Digital Health Week NZ 2025 Conference Programme

DIGITAL HEALTH WEEK NZ 2025 PROGRAMME

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 121 Jess Hows, Kensington Health Fixing the foundation: digital change that starts with whānau-centred systems

STREAM F INNOVATING FOR TOMORROW

1.15

617 Professor Robin Palmer, University of Canterbury Presentation Title TBC

1.15

111 Maddison Treadwell, Reserve Bank of NZ; Steve Gallagher, University of Otago Collabor-action in the classroom: co- designing the future of digital health education

45 Deanna Sara, Health NZ Digitally empowering ICU nurses: a culturally informed screening tool for post-extubation dysphagia

49 Craig Green, Health NZ A symbiotic model for transforming public healthcare in NZ

93 Gordon Bingham, Alfred Health Fishing with

a technological net: harnessing mobile technology for early detection of patient deterioration

and workforce development

1.30

501 Where does AI fit in the future of healthcare in Aotearoa NZ? PANEL Madeline Newman, AI Forum; Sonny Taite, Health NZ; Ruth Large, Whakarongorau Aotearoa; TBC Facilitator: Rebecca McBeth

1.30

82 Kat Vakavosaki & Samantha Heath, University of Waikato Empowering future nurses: Innovation as a catalyst for confidence, collaboration, and career identity 114 Melita Macdonald, Health NZ; Colby Raley, Microsoft Next-level learning for next-level care

119 Zhenqiang Wu, The University of Auckland A clinical prediction model to risk-stratify children at paediatric ED triage

78 Matt Lord, Tū Ora Innovating at the frontline: lessons from implementing tech in primary care

40 Ryan Lobb, Habit Health From data to impact: embedding cardiovascular exercise in community concussion care 131 Leah Tomkinson, Health NZ From prompt to prescription: Cortex decision support tool enhances heart failure treatment uptake

65 Verna Stavric, Auckland University of Technology Supporting exercise behaviour with technology: from personalised apps to smart resistance bands 104 Isabella Smart, Health NZ Nothing new - just a few more clicks Improving the quality and delivery of maternity and diabetes care by stealth

1.45

177 Jill Collier, Health NZ Reducing health inequities in pain care: digital transformation of triage processes

57 Jess Morgan-French, Collaborative Aotearoa; Rod Hall, Primely Primely collaborative procurement: enabling equitable access to medical supplies for primary and community providers

2.00 2.05

TRANSITION

2.00 2.05

TRANSITION

TRANSITION

TRANSITION

TRANSITION

TRANSITION

616 Lara Hopley, Health NZ Presentation Title TBC

7 Andrew Ingersoll, PwC Stop talking, start doing: learn how to prompt like a pro

190 Dan Coe, Health NZ Digital services investment in your digital services this year

19 Mathias Baetens, Whānau Āwhina Plunket From local legacy to national equity: transforming Whānau Āwhina Plunket's service model for the digital age 11 Craig Moore & Shai Venkitachalam, Summerset From design to implementation of a telenursing service at Summerset 15 Ny Brunenburg & Jess Morgan-French, Collaborative Aotearoa Pou ora | pillars of health: a reimagined way of delivering primary care that's equitable, innovative, and built to last

101 Antonina Shakhova- Spell, Health NZ Empowering māori health through data: a collaborative journey in operational reporting 108 Tara Martin & Hayley Johnson, Health NZ Multi- campus care capacity and demand activity audit: improving allied health data quality through direct engagement. 181 Becky Hickmott, Health NZ Empowering nursing leadership through digital insight: operational decision- making and safety

156 Kathy Le Haavre & Suzanne Board, Inospire Ltd Equitable care in action: the community wāhine/women+ health clinic model 137 Abby Moore & Shilvana Shaikh, Chiptech Technology enabled care packages support people to be connected, safe and

2.20

618 FIRESIDE CHAT Jim the AI Whisperer; Rebecca McBeth Presentation Title TBC

2.20

144 James Lauder & Matt Lord, Health Hawke’s Bay From pilot to proof: data- driven insights into AI scribing

515 SOAPBOX Facilitator: Scott Arrol

confident in the community while streamlining care resources

2.40

706 Simon Kos, Microsoft Superhuman. Transcending human limits with AI GOLD SPONSOR – MICROSOFT

2.35

145 Wendy Matthews & Ginna Bradbury, Southern Cross Healthcare The journey to a paperless, digital future

112 Melissa Warren & Hannah Holtkamp myHT guide: an innovative digital health programme to improve adherence to hormone (endocrine) therapy in breast cancer patients

2.55 2.55

MC Greg Ward

AFTERNOON TEA | EXHIBITION HALL

AUDITORIUM STREAM A | PLENARY

3.15 619 Joshua Caldwell; Dr Rachelle Martin, University of Otago Purpose in practice: from lived experience to system change 3.35 620 Doug Healey, Health New Zealand Presentation Title TBC 3.50 Conference Closing 4.00 CLOSING KARAKIA

Programme last updated: 25 September 2025

Programme is subject to change up to, and during, the conference

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