Media release from MedTech chief executive Vino Ramayah

There are commercial reasons relating to a competitive tender bid, why Healthlink has put this in the public forum.  This is not motivated by public interest and has nothing to do with the general day to day sending of messages between practices, specialists and DHBs.  That system will continue as usual.

If the Commerce Commission does decide to investigate, Medtech Global will happily cooperate.

The situation is Medtech Global and Healthlink have commercial agreements.  We have been in recent negotiations, initiated by Healthlink to jointly bid for a tender.  Healthlink wanted an exclusive use of its solution.  However Medtech's view is that Healthlink's proposal would restrict the choice of messaging carriers and Medtech prefers an unrestricted open solution.

Medtech Global has always had the safe and efficient running of healthcare in New Zealand as its focus and this has formed the basis of our research and development in health technology over the past twenty five years.