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Rural hospitals at greatest risk from Digital Services job losses - report

13 March; 2026

The loss of digital services jobs at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora increases risks to patient care and willl hit rural hospitals hardest, an internal report reveals.

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South Island GPs first to join Shared Digital Health Record

11 March; 2026

General practices in Te Waipounamu, South Island will be the first to begin onboarding to the Shared Digital Health Record from April with clinicians expected to begin accessing SDHR data from mid-2026.

NATIONAL SYSTEMS & STRATEGY
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GPNZ calls for digital primary care to be treated as critical infrastructure

6 March; 2026

General Practice New Zealand is calling for digital primary care systems to be treated as critical national infrastructure, with enforceable minimum security standards and independent certification for all vendors handling patient data.

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
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Procurement platform for primary care awaits access to HSC

6 March; 2026

A collaborative procurement platform designed for primary and community healthcare providers was piloted in Auckland and is technically ready for nationwide deployment, but needs access to the Health System Catalogue.

NATIONAL SYSTEMS & STRATEGY
Digital health systems should be treated as critical infrastructure

4 March; 2026

Digital health systems should be treated as critical infrastructure as security failures directly impact patient safety, experts say.

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
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My View - Interoperability & consumer access: is it time for regulation?

5 March; 2026

Interoperability and consumer access both require regulation backed by investment. The time has come to put that into practice, writes Fellow of HiNZ Peter Jordan.

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