MoH Hira Webinar - industry

Learn About Hira

Hira will transform the way health information is accessed and fundamentally change how people interact with health services. Over time, Hira will become an ecosystem of secure and trusted data and digital services as innovators build new data services and functionality.

If you are a health IT industry vendor or innovator, attend this webinar to learn more about Hira including programme timelines, tranche one deliverables, opportunities for vendors, and the commercial framework.

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Hira: Your health in your hands
What it means for the health IT industry and innovators

Recorded on Friday 10 December 2021

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New Zealanders deserve a health and disability system that works in a joined-up way and is easy to access. Hira will enable this by transforming the way health information is accessed and fundamentally changing how people interact with health services. As a first step, Hira will allow a person’s health data to be drawn together from a range of trusted sources to create a ‘virtual electronic health record’. This will ensure that New Zealanders and their health providers have easy access to up-to-date and complete information, in the right context and at the right time. Over time, Hira will become an ‘ecosystem’ of secure and trusted data and digital services as innovators build new data services and functionality. This will enable joined-up delivery of health and wider social services and catalyse the development of new, digitally enabled models of care.

Webinar outline:

• Operating context and health and disability reforms

• Hira overview

• Programme timelines

• Tranche one deliverables

• Vendor opportunities

• Commercial framework

• Questions and answers

Webinar participants

		Darren Douglass Group Manager Digital Strategy and Investment, Data and Digital Directorate, Ministry of Health Darren joined the Ministry of Health in 2016 to follow his passion for enabling health outcomes through the use of technology. Darren developed the Ministry’s Digital Health Strategic Framework, has been the product owner for the NZ COVID Tracer app and led the development of the investment case for Hira. Darren has been a leader in strategic planning and IT implementation in health for close to 30 years. After holding a number of industry project and general IT management roles delivering clinical and patient management systems across the UK, he worked across the New Zealand health sector in DHBs and shared service agencies, most recently HealthShare in the Midland region.

		Peter Marks Technical Director – Hira Programme, Data and Digital Directorate, Ministry of Health Peter has more than 30 years of experience working in data & digital across many sectors including central government, health, manufacturing, insurance & finance, and travel. He has worked with clients across NZ, Australia, Asia Pacific and North America, utilising his skills and experience to help them deliver value from their IT initiatives. Peter joined the NZ Health sector in 2009 at Waikato DHB. Since then, he has worked in various secondary care organisations to assist with modernising data & digital capabilities, with a particular focus on interoperability. Peter has been involved in various national initiatives including the Sector Architects Groups, development of the Health Information Security Framework, development of the National Information Platform, Digital Identity, Covid-19 technology solutions and more.
		Greg Ward Webinar Facilitator As a professional MC, Greg has hosted, facilitated, moderated and performed at more than 1,000 events during a career spanning 22 years, presenting to over half a million people in 14 countries.