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  • About My Health Account

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    What is My Health Account? My Health Account is Health New Zealand digital health identity service that connects you to your health information online and lets you securely access digital health services from anywhere. The service is available to all people in New Zealand aged 16 years and over.   Digital identity is how you can prove who you are online in a safe, secure, and easily accessible way. Why you need a My Health Account Sign up for a My Health Account to get the most out of the digital health services you use.  My Health Account enables digital health services to accuratel

  • Reclassification of hepatitis C treatment

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    Hepatitis C Treatment Without a Prescription In 2023, glecaprevir and pibrentasvir in combination (trade name: Maviret®) were reclassified from prescription-only to an exemption from prescription when managed by nurses and pharmacists under certain conditions. This reclassification reduces barriers to access to hepatitis C treatment, particularly for vulnerable people. It allows nurses and pharmacists working within their scopes of practice to treat hepatitis C in the community. This reclassification enables a novel collaborative nurse-pharmacist model. In most cases, the pharmacist dispenses

  • 18. Poliomyelitis

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/immunisation-handbook/18-poliomyelitis

    ... Classically, poliomyelitis is a disease of young children and adolescents. In countries where polio was endemic, most children acquired antibodies to all three subtypes by age 5 years and most paralytic disease occurred in children aged under 3 years. However, with improvements in living standards a greater number of cases have occurred at an older age, particularly in early adult life, with an associated higher frequency of paralytic disease.   In the 30 years since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative began, an estimated 18 million cases of paralytic poliomyelitis have been pr ...

  • Pharmacy claims

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-providers/claims-provider-payments-and-entitlements/pharmacy-claims

    About pharmacy claims The Services are defined in the Agreement. Pharmacy payments are determined by the Agreement and variations to the Agreement. Different transaction types generally have different processing requirements. For example: supply orders and Controlled Drug items have no patient contribution (known as abatement) the patient contribution for Special Food items are calculated differently when different flavours are claimed on the same prescription form Owe and Wastage items have no abatement or dispensing fees. PHARMAC supplies a monthly Pharmaceutical Schedule, containing pharmac

  • Hydration stations

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/health-promotion/programmes/hydration-stations

    About hydration stations We want water to be the first drink of choice at all activities and events around Greater Wellington. Our hydration stations and dispensers are free to hire for schools and community organisations. Hydration station specifications Hydration station features 1300mm height Interchangeable branding panels Durable bag for unit and accessories Drainage system eliminates standing water Stand alone unit or interconnect multiple units Bottle rest / single handed use Heavy duty chassis and internal frame Wheelchair Accessibility - designed with DDA features One-hand bottle refi

  • Integrated Digital Health Services

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/my-health-account/integrated-digital-health-services

    Digital health services integrated with My Health Account for consumer access Expand all My Health Record My Health Record My Health Record provides secure access to a selection of your health information, including immunizations, COVID-19 test results, and certain details from your NHI. Many parents of tamariki (children) under 12 with a New Zealand birth certificate can add their child to their account to view key health information, such as immunization records and some NHI details. We are continuously expanding to offer greater access to your records, with more information and features bec

  • Privacy Statement

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    ... reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is protected against loss, unauthorised access, use, modification, disclosure, or other misuse. Standard security safeguards are in place in conjunction with Te Whatu Ora’s information security standards.   Access to and requests to correct the information  Access to and requests to correct the information  You have the right to access any information we hold about you and ask us to correct it if you think it is wrong.  To access any personal information held by us, or if yo ...

  • Diphtheria

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/for-health-professionals/clinical-guidance/communicable-disease-control-manual/diphtheria

    Chapter last reviewed and updated in November 2023. The updates made are under: Managment of contacts  Prophylaxis A description of changes can be found at   Updates to the Communicable Disease Control Manual (external link) . Epidemiology Expand all New Zealand Epidemiology New Zealand Epidemiology Diphtheria is caused by toxin-producing strains of  Corynebacterium diphtheriae . Rarely, diphtheria-like illness may result from infection with toxigenic  Corynebacterium ulcerans . More detailed epidemiological information is available on the New Zealand institute for Public H

  • HPI questions and answers

    http://corporat-prod.sites.silverstripe.com/health-services-and-programmes/health-identity/health-provider-index/hpi-information-for-health-providers/hpi-questions-and-answers

    ... HPI data. Processes to maintain the currency and accuracy of HPI information have been developed to ensure HPI information is as up-to-date as possible. Data sources already collect and maintain data about their registrants. This data is supplied to the HPI and stored according to agreed data standards. Feedback processes are in place to work with the data source where inaccurate or out-of-date information is identified by a data consumer or by HPI administration processes. Can providers update their own information? Can providers update their own information? Practitioners can request ...

  • School Based Health Services

    http://tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/youth-health/school-based-health-services

    ... The discussion document identified six priorities for the enhancement of SBHS:  improving equity  aligning SBHS to te Ao Māori values and principles  building young people’s engagement and leadership  developing the workforce  embedding Te Ūkaipō in SBHS service standards  measuring the hard to measure, but important, needs and outcomes.  See link to the Discussion Document in the  Documents section below. SBHS evaluation SBHS evaluation The objectives of the SBHS evaluation are to:  ensure that SBHS contributes to achieving equity and impro ...