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ACC looks to expand and improve Medical Notes Service

12 October; 2026

ACC is looking to improve and expand its Medical Notes Service, with GPs saying they are often asked to submit personal patient information via email.

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE

Lanas to buy indici as part of $150 million investment in NZ

8 October; 2026

Global healthcare technology company Lanas will acquire practice management platform indici as part of a $150 million investment in New Zealand healthcare technology over the next two years.

SECTOR

Half of hospitals live with eMeds

7 October; 2026

Around half of New Zealand's hospitals are live with electronic medication management for inpatient prescribing and the whole of Te Waipounamu South Island is due to be using a digital system within this financial year.

CLINICAL SOFTWARE

Health NZ given until January to overhaul third-party digital procurement processes

5 October; 2026

ealth New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora must overhaul how it procures and manages third-party digital services before procuring any future digital solution for sharing hospital discharge information with patients.

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE

Digital Health Week keynote to focus on how AI is reshaping health roles

25 September; 2026

Educational futurist and founder of academyEx, Frances Valintine, will deliver a keynote address at the Digital Health Week Conference 2026, focusing on how artificial intelligence is changing roles across the health workforce and what clinicians and leaders can do to navigate that shift.

AI & ANALYTICS

Features

Building the foundation for enterprise imaging: lessons from Germany

25 September; 2026

Industry Innovation Article - Dedalus
New Zealand’s healthcare organisations are managing growing volumes of imaging and multimedia content, increasing demand for enterprise-wide access, and a need to securely share information across care networks.

CLINICAL SOFTWARE

Views

My View - Q&A with Ayesha Verrall

5 October; 2026

Labour health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall answers questions about funding and staffing of Digital Services within Health NZ, whether Labour will keep the Health Digital Investment Plan in place if elected and her vision for the role of AI.

NATIONAL SYSTEMS & STRATEGY

My View - We keep building good things, then defunding them

21 September; 2026

The digital health sector does not need another re-invention, or another reset, it needs the one thing politics almost never offers it, a funded horizon long enough to finish what it starts, writes The Opportunity Party candidate Holly Knill.

NATIONAL SYSTEMS & STRATEGY