Hira today, gone tomorrow: Is a unified health record unattainable?

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Hira today, gone tomorrow: Is a unified health record unattainable?

Stephen
Forbes
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The first stage of Hira is up and running, but future work on the project remains in doubt after government cuts to the Te Whatu Ora data and digital budget [Image: Tippapatt on iStock]

The recent departure of data and digital boss Leigh Donoghue from Te Whatu Ora following the gutting of the data and digital budget is the latest setback in years of effort to transform the information platform underlying the health system. Stephen Forbes takes a closer look

The lack of a national unified health record system in New Zealand has been a problem for years. With information stored in different places and forma