National clinical and consumer health design council for data and digital

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NEWS - eHealthNews.nz editor Rebecca McBeth

This is a companion discussion topic for the original eHealth News article:

https://www.hinz.org.nz/news/615992/

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Although clinicians play an extremely important role, designing a system with a whānau and community focus will provide a much more robust and agile model. This model, where the emphasis is on multi-sectoral collaboration and enablement, will have the ability to tackle two distinct but extremely important issues:

  1. Equity of access, with a particular focus on how our vulnerable communities access services
  2. Workforce sustainability, where we support our communities with a collective approach, to ensure no one is having to carry the burden without support.

It is no longer just about listening to others and their perspectives, it is about walking alongside one another and enabling one another to thrive. As custodians of the system, this is also our opportunity to collaborate and pave the way for future leaders in our industry.

The design council should indeed include clinicians and the patient, but must also include Social and Justice Services, Community groups and leaders, Primary and Secondary care Management, hospital and community Pharmacy, Allied health services, and many others. Without this participation and partnership, we will be casting the same lens over the 470 clinician system related projects and 95 data and analytical projects.

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@AnnaElders this is a fantastic idea. There are so many wonderful leaders out there who don’t necessarily have the opportunity to participate!

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I may be biased, but a data ethicist seems quite important too

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I am biased and I agree.

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A flexible approach may be needed. some systems need to be very outward looking and connecting across all the paradigms of society that inform health. others may be more internal. People have to be able to work the systems. Having clear principles to ensure that all stake holders are considered and connectivity is paramount to broaden the the views of the core group. .

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The Expression of Interest Request (of particular interest to @clinicians and @consumers) for this is now live:

https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/digital-health/whanau-consumer-and-clinician-digital-council/

More details about it are here:

https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/assets/Whanau-Consumer-and-Clinician-Digital-Council-EOI.docx

This includes an invitation to contact @robyn.whittaker to discuss it further (or you could ask on this topic).

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I wish to restate my views on the main topics that I believe need our collective attention.

  1. When will I have on-line access to my own EHRs via Orion’s HealthOne system in the South Island?

  2. When will we see an overall structure of NZ’s Health System at the Macro, Meso and Micro levels?
    This question relates to overall EA Enterprise Architecture diagram/s based on TOGAF and BABOK.
    TOGAF is The Open Group Architecture Framework which sets out requirements for EA structures.
    BABOK is the Business Analysis Body Of Knowledge on how processes are designed using BPMN.
    BPMN is Business Process Modelling Notation describing and showing how processes operate.
    I would expect to see several diagrams showing how the NZ Heath IT System should operate.
    The NZ Health System must be set up and structured to optimise process efficiencies at the 3 levels.

We need to coordinate the overall EA to optimise and standardise on service deliveries where possible.
An Approved Vendors List would limit IT and other supplier numbers to achieve economies of scale.

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thanks folks. We have had a lot of kinda similar questions so Im posting a couple of answers here:

  • At this point we are casting the net wide and welcome applications from all perspectives, roles and backgrounds. The key role will be to provide ‘end user’ perspectives, as in those working directly with the systems (incl administration) and our patients and whanau. However these people will need to be supported by those with a ‘big picture’ view of the national ecosystem (incl digital teams) and the value systems bring to the workflow and to patient outcomes. While we will try to keep the selected council reasonably small, there may be other roles in working groups, support teams or on specific topics of interest. So the short answer is, if you are interested, please do apply and even if not appointed to the council I hope that we can find some way of making the most of your input.

  • Just confirming that we would like a letter of application that includes your experience (or a separate CV is fine), what you will bring to the role, the part of the sector or community that you represent and what networks or groups will endorse your membership. At this point we dont require a letter from the network/group although this may be followed up at a later point. We do expect to interview short listed people prior to the final appointment.

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Thanks Robyn, that is helpful. With up to one day a week, it is a rather large time commitment. Do you know how reimbursement will be organised for consumers, primary care and other people not employed by Te Whatu Ora? And trying to wrap my head around the different groups, how do the roles in this council compare to the roles in the digital teams/‘big picture’ groups? Thanks!