Attributed to Darren Douglass, Health New Zealand Digital Services Acting Chief Information Technology Officer:

Health New Zealand is aware that MediMap, a privately owned and operated medication management platform, has taken its platform offline after identifying unauthorised activity within its system.

MediMap is a digital medication management platform used widely across New Zealand to streamline prescribing, pharmacy dispensing, and medication administration in care environments such as aged residential care, disability services, hospices, and community health.

As a private company, MediMap is solely responsible for ensuring the security of its platform and needs to be doing everything it can to manage this incident and minimise any potential impact.

New Zealanders expect that companies involved in healthcare have secure systems and platforms that safeguard their private information.

Health NZ is supporting MediMap with its response and has activated our Cyber Incident Management Team to assist. We are also working with other relevant agencies to respond including the National Cyber Security Centre.

MediMap has advised users of its platform to implement their business continuity plans to ensure patients can continue to receive care without disruption.

These include some Health New Zealand services, such as transfer of care when residential care patients are discharged, and opioid recovery service.

MediMap has notified the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and NZ Police.

Further queries should be directed to MediMap.