Whakarongorau Aotearoa/New Zealand Telehealth Services will become an anchor tenant of Microsoft New Zealand’s new hyperscale cloud region, set to open later this year. Read...
The Digital Health Association is alarmed to hear of further cuts of $100 million from Health New Zealand’s data and digital funding, saying it could undermine healthcare delivery in New Zealand for years to come. Read...
The introduction of ‘digital midwives’ at Counties Manukau’s Community Midwifery Service has increased the available workforce, reduced strain on in-person resources and improved attendance rates by providing remote support for pregnant women. Read...
Over the course of two decades, NZ’s healthtech sector has matured into a multibillion dollar tech-export industry. After reaching peak revenue of $2.9B amid the pandemic, the sector is again on the up. Read...
Ensuring the health system has the necessary ‘digital and physical infrastructure’ requires more than just words, according to the Digital Health Association (DHA). Read...
Data services, national collections, analytics and coding will be brought together under a new interim Director of Data and Information at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora as part of a proposed restructuring at the organisation.
The Vision for Health Technology outlines how we see technology shaping the way New Zealanders 'live well, stay well and get well' in 2026. Read more
Recent studies indicate that Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 with Vision (GPT-4V) outperforms human physicians in medical challenge tasks. However, these evaluations primarily focused on the accuracy of multi-choice questions alone. Read...
GPs say using artificial intelligence (AI) during consultations with patients is taking a load off a severely burnt-out workforce. Read more
Half of the critical IT hardware in hospitals is past its use-by date, the government has been warned. Significant near-term effort and investment in hospital data and digital technology were needed just to "keep the lights on" Read...
HEALTH SERVICES AND SYSTEMS
EQUITY
Exploring the impacts of the health system on minorities within the population, notably including Māori, Pacifica, Asians and LGBTQI.
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