Mike Collins - Speaker

Synopsis

The untold story – People-led, technology-enabled digital experience within the Southern Health system

Being NZ’s largest geographically spread health provider presents many challenges and many opportunities. With a 1.4b hospital build project and an ‘It’s up to us’ culture where we decide our own future and we value our staff and our patients’ time, we are transforming our virtual and physical models of care. Working in partnership as one health system within our region, the Southern Health system encompasses primary, secondary and tertiary services to design the future of health care for our communities.

Biography

Mike Collins

Executive Director People

Culture and Technology

Mike Collins is the Executive Director People, Culture and Technology at the Southern District Health Board. Previously Mike was the Director of the Learning Environment and the Director of Service Excellence at Otago Polytechnic with a passion for creating dynamic working environments. Having been a CIO for 20 years and working in executive teams Mike believes a successful organisation requires a clear strategy with innovative aspirations supported by people working within an empowering culture. One of the keys to success is to form a highly effective team by promoting efficient and transparent communications, focusing on people at the centre of all decisions, creating a fun and enjoyable work environment and providing an on-going investment into staff education, knowledge transfer and mentoring.

Mike believes ‘Positive transformational change is possible, dream big, believe in yourself and trust the collective intelligence of those around you and anything is possible’.

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