The New Zealand health IT hot top 20
The announcement that New Zealand will create a national electronic health record (EHR) for all of its citizens was unsurprisingly the most-read Kiwi story on Pulse+IT in 2015. It's also very apparent that anything to do with Orion Health is of real interest to readers, which again is no surprise.
Patient portals were of interest, as were new developments from GP desktop market leader Medtech, and the growing interest in telehealth also became apparent. Australian company Best Practice's unexpected decision to buy Hamilton firm Houston Medical raised some eyebrows, as did the demise of Auckland's HSAGlobal.
1. The national EHR announcement at HiNZ 2015 in Christchurch in October got massive hits
2. Best Practice's buy-out of Houston Medical also rated highly on both sides of the Tasman
3. Three big names in NZ health IT got together to form NZ Health Inc
4. Orion's Rhapsody is being used as part of the $4.3bn US armed forces EMR project
5. Telehealth start-up Doctor2Go made the news with its click and call' service
6. Orion Health was probably the first vendor off the blocks to support FHIR
7. Patients First released economic modelling to support the take-up of patient portals
8. HealthLink went national with CareSelect for 'any to any' referrals for GPs
9. The NZ health minister is keen on patient portals
10. A study using robots for the elderly in Gore proved internationally popular
11. The NZ Health IT Board kicked off its national EHR design phase
12. Orion and the South Island formalised their agreement for new PICS system
13. Orion's international plans were also of interest in NZ and Australia
14. Medicines New Zealand has a five-year plan, with IT at the heart
15. In May, a bunch of NZ health IT companies pitched across the ditch
16. HSAGlobal was wound up after the sale of its assets to Whanau Tahi
17. More on patient portals and how they are being used in general practice
18. The controversial Health Benefits Ltd was dumped and its assets returned to DHBs
19. National telehealth service provider Homecare Medical named its tech partners
20. Medtech geared up for a new release with enhanced ManageMyHealth capabilities
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