Health ministry to extend contract with Red Rock
UXC's Red Rock Consulting will have its contract with the Ministry of Health extended by three years, says the board director of National Health IT Board, Graeme Osborne.
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Interview: Policy needs to support choice: National Health IT Board
On the sidelines of a conference on health that took place recently, Graeme Osborne, director of the National Health IT Board, talks to <i>ComputerWorldNZ</i> on the progress of the plan, the efforts to standadise systems and processes, and how the Ministry of Health is working to change the nature of healthcare in the country with ICT.
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Health sector may use igovt, but not yet
Attendees at the recent CIO Summit presentation by Murray Milner, chair of the National Health IT Board, were surprised to hear him say that the personal identifier for a projected unified health record and other cross-linked information will not take early advantage of the all-of-government identifier set up by the igovt scheme.
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Quake reveals GP patient data is potentially at risk
In the wake of the Christchurch earthquake, general practitioners and health organisations are being advised of the importance of adequate back-up.
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Trials of electronic prescriptions set for next year
Electronic prescriptions will be trialled next year ahead of what could be a national rollout of the service.