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New Zealand’s most disruptive public sector cyberattack to date – a ransomware attack on Waikato DHB – interfered with care in five hospitals and numerous general practices. Simon Maude counts the costs, and asks whether the crisis is an opportunity to better protect health services and data
With the number of recognised rare disorders at more than 8000 and rising, their combined prevalence makes them uncommonly common. In people with these disorders, supportive, long-term, consistent and accessible contact with primary care is central and essential. This article provides a heuristic framework for the care and management of a person with a rare disorder and their whānau
Following the onset of severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (SSAS), 50 per cent of patients die within one to two years of diagnosis
