Topic Channels

To make it easier for you to find relevant content, we have categorised eHealthNews.nz articles and eHTV Webcast Library video content under topic channels. These channels are tagged in the articles and each channel will have its own home page soon. There are a range of sub-categories that sit under each channel.

To browse by topic channel, go to BROWSE ALL NEWS and use the dropdown picklist to find the channel you are interested in.

ANALYTICS

This channel brings together analytics themes, big and small: Care data; open data; life sciences research; business intelligence, analysis and reporting; and the use of analytics in commissioning, such as population health management and predictive risk.

CLINICAL SOFTWARE

At the heart of digitising medicine, nursing and clinical services, in and out of hospitals, is the development, adoption and use of specialised clinical software. This channel spans electronic patient records; pathology, labs and order communications; departmental systems such as A&E and theatres and more. It also includes e-prescribing and decision support systems.

DIGITAL PATIENT

This channel is dedicated to the disruptive waves that place patients and information as the key agents of health. Topics include: telehealth, patient access to records and transactional services, patient portals, apps and wearables.

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE

As health services digitise they become ever more reliant on securing networks, software and data from internal and external threats. This channel covers topics from physical security to information governance.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Digital health requires a lot of underpinning infrastructure. This covers the IT infrastructure required by clinical systems, patient management systems, shared records, digital patient services, business systems and more. Topics include: IT and communications infrastructure, networks, security, storage, servers, desktops and mobile devices, and the service desks needed to support them.

INTEROPERABILITY

One of the biggest digital challenges is to enable data to flow. This channel is dedicated to all aspects of integration, interoperability and standards in health and social care. This ranges from specific technology solutions such as enterprise portals, integration engines and platforms, to interoperability, message and data standards.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

This channel focuses on behaviour change, culture and workforce engagement within organisations.