Award-winning GP leads eHealth charge

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Award-winning GP leads eHealth charge

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Papatoetoe specialist GP and award-winning clinical informatics leader Karl Cole in consultation with Thomas Kopu (78). Dr Cole says Mr Kopu is a “very expert online patient” and advocate of patient portals [Image: Karl Cole]

Karl Cole splits his life between being a Papatoetoe specialist GP and wrangling data across the northern DHBs. Fiona Cassie talks to the ex-army major and 2021 Clinical Informatics Leadership Award winner

I came to realise that the only real way to make some change in primary care was to own a practice It was a freezing winter in Kalamazoo, Michiga