Updates from across the digital health ecosystem
AI-powered, fast-deployment, and highly secure hospital information systems are now fully localised for the Vietnamese market. Amalga, a leading hospital information systems provider in New Zealand and Southeast Asia, has officially established its enterprise in Vietnam, marking a major milestone in its more than two decades of supporting digital transformation in Vietnamese hospitals. The expansion reinforces Amalga’s long-term commitment to … Read More
OctansCare is proud to announce the successful delivery of a completely redesigned website and online booking experience for Ka Ora Telecare. The new digital platform has been created to provide a more accessible, user-friendly experience, making it easier for patients to find information, access services, and book appointments online. The project focused on more than just a visual refresh. Working … Read More
Auckland, New Zealand – July 15, 2026 – InterSystems, a creative data technology provider powering more than one billion health records globally, today announced it has been recognised as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Electronic Health Records (EHR). A Gartner Magic Quadrant is a culmination of research in a specific market, giving you a wide-angle … Read More
By Darren Jones, Country Manager, Australia and New Zealand, InterSystems The case for AI in healthcare has moved beyond theoretical potential to a necessity. Clinicians spend significant time on documentation and administration during every care encounter. Medical knowledge doubles every 73 days, creating an almost impossible cognitive burden to stay up to date. Meanwhile, healthcare costs continue to spiral upward, … Read More
Today Healthpoint has launched Ask Healthpoint, New Zealand’s health system navigation tool – your simple way to navigate health services, now powered by AI. It lets people describe what they need in their own words and receive clear, trusted, local service options – in the language they are most comfortable with. “It is one of the first of its kind. … Read More
Health NZ and Pharmac are providing an update on the joint work underway to align hospital medical device procurement. The Joint Ministerial Letter of Expectations (LoE) continues to guide this work, with a focus on clearer roles between Pharmac and Health NZ, reduce duplication, and have a more coordinated approach to procurement. This update is for your information only – no action is needed from you at … Read More
Partnership supports expanded pharmacy services, connecting medications, service bookings, rewards, and patient engagement through the Centrik platform Building on a longstanding partnership, Webtools and Green Cross Health are expanding their digital health collaboration into community pharmacy through a connected digital platform supporting pharmacy services, medications, and patient engagement across the Unichem and Life Pharmacy network. The partnership comes as community … Read More
Primary Healthcare Limited (PHCL), the not-for profit operator of general practices across Waikato and Taranaki, will begin controlled rollout of Valentia Technologies’ OctansCare AI-powered patient access and engagement services across some of its practices, as part of its ongoing work to explore practical ways of supporting patients and general practice teams. The OctansCare will enable PHCL to provide around-the-clock AI-powered … Read More
New functionality streamlines clinician workflows and enables safe, flexible medication dispensing through integration with New Zealand’s Medication Data Repository (MDR) and the New Zealand ePrescription Service (NZePS) Auckland, New Zealand – 10 June 2026 – Valentia Technologies today announced a major enhancement to its indici platform: a fully integrated, patient-controlled dispensing and pharmacy fulfilment workflow designed to support modern telehealth … Read More
New policy decisions for the Bill Sunscreen regulation On 7 April 2026, the Government agreed to include a regulation making power in the Bill to clarify how the Bill will apply to products that share some features with medical products. These are called ‘boundary products’. The Government agreed that, subject to a final cost-benefit analysis, sunscreens would be regulated under … Read More
The Digital Health Association (DHA) welcomes today’s Budget as a significant step toward treating digital health as the critical infrastructure it is. Investment in cyber security of $153.6 million – including for primary care – recognises that protecting health information is a system-wide responsibility, not one that can sit with any single organisation. Smaller primary care providers need support to … Read More
The Ministry of Health is strengthening cyber security across the health system following an independent review into the Manage My Health (MMH) cyber incident. This includes new work to ensure key third‑party suppliers are independently assessed against required security standards. Ministry of Health Chief Medical Officer Dr Joe Bourne says this was a serious breach involving the cyber theft of … Read More
