eHealthTALK NZ

Mar 25 2025 59 ep. 30 mins 6

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News and interviews on data and digital health in New Zealand. Hosted by eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth. Brought to you by HiNZ.

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Ep 55: GPs and GenAI - a year on

Mar 25 2025 29 mins

eHealth Talk spoke to Kiwi GPs Dr Richard Medlicott and Dr Karl Cole in March 2024 when they were at the start of their journey using AI-powered medical scribes during patient consultations. One year on we check back in to hear about lessons learnt over the past 12 months and advice for other health professionals thinking of using the technology in their own practice.

Ep 54: The future of digital health - voice of the workforce

Mar 04 2025 32 mins

This episode explores a new report from HiNZ, highlighting concerns raised in a workforce survey about digital health funding cuts and their potential consequences for patient care, as well as opportunities for targeted investment. With guests - HiNZ acting CEO Scott Arrol and director of engagement Alex Kemp. Find the report online

Ep 53: Providing holistic and palliative care

Dec 10 2024 28 mins

Dr Carol McAllum, Director of Quality & Partnerships for Mercy Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialist and Anneke Barkwith, Nurse Practitioner and founder of Hub Aged Care, discuss what holistic palliative care entails and how these are integrated in aged care settings. Sponsored by Third Age Health.

Ep 52: Nursing and Midwifery informatics

Nov 18 2024 19 mins

Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Special Interest Group executive members Emma Collins and Elf Eggimann discuss themes for the upcoming eHealth Nursing and Midwifery Workshop on Dec 3, including how to amplify the nursing and midwifery voice in digital health and turning plans into practice when it comes to deploying clinical solutions that really work for users. See the workshop

Ep 51: eAllied Health

Oct 16 2024 31 mins

Ministry of Health Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Martin Chadwick and co-chair of the National Allied Health Scientific and Technical Informatics Group Charlene Tan-Smith discuss themes from the upcoming eAllied Health workshop at Digital Health Week in December; turning data into meaningful information, applying AI in clinical practice and ensuring digital solutions are d

Ep 55: Telehealth in Aged Residential Care

Sep 09 2024 25 mins

Third Age Health chief executive Tony Wai discusses the use of telehealth to provide care to New Zealand’s older population, its impact on the aged care workforce and on the wider health system.

Ep 54: Cybersecurity at Health NZ

Aug 26 2024 25 mins

Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Chief Information Security Officer Sonny Taite discusses the Cybersecurity Uplift Programme, the creation of a national Security Operations Centre to monitor and respond to security events, and why Health NZ was not significantly impacted by the July CrowdStrike outage.

Ep 52: Integration and delivery at Health NZ

Aug 13 2024 23 mins

Rogan Clarke, director of integration and delivery at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, discusses his vision for integration across the health sector, key milestones on that journey and the collaboration needed to achieve it.

Ep 51: Sector digital channels at Health NZ

Jul 16 2024 25 mins

Michael Dreyer, director sector digital channels at Health New Zealand, Te Whatu Ora discusses his team's key delivery milestones so far, what's coming next, and their approach to developing solutions for the health sector.

Ep 50: Working in Aged Care: challenges and opportunities

Jul 02 2024 30 mins

Third Age Health clinical change lead Lucy Wu and medical director Dr Diane Leach discuss the roles of GPs and nurse practitioners in aged care, the current challenges and opportunities in the sector, and the role of technology in reducing some of the workload and administrative burden for clinicians.