Innovation key to health system transformation

HiNZ eHealthNews editor Rebecca McBeth

The new structure of the health system will provide significant opportunities for innovation, says senior member of the Health Transition Programme, Claire Braatvedt.

Braatvedt spoke at a Canterbury Health Innovation event at WebTools in Christchurch on May 31 and said the data and digital team going into Health NZ believes strongly in innovation being a key component of transformation.

“All of the progress towards connectivity and equity and person-centred care … is going to come out of innovation and it’s going to come out of local innovation,” she told the audience.

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