Te Whatu Ora on the quest for AI for clinical coding suppliers
Te Whatu Ora is looking for vendors to participate in its AI-enabled clinical coding pilots for hospital admissions.
The said pilot aims to verify whether AI techniques help improve the speed and accuracy of healthcare delivery by reducing clinical coding time, which remains a largely manual process.
Hospitals in New Zealand are required to classify diagnoses, injuries, external causes of injuries and procedures and report these to the National Minimum Dataset within 21 days of the end of the month of discharge.
Latest vax management tools in NZ
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health, which aims to fully vaccinate 95% of children nationwide, recently announced two new digital tools to better manage immunizations.
My Health Record, built through the redevelopment of the old My Covid Record platform, now allows people to check their vaccination records as part of the first phase of implementation. Additional health information, including laboratory reports, will be available soon, according to a news release.
Another tool, the Aotearoa Immunization Register (AIR), has recently been expanded to allow healthcare providers and vaccinators to view an individual’s immunization history and identify gaps to offer them the vaccinations they need.
Expanding access to immunization records, either through their existing patient management systems or the AIR Vaccinator Portal, also helps them identify communities in need of outreach support.
Two of the NT’s busiest emergency departments may temporarily return to the old PHR system: report
Following alleged reports of complaints about the new Acacia patient record system, NT Health is reportedly considering a return to the previous system, at least for the emergency departments at the Royal Darwin Hospital and Palmerston Regional Hospital.
a news report Citing an NT Health spokesperson, he noted that the temporary measure is being reviewed in addition to carrying out system improvements to the InterSystems TrakCare-based system.
If the improvements continue, Acacia will continue to be used in other departments of the hospitals. It will also remain live in both Katherine Hospital and Gove Hospital, where it was first implemented in 2022.