Movers and Shakers - June 2023 - Health Informatics New Zealand

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Movers and Shakers - June 2023

Monday, 5 June 2023

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NEWS - eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

Will Reedy
Will Reedy has joined Accenture Aotearoa NZ as the health lead after five years as chief executive of Spark Health.

Reedy will lead the expansion of Accenture New Zealand’s health practice.

Accenture New Zealand managing director, Nick Mulcahy, says Reedy’s distinguished experience, deep knowledge of New Zealand’s health sector, and, relationships will be invaluable to the company’s growth plans.

“New Zealand is rapidly digitising its healthcare services and products at both public and private sector. Health is a key market for us in New Zealand, and Reedy is going to help us enhance and expand our offering to healthcare businesses and the public sector,” he says.

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John Ashley
Southern Cross Healthcare has appointed John Ashley as head of clinical and patient portfolio within the Digital Services Team, leading the team responsible for the design, delivery and operation of clinical and wellbeing solutions across Southern Cross Healthcare.

Chief digital officer Trevor Delany says “Ashley brings a wealth of digital health experience to the role, and we’re pleased to have him onboard as we embark on an exciting and ambitious next phase in our organisation’s evolution."

Ashley was most recently director of strategy and growth at Webtools, and is an active member of the Health Informatics community, serving as a HiNZ board member since 2018 and deputy chair of HiNZ up until 2022.

Kirsty Martin
Kirsty Martin has been appointed interim regional data and digital lead for Te Whatu Ora – Te Waipounamu.

Martin has spent the past seven years in Nelson Marlborough as a senior manager in the digital space where she is currently General Manager Digital.

A data and digital update says she is experienced in managing enterprise level IT systems, delivering successful programs, developing teams, and managing services.

“Martin excels in building strong relationships, communicating effectively, and displaying a strong work ethic while maintaining a commitment to continued growth and development. Above all, Kirsty is passionate about driving innovation and delivering results that create a tangible impact,” the update says.

Samuel Wong
Samuel Wong has joined Te Whatu Ora as manager - consumer identity and access and is responsible for leading My Health Account (MHA) and MHA Workforce developments.

Wong has spent the last five years in the digital health industry, previously as general manager for product management at Manage My Health, and earlier as VP products at Vensa Health.

Wong’s key focus is to enable how consumers really want to engage in their digital health journey across Aotearoa New Zealand, through digital identity, consent and access for those who need to provide care to them, to trusted health information.

Robyn Whittaker
Robyn Whittaker has been appointed director evidence, research and clinical trials at Te Whatu Ora.

Whittaker was previously clinical director of innovation at the Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Te Whatu Ora Waitematā , where she led the Leapfrog Programme of strategic innovation projects.

She was also recently made an adjunct professor at Auckland University’s National Institute for Health Innovation.

Delwyn Armstrong
Delwyn Armstrong has been appointed director health analytics and insights at Te Whatu Ora.

The role sits within the service improvement and innovation directorate, headed up by Dale Bramley, which is responsible for the diffusion and spread of proven improvement and innovation across the health system.

Armstrong was previously head of analytics at Te Whatu Ora – Waitematā within the i3 Institute for Innovation and Improvement. She also led analytics work as part of the Northern Regional response team for Covid-19.

Josh Wilson
Josh Wilson joins the Spark Health whānau as the digital health director leading out digital health products, including Tahi and Kete Waiora. He has also taken on the acting chief executive role while a permanent replacement is sought.

As a former professional yachtie, he brings a wide range of experience including running vDaaS provider 2Onions and more recently having spent several years consulting for Deloitte.

Wilson is most excited about seeing how far we can push the boat out on transforming the NZ health sector, by leveraging Spark Health’s reach across the sector and its depth of technology solutions to bring better wellness outcomes to all New Zealanders.

Rowhan Kelly
Rowhan Kelly has been appointed head of Innovation Labs at Ryman Healthcare, leading the software development and innovation function.

She has 15 years of digital health and innovation experience and previously led the clinical and patient technology strategy at Southern Cross Healthcare.

“It is a proud moment for me to be joining an organisation that is acknowledging the critical role that innovation will play in reimagining experiences for our aging population,” Kelly says.

Andy Ellis
Andy Ellis has moved from the public to private sector to work for automated data exchange company- Eightwire. Eightwire have been running the Social Wellbeing Agency data exchange since 2016 - partnering with 16 government agencies and over 60 NGOs.

Ellis has been leading the rollout of the Medicly product which enables the secure exchange of data from Patient Management Systems used across the Primary Health sector.

The Medicly team have recently partnered with Medtech to deliver population health reporting to health organisations, accelerating analytics and collaboration through their powerful data sharing platform optimised for Aotearoa.

Eric van der Sluis
After more than 20 years working directly for emerging NZ healthcare software companies, Eric van der Sluis has founded Lola Health.

The company’s mission is to boost NZ health software companies in the areas of strategy, commercial engagement and hands on practical business development. There is a particular focus on the successful export of local technology globally.

“I’m delighted to be working to across the health sector in NZ, to drive improved sales results for some of our most promising early stage companies,” he says.