Message from the Chair of HiNZ-NMI
Welcome to the next edition of the HiNZ-NMI newsletter
Welcome to another year of digital health. We hope to showcase many more examples this year of what people are doing to enhance health outcomes through digital health. To gain some inspiration for the year, I encourage you to watch some videos from our workshop in 2024. Please get in touch if you are undertaking a project and what to share - we would love to hear from you!
Emma Collins (@emma.collins)
Chair of HiNZ Nursing & Midwifery Informatics Special Interest Group (HiNZ-NMI)
HiNZ-NMI Updates and News
Recordings from eHealth Nursing all online!
The wonderful team at HiNZ have kindly made all the recordings from the 2024 Nursing and Midwifery workshop freely available to view. As the workshop coincided with a strike and upheaval in the sector, HiNZ wanted to ensure all nurses could watch and gain insight and value from the content that we put together.
HiNZ NMI eHealth Workshop 2024 recordings
There is also this video which features some of the delegate from the workshop - check it out!
Consensus Conference on Deafblindness
In October 2024, Dr Sally Britnell, HiNZ Fellow and Honorary member of HiNZ NMI attended the Consensus Conference on Deafblindess in Tarragona, Spain, as a New Zealand representative. At this conference Sally actively participated in workshops to develop proposed ICF core set for Deafblindness. These were finalised at the conference and presented to the Spanish government. The framework aims to serve as a global benchmark for recognising and addressing Deafblindness, ensuring that it is incorporated into national and international healthcare systems. The core set will next be submitted to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for inclusion in the ICF, marking a critical step in standardising the understanding and support of Deafblindness worldwide. You can read the full report from Sally,
Report on Consensus work on Deafblindness using the International Classification of Functioning.docx (567.5 KB)
New HiNZ Exec members
At the conference in December 2024 we welcomed two new members onto our executive. Pippin Morrison @pippinm and Ali Forshaw
Pippin Morrison has been involved in shaping the future of nursing at Southern Cross Healthcare as the National Nurse Advisor since 2019. With a career rooted in clinical excellence and nursing leadership, she previously held roles at Southern Cross Hospital in Christchurch, demonstrating a strong focus on patient care and professional development.
In her current role, Pippin collaborates closely with the Chief Nurse and leadership team to ensure patients receive consistent, high-quality care. She is also the product owner for Southern Cross Healthcare’s electronic patient record system, using her expertise in informatics to drive innovation and enhance healthcare delivery.
A proud Tangata Tiriti ally, Pippin supports the mahi of Tangata Whenua, striving to integrate equity and culturally safe partnerships into healthcare practices.
Pippin’s dedication to nursing extends into her involvement with several professional groups, including the New Zealand Private Surgical Hospitals Association (NZPSHA), Nurse Executives of New Zealand (NENZ), the Clinical Informatics Leadership Network (CiLN), and the College of Nurses Aotearoa.
Through her commitment to improving patient outcomes, championing nursing teams, and advocating for meaningful partnerships, Pippin continues to inspire excellence in healthcare across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ali Forshaw is a mental health nurse with 34 years of experience working in various clinical and senior positions across both the UK and Aotearoa. During her time in the UK before moving to Aotearoa, Ali was an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and independent prescriber working in the Greater Manchester region. Ali is currently a Lecturer and Course Leader in the undergraduate Nursing programme at AUT. Also continues to work casually in the acute mental health team (crisis team) for Health New Zealand Waitematā as a registered mental health nurse.
Ali has been in Aotearoa for the past 15 years; she has worked both clinically ( Mental health Nurse and Duly Authorised Officer) and nationally in the acute mental health response space. During the pandemic, Ali worked as a Service Delivery Manager at Whakarongorau, Aotearoa for the Earlier Mental Health Response Team managing a unique telehealth clinician response service across Aotearoa. Following this Ali then went to work at AUT in 2023 as a lecturer to pursue her passion for educating the future workforce about the importance of mental health and wellbeing.
Ali is a doctoral student who is examining a topic that she is passionate about which is tele-mental health response to acute mental health crisis in Aotearoa.
You can read about all our executive members here.
The Future of Digital Health in Aotearoa New Zealand - Voice of the Workforce - A HINZ Special Report.
This report was compiled from responses to a survey HiNZ recently took across the health sector, focusing on the impact of the budget cuts and proposed restructure of digital and data within Health NZ.
Following theming, we offer 5 digital transformation priorities for digital health that were highlighted from the survey.
- National Shared Health Records
- AI driven diagnostics
- Patient anywhere, clinician elsewhere expansion
- Smarter patient flow
- Predictive analytics.
Read the full report here.
New publications from the Nursing and Midwifery Community of Practice
Latest edition of the IMIA NI Newsletter.
Newsletter January 2025.pdf (1.9 MB)
If you haven’t already, you can request to join their LinkedIn group here.
Upcoming Events
National events
Digital Health AI Summit 2025
Wellington, 20th and 21st May - Tickets available soon!
The Digital Health AI Summit in 2025 brings together health leaders from across the sector to collaborate to make AI driven change in healthcare, by sharing collective knowledge to develop action plans. Come to connect with other health leaders, to hear from experts and those who have successfully implemented AI solutions, and to collaborate across the health sector to drive change.
More information here.
Put the date in your diary NOW!
**Digital Health Week - including the eHealth Nursing and Midwifery Workshop (25th November) **
24th - 27 November, 025, Christchurch. Lock it in!
https://hinz.eventsair.com/dhwnz24/home-2025
Please let us know if you have any other news or events to share as a reply to this post.
About HiNZ-NMI
The HiNZ nursing & midwifery informatics special interest group (HiNZ-NMI) supports the development of nursing informatics in New Zealand. HiNZ-NMI meets on the eHealth Forum and publishes a free eNewsletter with digital health updates of relevance to nurses.
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