Health NZ signals $50M–$100M radiology modernisation procurement

NEWS  - eHealthNews editor Rebecca McBeth

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is preparing to go to market for a Radiology Modernisation Programme valued between $50 million and $100 million. 

The programme will replace multiple legacy systems and enable standardised workflows, improved data sharing, and better clinical decision-making across all regions, a Future Procurement Opportunity notice says.

The notice says the project is awaiting business case approval, but the intent is to go to market in late August or early September 2026.

“This programme is a national digital investment under the Health Digital Investment Plan to enable integrated radiology services across New Zealand by implementing modern systems that support safe, timely, and equitable patient care,” it says. 

The aim of the programme is to; transform fragmented regional services into a single national model; enable radiologists to work at the top of their scope; improve access to diagnostic services regardless of patient location; and support national health targets and improved patient flow across the system.

The procurement will cover the first four of five integrated national capabilities to create a single, connected radiology service, replacing the fragmented systems in use across the country.

The Enterprise Imaging Integration Layer is a national imaging informatics data exchange platform designed to broker data, including HL7 and DICOM formats, between systems using configurable rules, and to normalise data values to support consistent workflows and user experience.

An Integrated Reporting Environment would include the systems that support actual exam reporting workflows, such as a reporting worklist, a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) for imaging exam data review, and a voice-recognition reporting solution.

A National Image Archive would provide long-term imaging data storage and clinical access through a web-based viewer and an Imaging AI Orchestration system would be responsible for brokering data to and from AI-based applications, which may change over time.

A fifth capability - a National Radiology Information System (RIS) - is excluded from this procurement round with a separate procurement for the RIS coming later.

Suppliers can bid for all four capabilities or for selected components within the defined scope.

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