Many people travel to high-altitude destinations, meaning clinicians are often faced with questions about how to prevent and treat altitude illness. Update your knowledge with this New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine summary of updated evidence-based guidelines with comments by senior lecturer Jenny Visser – it outlines the best prophylactic regimens, diagnostic approaches and treatment protocols for acute altitude illness
2024 Digital Health Week conference
Last week’s Health Informatics New Zealand 2024 Digital Health Week Conference at Hamilton’s Claudelands Events Centre drew leaders from the health IT sector and a diverse range of exhibitors.
While Te Whatu Ora IT cutbacks cast a somewhat sombre shadow, the HiNZ event still drew a strong turnout and an engaging lineup of speakers.
The conference ran from 3 December to 5 December and had a packed programme. Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy, acting chief information technology officer Darren Douglass and Tend founder Cecilia Robinson all spoke on the first day, Professor Levy by Zoom. Health minister Shane Reti (virtual) and University of Cambridge clinical professor in AI in radiology Raj Jena spoke on day two.