eHealthTALK NZ
Episodes
Leading innovation in primary care
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
ProCare CEO Bindi Norwell shares practical insights on what it takes to turn innovation into everyday practice in primary care. She unpacks how to acc...
Setting the standard in Aged Care
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Third Age Health Geriatrician Dr Jackie Broadbent and clinical change coordinator Madelaine Young explain what drove the development of the new Elder ...
Beyond telehealth: how marae-led care is changing healthcare in Aotearoa
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Health Through the Marae is a marae-based healthcare initiative redefining community care by using technology to rebuild trust, improve access, and en...
NZ's Health Digital Investment Plan
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Douglass, Acting Chief Information Technology Officer at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora speaks to Rebecca McBeth about the challenges and oppo...
Being seen - researching life outcomes for the Blind Low Vision community
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores an IDI (Integrated Data Infrastructure) project from Blind Low Vision New Zealand, which is using data to illuminate the life ou...
Reimagining the EMR
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the unique origins of electronic medical record (EMR) system Tamanu, with guests Edwin Monk-Fromont and Megan Lane from Beyond E...
Medical device regulation in Aotearoa New Zealand
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MTANZ board member Aisling Weir explores the history and complexities of medical device regulation in New Zealand.She discusses the challenges and opp...
Forte Health - digitising patient onboarding for efficiency, sustainability and patient experience
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Devonald, Patient Services Manager at Forte Health, discusses the private hospital’s journey from paper to digital patient onboarding with Pers...
Strengths, not deficits: A blind low vision perspective on working in healthcare
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Sally Britnell, a disability advocate and senior lecturer, discusses the challenges and barriers faced by disabled people in the healt...
How to be an accessibility winner - a Blind Low Vision perspective
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Digital accessibility consultant Callum McMenamin, founder of Open Access, talks about creating inclusive digital environments for blind and low visio...
Implementing Heidi AI scribe at Tāmaki Health
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the journey of Tāmaki Health as they integrated the Heidi AI medical scribe across New Zealand’s largest independent primary ...
Navigating the digital journey at Pōkeka Poutini
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Tumahai, chief executive of Pōkeka Poutini Ngāi Tahu Ltd, shares insights on the challenges and successes of implementing digital solutions to ...
AI and Aged Care
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can artificial intelligence help to transform aged care without losing the human touch? In this episode of eHealth Talk NZ, Third Age Health’s CTO ...
Accessing healthcare: a Blind and Low Vision perspective
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a four-part podcast collaboration between HiNZ and Blind Low Vision NZ, digital accessibility consultant Neil Jarvis discuss the criti...
Reflections from Ryl - 4.5 years leading the DHA
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryl Jensen, the outgoing CEO of the Digital Health Association, reflects on her journey in digital health, the shifts in New Zealand's health lan...
Medical technology in NZ - challenges, reforms & the future
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a four-part collaborative series with the Medical Technology Association of New Zealand, eHealth Talk host and HiNZ media editor Rebec...
25 Years of HiNZ - where we've been and where we're going
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
HiNZ CEO Scott Arrol reflects on 25 years of HiNZ in Aotearoa and his vision for the future. From the organisation’s roots in nursing informatics to...
Exploring AI in Radiology
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharyn MacDonald, Chief of Radiology at Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury, explores the evolving role of artificial intelligence in radiology ...
Harnessing digital tools and behavioural science to improve health outcomes
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Auckland GP Reza Jarral discusses his research plans after being awarded the prestigious 2025–2026 Harkness Fellowship to travel to the US and inves...
Ep 57: Tech and data at ACC
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Dreyer, Deputy Chief Executive of Technology and Data at ACC, shares his vision for modernising ACC’s systems to better support injury preve...
Ep 56: Te reo, tikanga and tech in the age of AI
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Te Taka Keegan, co-director Māori of the AI Institute at Waikato University, explores the intersection of Te Reo Māori, tikanga, and artificial inte...
Ep 55: GPs and GenAI - a year on
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
eHealth Talk spoke to Kiwi GPs Dr Richard Medlicott and Dr Karl Cole in March 2024 when they were at the start of their journey using AI-powered medic...
Ep 54: The future of digital health - voice of the workforce
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores a new report from HiNZ, highlighting concerns raised in a workforce survey about digital health funding cuts and their potential...
Ep 53: Providing holistic and palliative care
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Carol McAllum, Director of Quality & Partnerships for Mercy Hospice and Palliative Medicine Specialist and Anneke Barkwith, Nurse Practitioner ...
Ep 52: Nursing and Midwifery informatics
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nursing and Midwifery Informatics Special Interest Group executive members Emma Collins and Elf Eggimann discuss themes for the upcoming eHealth Nursi...
Ep 51: eAllied Health
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ministry of Health Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Martin Chadwick and co-chair of the National Allied Health Scientific and Technical Informa...
