An urgent overhaul of health systems to better catch and control communicable diseases, from Covid-19 to measles, is months behind schedule - but authorities are promising to "avoid gaps".
After two years of astonishingly low COVID-19 levels, New Zealand is dealing with a wave of Omicron cases and a new government COVID-19 care platform has been adding to the burden for GPs. As the controversy over the Covid Clinical Care Module (CCCM) grew in tandem with the surge in COVID-19 cases, in early March the Ministry of Health conceded there were "issues with the
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by eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth
Tuesday 29 June 2021, 09:30 AM
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The new national health service will not focus on “ripping and replacing” DHB IT systems but will implement national systems where it makes sense to do so, the lead policy advisor for digital and data within the Transition Unit says.
Health Minister Andrew Little announced in April that the government is scrapping all 20 DHBs and replacing them with a new Crown entity called Health NZ.
Speaking at the MTANZ HealthTech Conference in Auckland on June 23, Emily Mailes said “digital health and data are going to be so critical to make this reform a success”.
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Auckland has exited its three day lockdown, based on the advice of Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall says she has confidence contact tracing is finding any chains of transmission.
A good contact tracing system is an essential weapon in New Zealand’s arsenal for keeping Covid-19 from its shores. But is it up to scratch? Brittany Keogh reports. Calls from experts to improve the country’s contract tracing system, which could potentially eliminate the need for lockdowns and save the economy millions, are growing louder as questions are raised about the response to February’s Covid-19 cluster.