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AI-assisted pathology tool tackles cancer coding

23 September; 2026

New Zealand's Cancer Control Agency Te Aho o Te Kahu, has successfully trialled an AI-assisted structured pathology reporting system that converts histology findings directly into fully coded structured data, and is preparing for its second phase.

AI & ANALYTICS

GP registrars to trial AI-supported simulated consultations

22 September; 2026

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is trialling an AI-supported learning platform with a targeted group of GP registrars.

AI & ANALYTICS

Technology most powerful lever to improve health outcomes – Health NZ chair

18 September; 2026

Technology is the most powerful lever available to improve health outcomes, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora board chair Mark Darrow says.

NATIONAL SYSTEMS & STRATEGY

Clinical trials provider latest health sector organisation to suffer cyber breach

10 September; 2026

Police are investigating and Health New Zealand is supporting a Dunedin-based clinical trial service provider as it responds to a cyber incident in which it appears health information has been stolen and posted online.

INFORMATION GOVERNANCE

HealthX building a governed AI Foundation Service

10 September; 2026

Health New Zealand’s HealthX team is developing an AI Foundation Service to enable approved health use cases to use selected AI models safely within a governed environment.

AI & ANALYTICS

Features

Telehealth: replacing or supplementing in-person care?

4 September; 2026

Primary care leaders are worried that telehealth is shifting from being a complementary tool into being seen as a replacement for in-person general practice, putting continuity of care at risk, particularly for rural and remote communities.

DIGITAL PATIENT

Views

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

My View - Cyber resilience is about people, not just technology

11 September; 2026

Recovering from a cyber incident is about much more than technology, it is about restoring confidence in your organisation, your services and your people, writes Jean-Pierre Walle, group manager security assurance, Health New Zealand.

AI & ANALYTICS