Ep 55: Telehealth in Aged Residential Care
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Third Age Health chief executive Tony Wai discusses the use of telehealth to provide care to New Zealand’s older population, its impact on the aged ...
Ep 54: Cybersecurity at Health NZ
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Chief Information Security Officer Sonny Taite discusses the Cybersecurity Uplift Programme, the creation of a natio...
Ep 52: Integration and delivery at Health NZ
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rogan Clarke, director of integration and delivery at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, discusses his vision for integration across the health sector...
Ep 51: Sector digital channels at Health NZ
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Dreyer, director sector digital channels at Health New Zealand, Te Whatu Ora discusses his team's key delivery milestones so far, what&ap...
Ep 50: Working in Aged Care: challenges and opportunities
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Third Age Health clinical change lead Lucy Wu and medical director Dr Diane Leach discuss the roles of GPs and nurse practitioners in aged care, the c...
Ep 49: Exploring Maori and Pacific led digital health
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of eHealth Talk NZ is the audio recording of a webinar HiNZ hosted on exploring Maori and Pacific led digital health. HiNZ media editor...
Ep 48: Strategy and investment at Health NZ
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Director Strategy and Investment Darren Douglass discusses his role and team within data and digital at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora, current focus...
Ep:47 Nursing and AI
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
College of Nurses Aotearoa member and clinical director at Orion Health Carey Campbell discusses the arrival of Generative AI, the potential benefits ...
Ep: 46 Clinical informatics at Health NZ
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lara Hopley, chief clinical informatics officer (CCIO) Health NZ Te Whatu Ora, discusses the role of clinical informaticians, building her national te...
Ep 45: Data and insights at Health NZ
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chief data officer at Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Kari Jones discusses her new role and national team, what a data driven organisation looks like ...
Ep 44: Hira - now and into the future
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Health NZ Te Whatu Ora Manager Technology Enablers Gerard Keenan discusses what the Hira programme has delivered so far and what those data and digita...
Ep 43: Improving people's work day in health
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Workday NZ sales director Jonathan Brabant discusses global trends in human resource management and how a unified platform can help to attract, retain...
Ep 42: GPs and GenAI
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
GPs and primary healthcare leaders Dr Karl Cole and Dr Richard Medlicott speak about their use of a Generative AI tool to help create patient notes: h...
Ep 41: Gender issues in nursing
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Jenny Carryer from Massey University's School of Nursing discusses her recent inaugural address: Reimagining Nursing Through a Feminist...
Ep 40: Portfolio prioritisation: creating a single source of truth
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Psoda chief everything officer Bruce Aylward discusses how portfolio prioritisation tools provide clarity and transparency in order to pick the right ...
Ep 39: Hira update with Ray Delany
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hira programme director Ray Delany discusses the vision for Hira, the programme reset, achievements so far, and the future of electronic and personal ...
Ep 38: Enabling transformation - HiNZ
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
HiNZ board members Karen Blake and Steve Earnshaw discuss data and digital transformation in the health sector and HiNZ's role in enabling that f...
Ep 37: AI in Health - what does ChatGPT mean for me?
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The audio-only version of a HiNZ Webinar held on May 3 where real life human experts discuss the potential opportunities and limitations of the use of...
Ep 36: HiNZ's new CEO - Tim Corbett
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Corbett joined Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) as chief executive in February 2023. He shares his background and thoughts on data and digita...
Ep 35: Professional supervision for nurses
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The College of Nurses Aotearoa is running professional supervision short courses in May 2023. Catherine Cook, AUT Associate Professor, School of Clini...
Ep 34: Māori leadership in health data science
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Precision Driven Health chief executive Kevin Ross and former Māori health director, Chad Paraone, discuss the importance of engaging with Māori as ...
Ep 33: The power of patient-controlled health records
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A discussion on patient-controlled records as a means of patient empowerment, and Spark Health’s digital solution - Kete Waiora - with Spark Health ...
Ep 32: Extending care into the community
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Extending care beyond existing facilities has been identified as a key priority in the Philips Future Health Index 2022 report, with many expecting it...
Ep 31: Reflections on 50 years in nursing
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Outgoing Executive Director at the College of Nurses, Jenny Carryer, reflects on her time in the role, greatest highlights and challenges, and her vis...
Ep 30: Unlocking the power of health data
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Philips healthcare analytics solutions manager NZ, Amit Guha Roy, discusses the findings of the 2022 Philips Future Health Index report which details ...
Ep 29: Health Analytics & Interoperability: A Landmark Study
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
InterSystems Regional Director, Data Platforms, Andrew Aho, and Director, Customer Relations & Sales for New Zealand, Brian Biggs discuss the find...
Ep. 28 Shayne Hunter: The final say
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Deputy director general data and digital at the Ministry of Health Shayne Hunter is stepping down after nearly 3.5 years in the role. In this episode ...
Ep 27: Medtech Medeor Pay by Link
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Medtech Global managing director Geoff Sayer discusses their new online payment service Medeor Pay by Link and its benefits to both practices and pati...
