Health

In health, 'being smarter through digital' improves the quality and flow of information, getting the right information to the right person at the right time. Access to high-quality, timely information will improve the quality of decision-making, not only by clinicians, funders, and policymakers, but also by individuals, through access to their personal health information.

æ Patient Vitals is an emergency care summary, an electronic record that can be accessed by any health professional in an emergency...

æ ePharmacy is one of the Health Information Strategy’s 12 Action Zones, and has significant potential to improve patient care through better clinical decision-making...

æ Telemedicine. It sounds like science fiction – having a consultation with a doctor who’s not there...

From the 2005 Digital Strategy:

æ Northland District Health Nurses. Pocket PCs are helping to save close to one working day a week on paper work for district health nurses employed by Northland District Health Board...