Details of people's prescriptions are being fed into an online repository from pharmacies across the country.
The Ministry of Health says information is encrypted and kept in a secure system only accessible by approved health professionals.
But it admits that people who aren't satisfied with those measures cannot opt out.
Read more: NZ: New ePrescription service to keep digital record of scripts and may benefit GPs
New Zealand’s new web site going through design and structural revamp.
New Zealand’s e-government portal is getting revamped and it is asking people to complete a game to see how easily they can find information they are looking for on Govt.nz.
Read more: NZ: Play this game to help improve Govt.nz web site
New Zealand is revamping its recently launched e-government web site, nz.govt, after users suggested that it did not look visually appealing or like an official government portal.
The website was launched last July, and the redesign has been led by Massey University’s Open Lab. The team have blogged about the redesign, writing that the current site received feedback that “it didn’t look like a government site, so people were not convinced that it was legitimate; it was visually unappealing; it lacked a distinctly ‘New Zealand’ feel”.
Read more: New Zealand overhauling brand new e-government web site
Providing better access to knowledge about online behaviour, including an 0800 helpline, are among the recommendations in a report from Victoria University of Wellington about New Zealanders’ online behaviour.
Read more: Is there a need for education about online privacy in NZ?
Details of how this will work are in an article by Tom Pullar-Strecker which I spotted in the Dominion Post on Saturday, 17 January.
In summary, it’s a joint venture between a Waitemata mobile GP service Third Age Health and a private equity firm Hatch Equity. It will cost $99 a month plus minimum $59 per 15-minute video-consultation. Home/office visits will cost $199 or $299 after hours. They are hoping to qualify for capitation funding and to have patients use Doctor2Go as their official primary healthcare provider.