
Electronic medication management: Realising the benefits
12:30pm to 1:30pm, Wednesday 20th October


The Te Manawa Taki DHB region is implementing the Better Meds Electronic Medication Management solution with Alcidion. This webinar will discuss the benefits that can be realised from electronic medication management, integration with the NZePS and the challenges of bringing a new product to a region.
Vidhya Makam, who is leading the medication management portfolio at the Ministry of Health, will also provide an update on this programme of work, including the NZePS.
How to connect to the webinar
- This webinar is free for anyone to attend.
- Register once for the series and get access to all webinars live and on-demand.
About the Expert Panel
Webinar facilitated by Rebecca McBeth, HiNZ News Editor.
Panel participants are:
- Roko Malkoč, Product Director, Better Meds
- Nick Bigland, Product Manager, Alcidion
- Vidhya Makam, Medication Management Lead, Ministry of Health

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Roko Malkoč Product Director Better Meds
Roko has dedicated a good deal of the past ten years to innovation in healthcare IT. He is currently leading a team with a vision of a world without medication errors. His experience brought him to the realisation that the world and digital health products need an empathy revolution. As a trained biomedical engineer passionate about organizational networks, he is confident that we can enable a data-driven revolution by building trust between different stakeholders. In such environments, new communities will act as accelerators of new technologies and innovation.
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Nick Bigland Product Manager Alcidion
Nick is an experienced Health Care Professional that has had the opportunity to work in many different healthcare sectors, holding various roles which has allowed him to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the potential care settings, organisations and pathways for patients. His experience spans customer, supplier and patient safety viewpoints. Nicks has a strong track record across multiple suppliers from Implementation to Product Management with the patient always at the core.
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Vidhya Makam Medication Management Lead Ministry of Health
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Webinar facilitator:
Rebecca McBeth HiNZ News Editor
Rebecca McBeth joined the HiNZ team as editor of eHealthNews.nz in January 2018. Rebecca was previously news editor at Digital Health Intelligence in London and prior to that, was the senior health reporter at The Christchurch Press, where
she won a NZ Canon Media Award and a NZ Reporting Diversity award. Based in Auckland, she is committed to communicating news, experience and knowledge throughout New Zealand’s data and digital health sector.
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How to connect to the webinar
- This webinar is free for anyone to attend.
- Register once for the series and get access to all webinars live and on-demand.
Questions? Email Rose at HiNZ
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