Digital Health Insights with NZ Health IT

EP55: Originally from the UK, Christine moved to Godzone nearly 15 years ago and has continued her passion for providing quality healthcare services through Hamilton-based roles at the Waikato District Health Board, LinkPeople and now at Pinnacle Ventures. Christine talks about her journey so far, what drives her commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of others in need and shares her vision of healthcare in the future. You can find out more about Christine here -...

EP54: Pt 05 "eMental Health Series" - Marshall is a long time tech entrepreneur who has turned his skills towards helping to solve problems in the mental health & addiction space, a part of the health sector that he has a specific passion about. So, he's set Loffty with the goal of uplifting one million people through gold standard mental health assessment. You'll be fascinated by his story that has led Marshall to this point and how he's come up with this paradigm-changing approach to...

EP53: Following the recent acquisition of Medtech, Geoff has started putting into place his plans to transform the company, and along with it the primary health sector. Back in episode 39 Geoff touched on what he has up his sleeve and now we're seeing the early phases of this plan being put into action. Read more about ALEX here - https://www.nzhit.nz/news/transformation-never-by-halves. Check out his webpage for more info - https://medtechglobal.com/nz/and you can contact Scott directly at...

EP52: Harry, and Webtools Health, bring an entrepreneurial and innovative approach to health technology in New Zealand and increasingly off-shore as well. Harry is also a NZHIT elected board member and he talks about his own experience in health and wider tech fields as well as the direction of digital health in New Zealand. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, Webtools are closely involved in the development of the local healthtech and tech innovation ecosystem, which is driving significant...

EP51: Having recently announced his resignation as the CEO of NZHIT, Scott answers questions from Kate about the key components of the role to provide insights to those who might be looking at applying for the position as the NZHIT Board commences the recruitment process to find Scott's replacement. Even if you're not wanting to be NZHIT's next CEO this episode will provide you with a look behind the outward facing work that Scott has done for the past 6+ years and you'll hear him talk about...

EP50: To mark the 50th episode Scott's special guest is Chandra Selvadurai who is the Managing Director of Pharmaco NZ and Australia (having been with the company for 24 years in total to date). He's also a past chair of the Medical Technology Association of NZ and current co-chair of the Australia NZ Leadership Group's Health Technology Working Group. Scott has huge respect for what Chandra has achieved, his understated way of going about getting things done in an extremely complex and...

EP49: Covid-19 has been getting blamed for many things including the increase in mental health issues, depression and suicide but the fact is these were already trending at frighteningly high levels before the pandemic came upon us. In this episode, Scott talks with Lance Burdett who shares his life's journey from being a builder, reaching the top level in the New Zealand Police Force and then setting up WARN International as he saw first-hand the rising demand for his services and unique...

EP48: Scott Herschberger originally hails from Colorado and he shares his journey to New Zealand and discusses the solutions provided by Health Metrics to the disabilities, aged care, in-home and primary care sectors in the New Zealand and Australian health systems. Originating in Melbourne, Australia, Health Metrics has developed an impressive stable of digital health solutions and is experiencing resulting growth in the markets it operates in. For more information -...

EP47: Hot on the heels of the inaugural NZHIT Summit held on the 29th of October 2020, Darren joins Scott in this episode to talk about the disruption caused by Covid-19 especially when it comes to the plans he had for the National Health Information Platform (nHIP). Darren provides background to what happened to the nHIP business case as a result of New Zealand going into full lockdown in early March 2020 and an update on plans for the future. Darren was keynote speaker at the Summit and...

EP46: This is the 10th episode in our virtual-telehealth series with Dr Richard Medlicott as Scott's guest where they discuss the challenges faced at primary care level in New Zealand when all GPs had to close their doors and "go virtual" almost overnight in the first Covid-19 lockdown that commenced in March 2020. Richard is a highly regarded GP with a busy practice in Wellington (NZ's capital city) as well having a high level of tech expertise, a former medical director at the Royal...

EP45: Pt 09 "Virtual-Telehealth Series". This is the 9th episode in our virtual-telehealth series and John Sinclair joins us all the way from Kingston, Ontario, Canada to discuss the uptake of telehealth in that country and their growth in Australia and beyond. John has been involved with developing and implementing Novari's solutions for more than 10 years and shares his extensive knowledge on providing solutions that improve patient access to care.

EP44: This is the 8th episode in our telehealth series and Scott delves into Mark's extensive background and the important role Securely is playing in providing telemonitoring systems and services that enable people to live in their own homes with peace of mind for them and their family/whanau. Mark also jumps into Scott’s time machine and talks about what he sees 10 years from now.

EP43: This is Part 3 of Scott's series on eMental health and how technology is being used to support the delivery of mental health & addiction services. Dr Angela Lim is on a mission to transform the way tech provides better access and reduces the digital divide. She talks about her passion for what she does, her vision for the future, the challenges she's had to overcome and where to next for healthcare in New Zealand. More information can be found at https://www.clearhead.org.nz/ and...

EP42: Pat Kerr recently finished her position as telehealth coordinator for the NZ Telehealth Leadership Group having played an influential part in its formation right through to the significant role it now plays. Pat is not only a very good friend but she is an inspirational person who has made a huge contribution to New Zealand's digital health scene since moving here from New York, by way of the UK, 35 years ago. But that's not all as you'll be enthralled by Pat's story as there's far...

EP41: This is the 6th episode in our telehealth series of interviews and today's guest is Dr Martyn Harvey. Through his experience working in busy emergency clinics and his interest in technology and telehealth, Martyn has established Emergency Consult to provide immediate access to emergency doctors who have many years’ experience caring for acutely unwell and injured patients. Martyn talks about complementing what is already on offer and using the telehealth platform to help get ahead of...

EP39: Geoff doesn't do things by halves as he believes in transformation rather than preserving the status quo. Having led the acquisition process of MedTech Global, Geoff is now leading that organisation into a new future. In this episode he shares key parts of his journey and vision for building a strong relational-based, collaborative and innovative digital health business focused on meeting their GP customer's needs now and into the future. MedTech's website can be found here -...

EP38: Scott shares the doubts he had when launching the Digital Health Insights podcast but got on with it anyway, announces the NZ HealthTech Opportunities Report is now fully commenced and how people can get involved, and the exciting news that the inaugural NZHIT Summit is happening on the 28th of October 2020. Don't hesitate to get in touch with Scott on ceo@nzhit.nz and check out the website at https://www.nzhit.nz/

EP37: Based out of Melbourne, Australia; Eric talks about their work in the context of a life's mission to build the future infrastructure needed to give everyone access to on-demand healthcare. He takes us from his time as a pilot in the Australian airforce through to starting up Swoop Aero and how they are truly applying an innovative and ground breaking approach when it comes to transforming how essential supplies are safely deployed using drones. Even to the extent of 3D printing the...

EP36: It was fantastic to have Natalie as Scott's guest for this episode where she was sitting at her place in Toronto, Canada and he was in Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand Aotearoa. This followed a previous invite to join Natalie in one of her very popular YouTube series called 'Fireside Chats with Impetus' and podcast show called 'Healthcare Goes Digital'. It was great to be able to reciprocate as her story is one of having a vision of how technology can be used to better connect...

EP35: It was such a pleasure to spend time with Kathryn doing this episode as we're ex-colleagues from Healthcare NZ days and have remained good friends ever since. Kathryn is an extraordinary health sector leader with high levels of empathy for her clients, staff and stakeholders whilst also knowing how to operate a successful business, which is no easy feat in the tough NGO sector. Kathryn's strategic strength coupled with her tactical nous has taken the Trust through a recent rebranding...