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Timaru Hospital moves to digital patient records

19 August; 2026

Patients at Timaru Hospital will benefit from faster access to information and better coordinated care following the introduction of a new digital patient documentation platform, Health New Zealand says.

CLINICAL SOFTWARE

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

19 August; 2026

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

CLINICAL SOFTWARE

Broadway Medical Centre builds own AI Suite

18 August; 2026

A Dunedin medical centre has developed what it calls the Broadway Intelligence Suite, combining a number of AI and other digital tools to help it solve multiple friction points.

AI & ANALYTICS

Pharmac invests in data and digital to modernise core systems

17 August; 2026

Pharmac is using one-off funding from Budget 2025 to develop a two-year data and digital programme aimed at enhancing core functions, improving decision-making, and strengthening collaboration and transparency across the health system.

NATIONAL SYSTEMS & STRATEGY

Pinnacle moves away from dashboards with AI-powered data tool

17 August; 2026

Pinnacle PHO has launched a natural language data query tool called Ask Pinnacle that lets clinical and administrative staff interrogate aggregated health data by typing questions in natural language.

AI & ANALYTICS

Features

Kiwis increasingly turn to AI for health advice, but trust remains low

10 June; 2026

Feature - eHealthNews editor Rebecca McBeth
One in five New Zealanders now turns to artificial intelligence platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude as their first port of call for health information but trust in AI-generated health advice remains low at just 28 percent, according to Stuff's inaugural Health of the Nation study.

DIGITAL PATIENT

Analytics and near real-time data drive transformation at Health NZ

26 May; 2026

Industry Innovation Article - Acumen BI
Health New Zealand has consolidated multiple systems inherited from over 20 supporting subsidiaries, District Health Boards and the Ministry of Health covering clinical, finance, payroll, supply chain, procurement and asset management data.

AI & ANALYTICS

Views

My View - Why I'm done with dashboards

17 August; 2026

General manager of digital and innovation at Pinnacle Garry Johnston writes that there is a conversation happening across the health sector right now about artificial intelligence, but he believes we are framing it the wrong way.

AI & ANALYTICS

My View - Health NZ’s digital modernisation programmes pick up pace

30 July; 2026

Acting chief information technology officer Darren Douglass writes that momentum is building across the Health Digital Investment Plan and Health NZ is now in a position to make real progress.

NATIONAL SYSTEMS & STRATEGY