Updates from across the digital health ecosystem
The decision in Budget 2024 to reduce funding to digital health is, on the face of it, concerning, says the chief executive of the Digital Health Association, “but we need to know more.” Budget 2024 reduced Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora funding by a total of $330 million over four years for Data and Digital Foundations and Innovation and … Read More
TMG Cloudland, a leading provider of technology services and support, has acquired Wellington-based Primary IT, a move that reinforces their commitment to enhancing technology for New Zealand’s health sector with aims to improve patient outcomes, reduce wait times, and enhance overall healthcare quality. Primary IT has a robust reputation for delivering tailored IT services that enhance operational efficiency and patient … Read More
This article was originally published by Digital Health on 20 May 2024. NHS Lanarkshire has tested a digital system that helps determine how ill patients are when they arrive at the emergency department and prioritises their treatment accordingly. The Alcidion Patientrack digital patient observation system has been tested by staff at University Hospital Monklands as part of the digital planning process for a replacement hospital which is … Read More
Following on from her speech at the Digital Health Association Christmas function, Dr. Erica Whineray Kelly, Southern Cross Healthcare’s Chief Medical Officer, writes of challenges in the New Zealand health sector, including in biological sex and ethnicity, and the role that technology plays in helping to overcome them. These views are her own. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) definition … Read More
Medtech Global has launched a fully automated payment solution to give time back to General Practices by reducing accounting pain. Medtech is always looking to develop solutions that solve problems for its customers, and one of the key pain points for -General Practice is payments. General practice administration staff spend far too much time chasing outstanding money, correcting invoicing errors … Read More
To strengthen and futureproof its workforce, Southern Cross Healthcare has increased its investment in training, development and learning systems for nurses, including the introduction of a new operating theatre training program, Periop 101. Southern Cross Healthcare’s Chief Nursing Officer Monica Goldwater said AORN’s Periop 101 programme is the gold standard in new-to-theatre nursing education internationally which is why the organisation … Read More
Wound Care Plus, LLC, a leading provider of mobile wound care services in the US, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with ARANZ Medical to integrate ARANZ Medical’s innovative Silhouette wound assessment solution into their wound care management practice. This strategic collaboration will significantly enhance the ability of the Wound Care Plus team to document their patients’ wound healing outcomes efficiently … Read More
Digital Services Hub coming in June In the Hira Programme, work is underway on the Health New Zealand Digital Services Hub, which is the next iteration of the Hira Marketplace. The Digital Services Hub will provide a broader range of services than are currently available on Marketplace, including a developer portal with application programming interface (API) testing capabilities and identity and access protections. It will … Read More
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has successfully implemented Alcidion’s Miya Precision platform to streamline bed management workflow across seven community hospitals in Worcestershire. The trust delivers community nursing and therapy services within the county, as well as being the main provider of mental health and learning disability services across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The trust recognised the need … Read More
Leading Health Technology Company Healthpoint are set to launch the inclusion of SNOMED Clinical Terminology into their health and social services directory API. The move will enable applications and users of the Healthpoint API to use standardised clinical terminology, reducing the chance of misinterpreting a clinical need, and ensuring greater accuracy when connecting people to the correct service the first … Read More
Source : Scott Gnau, InterSystems 03 April 2024 Artificial intelligence has transformative potential for driving value and insights from data. As we progress toward a world where nearly every application will be AI-driven, developers building those applications will need the right tools for creating experiences from these applications. This is why we’re excited to announce the addition of vector search to … Read More
Source: Sean Mitchell, IT Brief 21 March 2024 Orion Health is set to introduce its Unified Healthcare Platform (UHP) to Southeast Asia for the first time. This move is projected to enhance the healthcare experience in the region significantly. Moreover, Timothy Kim, a seasoned industry player, is making a return with Orion Health as the Asia Sales Director, responsible for … Read More