Ep 26: Becoming a nurse practitioner - new online resources
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Executive Director of the College of Nurses Aotearoa Jenny Carryer and Chair of Nurse Practitioners NZ Sandra Oster discuss the online resources the C...
Ep 25: Industry innovators - a FHINZ special
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fellows of HiNZ Colin McKenzie (Sysmex sales and marketing director) and Kate Rhind (Healthpoint CEO) discuss how they got into health informatics, th...
Ep 24: Nurses in policy and nurses at Cabinet - Online workshops
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Manning from the College of Nurses Aotearoa and Todd Krieble from the NZ Institute of Economic Research discuss their upcoming online workshops fo...
Episode 23: Getting into informatics – a FHINZ special
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fellows of Health Informatics NZ (FHINZ) Martin Wilson and Matt Valentine discuss how they got into clinical informatics, what being a Fellow means to...
Episode 22: Health CIO collaboration
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Auckland DHB chief digital officer and chair of the National Digital Leadership Forum Shayne Tong, and executive director digital enablement at Hawke’...
Episode 21: Hira and the role of clinicians
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Becky George, interim clinical director for the Hira programme at the Ministry of Health, discusses the Hira programme and the importance of having ...
Episode 20: Virtual hospitals – evolving models of care
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alcidion’s chief medical officer Malcolm Pradhan discusses the concept of virtual hospitals and how they are being used in response to Covid-19 to i...
Episode 19: NZ’s tech skills shortage and embracing the ‘change mindset’
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Change in the health sector due to widespread reform is creating a ‘fight or flight’ mentality in data and digital staff. The general tech talent ...
Episode 18: E-Nursing and Midwifery
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Auckland DHB clinical informatics specialist Lucy Westbrooke and professional practice fellow in child health, Otago University, Emma Collins discuss ...
Episode 17: Telehealth enabling access to care
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Roy Davidson, Northland DHB Telehealth Programme Manager, Sarah Clarke, Clinical Director Rural Hospitals at Northland DHB and Zoom Regional Sales Man...
Episode 16: News round-up – August
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HiNZ board member Scott Arrol discusses the new Health System Indicators, Book My Vaccine go-live and FHINZ members.
Episode 15: Health reform enabled by data & digital
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
DDG Data and Digital, Shayne Hunter and lead Policy Advisor Digital and Data in the Transition Unit Emily Mailes discuss the critical role of data and...
Episode 14: eAllied Health
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do we use data and digital as an enabler for Allied Health professionals to do more for our population? Hear from MoH Chief Allied Health Professi...
Episode 13: Empowering data-driven healthcare
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Precision Driven Health (PDH) chief executive Kevin Ross tells the unique story of PDH and provides insights into the use of algorithms, AI, data ethi...
Episode 12: Nature meets technology in hospital design
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests discuss the concept of biophilic design and how natural and digital systems are converging to shape the digital hospitals of the future - with ...
Episode 11: News round-up – June
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HiNZ board member Scott Arrol discusses developments with Dunedin’s Digital Hospital build and how the creation of Health NZ may impact on the deliv...
Episode 10: Beyond hospital walls - the shift to virtual healthcare
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shehaan Fernando, Philips Regional Director of Virtual Care, discusses the Future Health Index 2021 report and how extending care beyond hospital wall...
Episode 9: Consumer centred healthcare
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Orion Health chief revenue officer James Rice discusses the coming reforms of New Zealand’s health system and how data and digital can enable a more...
Episode 8: News round-up – May
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest Scott Arrol discusses this month’s budget announcement, the development of Hira (the national Health Information Platform) and the roll-out of...
Episode 7: NZ’s Clinical Informatics Leadership Network (CiLN)
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is clinical informatics and CiLN and how will the coming health reforms impact on the role of clinicians working in data and digital health?
Episode 6: News round-up – April
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s round-up focuses on the Government’s announcement of sweeping health system reforms and the impact and opportunity that presents to N...
Episode 5: Electronic medical records as an enabler of value-based care
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MercyAscot TrakCare project director Sarah Gardner and head of digital health at Healthcare Holdings Ltd Dr Lloyd McCann discuss their virtual go-live...
Episode 4: Digitising Covid-19 testing
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sysmex sales & marketing director Colin McKenzie discusses the collaboration behind the digitisation of New Zealand’s Covid-19 testing and resul...
Episode 3 – Patient portals and empowerment
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests Dr Will Reedy and Dr Jeff Lowe discuss the use of patient portals as a means of consumer empowerment and how to improve uptake of portals in Ne...
Episode 2: Data liquidity and the future of APIs
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
GP and healthAlliance chief information officer Dr Karl Cole discusses the concept of data liquidity and provides insight into the key role APIs will ...
Episode 1: A round-up of news from New Zealand’s data and digital health sector with commentary from guest Scott Arrol
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas