The 2018 New Zealand eHealth hot top 20

The trials and tribulations of Orion Health as it made the tough decision to sell off the crown jewels that is its Rhapsody integration engine featured strongly on this year's list of NZ's top 20 most-read stories, with the problems besetting the National Oracle Solution and the National Screening Solution also dominating the list.
An abortive attempt by software vendors to draw the Privacy Commissioner's eye on ProCare's new database was also high on the list, as was the decision by the four Northern DHBs to go to market for a new health information platform, which has dislodged the northern EHR as the favoured way to join up information in the most populous part of the country.
There were also changes to the Ministry of Health, a change of name for the national EHR and an outline of NZ's roadmap towards health sector interoperability.
1. Orion shareholders vote for Rhapsody sell-off amid “bitter” disappointment
2. Orion Health to sell off Rhapsody business for $205 million
3. Northern DHBs go to market for health information platform, regional workspace
4. Software vendors refer ProCare to NZ Privacy Commissioner over database
5. Orion Health restructures business units amid share price lows
6. Orion Health reports solid earnings but is tight-lipped on potential sale
7. BPAC Informatics to roll out GP referral solution for Queensland Health
8. National claims $65m Oracle solution project is failing
9. NZ's roadmap towards health sector interoperability
10. Questions on patient consent still linger in ProCare data collection debate
11. NZ MoH sets up data and digital division, renames national EHR
12. Reid jumps Orion Health ship to Deloitte
13. Cortex's circle of care drives Canterbury's march towards the digital hospital
14. Rhapsody emerges as independent company
15. Delay in choosing IT system pushes NZ bowel screening program back a year
16. How Smartpage clinical messaging adds to Alcidion's patient flow
17. Waikato gives hospital clinicians one-click access to shared GP record
18. MercyAscot to deploy TrakCare EMR and PAS in the cloud
19. Deloitte wins contract for design phase of NZ national screening solution
20. National Oracle Solution future up in the air but program “in good shape”
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