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Our health system
What's happening
For the health sector
Keeping well
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Briefing to the current Minister
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IN REDIRECTOR Holidays Act
INT REDIRECTOR COVID-19: Infection prevention and control recommendations for health and disability care workers
INT REDIRECTOR Air-privacy
INT Redirector Page Cyclone Aid
compTIA Fundamentals
Transparency Statement
INTERNAL REDIRECT NIR
INTERNAL REDIRECT AIR
Nurses' strike 2023
ASMS Strike
PHS2024
Phishing alerts
Cyber security training
Briefing to the current Minister
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Health Identity
Information about the National Health Index (NHI), Health Provider Index (HPI), Medical Warning System (MWS) and NES.
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National Health Index
The National Health Index (NHI) is a mechanism for uniquely identifying every health care user.
Medical Warning System Statement of Use
The Medical Warning System (MWS) is used to warn health providers of any known risks to patients.
Health Provider Index
The HPI is a database of health practitioners, facilities and organisations that either fund or deliver health and/or disability services.
Healthcare Events
Healthcare Events are summaries of hospital admission events reported to the National Minimum Dataset,
Information for Health Providers
Best practice guidance for anyone using identity services.
Information for IT vendors and developers
Information for developers about integration to the Health Identity Platform (HIP) web services.
Access to Production Systems
Information about getting access to production services.
Addressing and geocoding
Providing information for health providers and IT developers.
Ethnicity
Best practice for providing ethnicity data to the national collections
Also in this section
Health Identity
Advice on the use of Large Language Models and Generative AI in Healthcare
The Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR)
Book My Vaccine
Cyber Hub
eMedicines and the New Zealand e-Prescription Service
Data and digital standards
Hira – connecting health information
My Health Account
My Health Record
Notifiable Disease Management System (NDMS)
NZ Health Terminology Service (NZHTS)
National Digital Facilities Framework
Digital, data and technology services – minimum requirements
Other digital health initiatives
Piki Te Ora
SNOMED CT National Release Centre
Whānau, Consumer and Clinician Digital Council
Zero Data
National Telehealth Service