New health technology platform to benefit lower North Island primary healthcare providers
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
Return to eHealthNews.nz home page Tū Ora Compass Health, Te Awakairangi Health Network and Central PHO, who together represent the primary healthcare needs of nearly 600,000 people, have signed an agreement with Valentia Technologies to provide a new suite of practice management products through the population health platform, indici.
Originally developed by Valentia in close collaboration with Midlands-based Pinnacle clinical network, indici has been designed and proven as a cloud-based integrated electronic shared health record that underpins and connects the provision of healthcare across the New Zealand health ecosystem.
Once fully implemented, indici will support greater integrated care, with additional health planning tools for GPs, patients and wider healthcare teams.
“We’re looking forward to working further with Valentia,” says Tū Ora Compass Health chair Dr Larry Jordan.
“We believe this cloud-based solution will be a great future investment for our general practice teams and our population.”
“indici provides a future-proofed solution which has the potential to be much more than just a practice management system,” says Te Awakairangi Health Network CEO Bridget Allan.
“The new platform is responsive and mobile, with disaster recovery back-up,” she says. “It’s important to note that it’s the platform that’s changing rather than any practice management processes.
Valentia’s president – technical services Dr Ahmed Javad says “We are delighted with today’s announcement that indici has been selected by Tū Ora Compass Health, Central PHO, and Te Awakairangi Health Network PHO consortium as the preferred PMS in all three networks.
“This represents an important strategic decision for the consortium as it focuses on leveraging the benefits of indici’s next-generation technology to drive increased integration and innovation in healthcare service delivery as well as empowering patients.
“We are very excited about working with our partners in Compass, Central and Te Awakairangi Health Network PHOs and making a positive impact on healthcare throughout the region and elsewhere in New Zealand.”
The agreement initially sees migration of practice data to a new Shared Electronic Health Record (SEHR).
“The SEHR enables hospital and after-hours clinicians to see the key information in the general practice patient record, which helps to ensure the right services are delivered to the patient. This is especially useful when care is needed urgently,” says CEO Tū Ora Compass Health Martin Hefford.
A new Practice Management System will then be rolled out, followed by a new Patient Portal, and shared care plan tools.
The three PHOs will work closely with practices on migration, training and support to implement the change.
“We’re aiming to have our first practice using the indici Practice Management tool towards the end of 2018,” says Central PHO Board chair Dr Bruce Stewart.
“While we’ve had very positive practice feedback and user testing so far for the new platform, we respect that individual practice owners will make their owned balanced decision to move to indici or stay with their current provider,” he says.
Source: Te Awakairangi Health Network media release, 22 August 2018
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