Rebooting digital health IT's heart

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Rebooting digital health IT's heart

Simon

Maude

smaude@nzdoctor.co.nz

Thursday 20 August 2020, 04:36 PM

Wondering whatever happened to integrated healthcare with IT systems that allow secure sharing of clinical data? Reporter Simon Maude catches you up – and finds out from the experts where exactly reform of health IT infrastructure needs to start if the integration dream is to be realised

“Episode MMXX: Belated Hopes”, Role intro. In 2009, the then National Government set up a National Health IT Board with the alluring promise of healthcare enhanced dramatically b

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