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  • Connected Health Information Services

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    Connected Health Information Services enable the safe sharing of trusted health information. The Ministry of Health is responsible to the sector for the delivery of these services. The Ministry is accountable for governance, management, some operational components, control and audit, and national service performance monitoring. This service and technology are continually evolving so information can be securely shared to enable integrated models of care. Connected Health Information Services includes a number of services already in place such as: National Health Index (

  • My Health Account

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    Find out more about My Health Account About My Health Account All you need to know about our digital health identity service. Creating your My Health Account All you need to know about setting up your account. Identity documents The identity documents you can use to prove who you are. Getting the most from your account How to upgrade your account and access more features. Integrated Digital Health Services The services you can access right now using your My Health Account. Privacy statement How My Health Account protects your privacy and keeps your information secure. Terms of use What you nee

  • Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme Technical Working Group

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    Role of the NMSP Technical Working Group The  Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme ( NMSP) Technical Working Group meets as required by the NMSP workplan. The role of the NMSP Technical Working Group includes providing advice to Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora on: NMSP monitoring and evaluation reports Technical and clinical aspects of the NMSP New technologies and tests Proposed research Changes to the screening panel Other areas of the NMSP as agreed by the Group and the NSU. The Group shares responsibility with the NSU for providing liaison back to their respective formal bodies and constitu

  • Sunbeds

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/environmental-health/sunbeds

    Sunbeds expose users to higher levels of dangerous UV radiation than the sun. They increase your risk of melanoma and other skin cancers. You’re more at risk of skin cancer the more often you use sunbeds, and the younger you start using them. Your skin will also age more quickly. Some people are especially at risk. Never use sunbeds if you: have pale skin that doesn’t tan easily, or lots of freckles and moles have had skin cancer before are under 18 (even people under 30 are at higher risk). From 4 January 2017, commercial sunbed operators are not allowed to offer sunbed sessions to people

  • Study: Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in blood of adults

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    ... for chlorinated POPs (dioxins and furans, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides such as DDT) have halved between 1997 and 2012. In 2010, CPHR also analysed levels of  brominated flame retardants in breast milk . The report found the levels to be moderate to low by international standards. In this latest study, serum samples were also analysed for brominated and fluorinated POPs. The concentrations of these chemicals were again found to be generally at the low end of the range of international values. These results will also be useful as a benchmark to see if concentrations inc ...

  • Primary Health Organisation Services Agreement

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    Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora contracts for primary care services with 30 Primary Health Organisations throughout New Zealand, through the Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Services Agreement. Agreements - 2024 PHO Services Agreement Compulsory Variation 6.6A [PDF, 110 KB] Last updated 1 August 2024 PHO Services Agreement Voluntary Variation 6.6B [PDF, 87 KB] Last updated October 2024   Memo - Changes to the PHO Services Agreement [PDF, 203 KB] Last updated 1 July 2023 PHO Services Agreement Version 6.6 [PDF, 1.1 MB] Last updated 1 July 2024 Systems Level Measure payments [PDF, 92 KB]

  • Content Request Service

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/snomed-ct-national-release-centre/content-request-service

    How it works SNOMED CT is a continuously growing and evolving product. Requests to create a new SNOMED CT concept, term or relationship or inactivate a term can be made through the New Zealand SNOMED CT National Release Centre.   Where the content request is applicable to other SNOMED International member countries, we will recommend and submit a request to have the new content added to the SNOMED CT International Edition. Content requests that are New Zealand specific will be added to the New Zealand Edition. How to submit a request To submit an individual conten

  • Security

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/digital-services-hub/knowledge-hub/api-risk-framework/api-security

    Risk score matrix Assessed differently to clinical and privacy and done via a different process.     Security minimum mandatory controls for API risk scores.   Requirements   Low   Medium   High   Extreme It must be mandatory for employees to sign an employment agreement which requires compliance with relevant organisational policies, such as non-disclosure of confidential information, information security policies, and acceptable use policies, prior to being granted access to organisational information systems, resources, and assets.  YES    

  • New national breast screening system called Te Puna

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    This new online system will replace the current 8 IT systems with a single nationwide system. This will allow BreastScreen Aotearoa to automatically identify women to invite them into the programme who have not participated historically. Te Puna* will move Breastscreen Aotearoa from paper-based to digital assessments. This means improved reliability, functionality and usability. It also means much better tracking of participants, improved data and reporting. *The name of the new system - Te Puna, translates to ‘the spring’ and was gifted to the programme to reflect the purpose of the Breas

  • Nationwide service specifications

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    What are nationwide service specifications and what are they used for? These nationwide service specifications date back prior to July 2022 when district health boards were absorbed into one organisation, Health NZ. These documents remain relevant as a mechanism for clarifying service coverage until they are replaced, they will be updated here. Nationwide service specifications describe a level of operational detail for national consistency and to clarify the national service coverage minimum service requirements. Not all health services are covered by a nationwide service specification. Natio