The event of a single nationwide platform for accessing well being information in New Zealand is now underway because the contract to implement the challenge has been awarded to Accenture.
In a press release, Te Whatu Ora – Well being New Zealand mentioned it selected Accenture because the implementation companion for the Nationwide Information Platform (NDP) challenge, which seeks to unify data held by over 28 well being system entities.
Te Whatu Ora beforehand reached out to suppliers who can set up a “nationally constant system of information seize, analytics and intelligence,” which additionally varieties a part of a broader federated information platform.
WHY IT MATTERS
Presently, current information environments throughout the New Zealand healthcare panorama differ in diploma of maturity, high quality, and consistency, making some information incomplete, troublesome to search out and entry, and unstructured.
The NDP is meant to be accessible to related well being organisations to allow them to handle their very own information and share them for reporting and analytics. These organisations embody Te Whatu Ora, Te Aka Whai Ora (Maori Well being Authority), and the Ministry of Well being, with the potential to scale to different organisations reminiscent of main and neighborhood suppliers, the Ministry of Disabled Folks, the Most cancers Management Company, and non-profit organisations.
Except for accelerating entry to well being system information and enabling safe, simple connectivity to a contemporary analytics device, the NDP will even assist scale back value and information duplication.
THE LARGER CONTEXT
“The institution of an NDP is a vital enabler within the context of the well being system reforms and varieties a part of a collection of associated initiatives already underway on issues of information governance, information requirements, and identification and entry administration,” Te Whatu Ora mentioned beforehand.
The organisation additionally plans to create related nationally unified affected person data platforms for people, clinicians, and well being suppliers.
Previously two years, the New Zealand authorities invested almost a billion {dollars} to develop the well being system’s information and digital infrastructure and functionality. This consists of NZ$385 million ($280 million) in Funds 2021 and NZ$320 million ($200 million) in Funds 2022 to resolve legacy system points and introduce new know-how capabilities. The previous two budgets for Well being additionally embody funding to implement the brand new nationwide well being data platform Hira, which the primary tranche of implementation is ongoing.
ON THE RECORD
“It’s the starting of a multi-year transition and we’re wanting ahead to connecting our many information environments into one nationally constant data hub. The information will likely be secured and prepared for evaluation so we are able to observe how the well being system is performing and the place we are able to enhance,” Te Whatu Ora Interim Head of Integration Stuart Bloomfield mentioned.