Updates from across the digital health ecosystem
Brian Biggs, Director, Customer Relations and Sales, InterSystems New Zealand Presenting in Auckland on the results of a new InterSystems ANZ study on healthcare analytics and interoperability, I was posed a question. If we can’t fully trust our healthcare data, what does that mean for the government’s national health information strategy? The short answer is, we have our work cut out for … Read More
Microsoft’s forthcoming New Zealand “datacentre region”, comprising three separate datacenters, is set to usher in a new era of tech acceleration in this country, bringing hyperscale public cloud capabilities on a scale never before seen in New Zealand. But amid the enormous excitement about what these investments will bring, it’s not surprising questions are now being asked about how well … Read More
The Government is expanding the e-Prescription Service to make it easier for people to get the medicines they need, Health Minister Andrew Little has announced. The Government is expanding the e-Prescription Service to make it easier for people to get the medicines they need, Health Minister Andrew Little has announced. “Sending prescriptions electronically makes sense because it can be faster, … Read More
We created the Innovation Fund to reward and support innovation in the health sector that will help people recover from injury faster.We’re pleased to announce the recipients of our Innovation Fund. The successful applicants have each been awarded grants from our Innovation Fund to develop innovative programmes that will help New Zealanders recover from injury faster. Despite the incredibly busy … Read More
InterSystems announces series of new releases and partnerships to further empower customers to solve critical business problemsInterSystems® has announced a series of new releases to its award-winning InterSystems IRIS® data platform. The company has also recently announced a string of new customer wins as well as a new partnership as it continues to take data fabrics to the next level. … Read More
No one should have to leave behind the home they love, their belongings and a lifetime of memories just because they need extra care. Private Care NZ, part of the New Zealand Health Group, offers a range of 24/7 services nationwide to support anyone with health and wellness needs to affordably stay in their own home for longer. Private Care … Read More
Webtools have signed two more Waitaha Primary Health general practices onto Centrik to trial the Well consumer health app, enabling them to better support and communicate with their patient populationWebtools have signed two more Waitaha Primary Health general practices onto Centrik to trial the Well consumer health app, enabling them to better support and communicate with their rural patient population. … Read More
InterSystems, a provider of next-generation solutions for enterprise digital transformation to help customers solve the most critical data challenges, today revealed that most Australian and New Zealand healthcare organisations struggle to use data analytics to support their business objectives. This is among the findings of The State of Healthcare Analytics & Interoperability Study – Australia & New Zealand. The new study … Read More
The Clinician, a global digital health innovator, has partnered with one of the largest HMOs in the world and Israel's largest healthcare organization, Clalit Health Services, through it's innovation arm – Clalit Innovation, to develop and deploy digital healthcare pathways across their 4.8 million patients, 20,000 clinicians, 1,500 community clinics, and 14 hospitals. These pathways will enable the collection and analysis of … Read More
Kiwis living with skin cancer are set to benefit with the launch of new dedicated surgical facilities capable of treating thousands of patients around New Zealand each year. The move is expected to increase specialised skin cancer surgical capacity within the healthcare sector as well as reducing the time between diagnosis and treatment for newly diagnosed cancer patients. Skin cancer, … Read More
Cancer is the leading cause of death globally, with nearly 10 million deaths per year. Rare diseases impact more than 400 million people worldwide, and 95 percent don’t have an approved treatment. In the vast majority of cases, both cancer and rare disease are diseases of the genome, caused by mono or polygenic variations. Organizations around the world are turning … Read More
GE Healthcare and Amazon Web Services (AWS) bring their partnership to Europe with first European cloud deployment of Edison True PACS at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham, England. The solution will provide radiologists, who are experiencing increasing pressure and strain, with intelligent productivity tools that help enhance reading speed, reduce errors, improve diagnostic precision, and enable … Read More