‘Big decisions’ on future of Covid tech

NEWS – eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand is assessing the future of more than 110 systems built as part of the Covid response, as well as embedding learnings on how solutions are developed and delivered.

Budget 2022 allocated $125 million to provide ongoing funding to retain selected capability and infrastructure developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and to provide a basis for future population health and disease management digital capability.

Te Pae Tata the Interim New Zealand Health Plan, made a recommendation to “scale and adapt population health digital services developed to support the COVID-19 response to serve other key population health priorities.”

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