Read about health providers using IT to provide new or enhanced health services and about consumers accessing these health services.
Digital health stories
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- The Ministry of Health is working with the sector and other experts to develop a strategy to guide the way health and disability data and information is acquired, used and managed. Read more
- Putting certificates of cause of death and cremation forms online is making a world of difference for New Zealand’s funeral directors and the families they work with. Read more
- Hawke’s Bay District Health Board successfully rolled out the central region Clinical Portal in August. Thousands of clinicians are now using it on a daily basis. Read more
- The introduction of a regional clinical portal for patient information has been life changing for rural hospital doctor Hannah Lawn. Read more
- Māori and Pasifika communities have co-designed a mobile health tool to help Kiwis become healthier and reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity and diabetes. Read more
- As New Zealand’s health system faces a GP shortage and the increasing burden of chronic disease, answers are needed to cope with future demands on the health system. Read more
- Implementation of a patient portal at Karori Medical Centre has significantly changed the dynamic between the GPs and their patients by making the doctors more accessible. Read more
- When Nelson’s Judy Bennett wasn’t able to bring her list of medicines with her to hospital, it was patient portal to the rescue! Read more
- Michael Dunn travels a lot so being able to access his health information via a patient portal, makes all the difference to managing his health care while he is away from home Read more
- A Waikato practice is crediting patient portals for increased efficiencies and helping GPs deliver better care to patients. Read more
- Peter Vandenberg is such a supporter of patient portals he switched GPs in an attempt to access one. Read more
- Bay of Plenty District Health Board started trialling a telehealth service for some of its rural community in 2013. It enables clinical consultations to take place in remote areas through the use of video conferencing. Read more