Healthcare Reform

Around $57 million was also invested in aged care digital reforms.

The Global Digital Health Partnership works to foster international collaboration to strengthen digital health infrastructure, interoperability and system resilience globally.

A preview of a HIMSS25 talk at the Health Equity Forum on leadership and improving disparities in healthcare, by Dr. Chris Gibbons, Greystone Group founder and CEO, and Ysabel Duron, founder and executive director of the Latino Cancer Institute.  

Public Service Association has asked the Privacy Commissioner and Employment Relations Authority to keep Te Whatu Ora from dismissing roles in data and digital.

Planning and funding director Dr Dale Bramley will be interim chief executive.

The Health Department has appointed Fay Flevaras, its first assistant secretary of digital transformation and delivery, to the position.

Transport minister will lead health to deliver on priorities.

In a HIMSS25 preview, Muhammad Babar, management information systems officer for the Pakistan Ministry of Health, notes healthcare technology hurdles the ministry has faced and how it's strengthening the country's health information systems.

Dr Dimitra Panteli of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies discusses the challenges of encouraging countries to study each other's digital health policies and build a common understanding.

Ian Mack, IT senior security analyst for the University of Virginia and the communications chair for the HIMSS Virginia Chapter, says those efforts can save lives and chart the direction of future initiatives.