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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.
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
