eHealthTALK NZ

Third Age Health chief executive Tony Wai discusses the use of telehealth to provide care to New Zealand’s older population, its impact on the aged care workforce and on the wider health system. 

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Chief Information Security Officer Sonny Taite discusses the Cybersecurity Uplift Programme, the creation of a national Security Operations Centre to monitor and respond to security events, and why Health NZ was not significantly impacted by the July CrowdStrike outage.   

Rogan Clarke, director of integration and delivery at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, discusses his vision for integration across the health sector, key milestones on that journey and the collaboration needed to achieve it. 

Michael Dreyer, director sector digital channels at Health New Zealand, Te Whatu Ora discusses his team's key delivery milestones so far, what's coming next, and their approach to developing solutions for the health sector.

Third Age Health clinical change lead Lucy Wu and medical director Dr Diane Leach discuss the roles of GPs and nurse practitioners in aged care, the current challenges and opportunities in the sector, and the role of technology in reducing some of the workload and administrative burden for clinicians.

This episode of eHealth Talk NZ is the audio recording of a webinar HiNZ hosted on exploring Maori and Pacific led  digital health. HiNZ media editor Rebecca McBeth is joined by 4 panellists; Dr Mataroria Lyndon, Tend Health Co-Founder and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, Auckland University; Tanith Petersen, Chief Operating Officer, He Waka Tapu; Dr Amio Matenga Ikihele, General Manager Community, Research, Learning, Moana Connect; and Tim Corbett, CEO at HiNZ.

Director Strategy and Investment Darren Douglass discusses his role and team within data and digital at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, current focus areas of work and the benefits of a national approach while retaining local skills and relationships.

College of Nurses Aotearoa member and clinical director at Orion Health Carey Campbell discusses the arrival of Generative AI, the potential benefits of adopting AI tools in nursing and how nurses can prepare and get involved in discussions to shape the future in this space.

Lara Hopley, chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO) Health NZ Te Whatu Ora, discusses the role of clinical informaticians, building her national team and key milestones on the clinical informatics work plan.

Chief data officer at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Kari Jones discusses her new role and national team, what a data driven organisation looks like and key milestones on that journey for Health NZ.