I recall the CIOs from all the DHBs getting together regularly several years ago; I think that this all got hoovered up with the consolidation into Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora.
I’ve been talking to a couple of health CIO types in the private sector recently, and they expressed a desire to connect with colleagues in similar positions.
In the UK, the Health CIOs community is quite healthy, and is anchored in the Digital Health Networks (which is where the eHealth Forum was birthed):
Is there currently any other forum (online or in person) here in NZ for health CIOs? Should we seek to set something up?
I know that GPNZ convene a PHO CIO forum and they are fairly well connected with HealthNZ, and there is also some DHA facilitated engagement.
From memory the NHS forum grew from the CCIO network first, rather than from the CIOs, and that is a good fit with this group.
The difference we have in NZ is one HealthNZ now (rather than multiple Trusts/DHBs) so the engagement would be predominately with private sector NGOs? Many already have contact into HNZ. There could still be value in a forum and potentially a role that HiNZ could help facilitate.
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From an Orion Health perspective, we would be supportive of enabling this in a practical way, including hosting in Auckland and Christchurch if that helps get it started.