Data and digital staff vital to frontline care

NEWS – eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Data and digital staff are vital to the health system, both in supporting the frontline of care and improving services, clinical leaders say.

Job cuts have already begun at Health NZ – Te Whatu Ora where commissioner Lester Levy is looking to reverse a reported overspend of $130 million per month.

Levy has promised clinical positions will not be cut and Health Minister Shane Reti has said job cuts at the organisation will not affect the front line.

However, clinical leaders from across the health ecosystem say ‘back office’ staff, such as the data and digital workforce, are essential in maintaining the systems that support day-to-day work on the front line, and enable the flow of data the health system needs to monitor and improve services.

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