillian Robinson Gibb & Nisha Budhathoki, Hercules Health Is SaaS really a service, or just another tool if you aren't using data to add clinical value
164 Ali Awais, Kacific Built-In backup: why continuous connectivity is critical to consumer- centred care 17 Ali Lunn & Samantha Read, Health NZ Bridging borders: piloting hybrid speech-language therapy positions using both telehealth and onsite working models across Te Whatu Ora Southern 126 Rowena Woolgar, Arise Consulting From digital readiness to real change: scalable transformation in healthcare delivery for a digital age
1 Luke Abbott, Forma Insights Ltd AI insights to movement health and quality
58 Olivia Clendon & Mia van Dorp, Health NZ Defining the route - the path to interoperable medicines information
Make a Wish Aotearoa NZ Presentation Title TBC
12.05 711 Speaker TBC
63 Cecilia Harris, Echo- Health.ai Beyond the scribe: empowering patients with actionable, accessible health information in NZ clinics 61 Leonard Chia, Health NZ Drilling into data and teeth: a dentist perspective in data analytics, clinical insights and patient outcomes in a Canterbury oral health project initiative
122 Hanna Berndt, Health NZ New medicine modelling
Presentation Title TBC GOLD SPONSOR – AWS
George, Clinical Digital Health Specialist; Stella Ward, DHA; Kevin Ross, Deloitte Facilitator: Alex Kemp
12.20 612 Myles Ward,
12.20
106 Kiri Aikman, Freelance Consultant Prescribe it right, first time: How a unique NHS collaboration cut paediatric prescribing errors by 83%
Department of Internal Affairs Presentation Title TBC
12.35 LUNCH | EXHIBITION HALL
Programme last updated: 25 September 2025
Programme is subject to change up to, and during, the conference
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