This episode explores a new report from HiNZ, highlighting concerns raised in a workforce survey about digital health funding cuts and their potential consequences for patient care, as well as opportunities for targeted investment.

With guests - HiNZ acting CEO Scott Arrol and director of engagement Alex Kemp.

Find the report online 

Dr Carol McAllum, Director of Quality & Partnerships for Mercy Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialist and Anneke Barkwith, Nurse Practitioner and founder of Hub Aged Care, discuss what holistic  palliative care entails and how these are integrated in aged care settings. Sponsored by Third Age Health. 

Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Special Interest Group executive members Emma Collins and Elf Eggimann discuss themes for the upcoming eHealth Nursing and Midwifery Workshop on Dec 3, including how to amplify the nursing and midwifery voice in digital health and turning plans into practice when it comes to deploying clinical solutions that really work for users.
See the workshop agenda online

Ministry of Health Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Martin Chadwick and co-chair of the National Allied Health Scientific and Technical Informatics Group Charlene Tan-Smith discuss themes from the upcoming eAllied Health workshop at Digital Health Week in December; turning data into meaningful information, applying AI in clinical practice and ensuring digital solutions are designed with users in mind.

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.