Whānau, Consumer and Clinician Digital Council EOI released

NEWS - eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Te Whatu Ora has released an expression of interest for the new Whānau, Consumer and Clinician Digital Council, saying it “will provide a link between the Te Whatu Ora Data and Digital executive and clinicians, consumers, whānau, hapori and communities.”

The organisation is seeking expressions of interest for members, who will ultimately “help shape data and digital technologies to improve health outcomes across Aotearoa”.

An EOI document says the group will provide advice and recommendations to the chief data and digital and report to them and other executive leadership teams and board committees.

Interim chief data and digital, Stuart Bloomfield, told attendees at the Digital Health Summit in Wellington in September that the new group will advise on and prioritise the many clinical data and digital projects being worked on nationwide, ensuring they “fit into an overall, cohesive and smarter system”.

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The EOI document says consumers should have lived experience of receiving health services and whānau as Kaiururangi – navigators, will “co-design a way forward with whānau at the forefront” and share progress with whānau on the mahi.

Clinicians will be clinical IT leaders or representatives and bring an understanding of the clinical data and digital landscape of their part of the health sector.

Both the consumer and clinical representatives should also be endorsed by relevant clinical or consumer networks.

Robyn Whittaker, clinical director innovation, i3, Te Whatu Ora Waitematā, is leading the establishment of the Council.

“We hope to have people who are representing networks and parts of the sector, so they bring a whole group of people behind them who they can go to for feedback,” she explains.

Whittaker says members will get an in-depth understanding of New Zealand’s health information systems ecosystem, so they are able to provide national advice and influence decisions on data and digital.

“Members will have to be committed to actually doing the mahi, because it won’t be just about meeting once a month, it will be actively doing the work,” she says.

Picture: Robyn Whittaker, clinical director innovation, i3, Te Whatu Ora Waitematā


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