The Public Service Association is urging District Health Boards to ensure that workers affected by a new shared services plan can be retained or redeployed within their own DHBs.
A final proposal from Health Benefits Limited has been released which will see all DHBs moving to a single centralised system to run their operational finances, purchasing and goods supply.
Read more: NZ: DHBs urged to look after staff affected by shared services
"It will send a chill down the spines of many of those who have had their personal information mistakenly released that the Government is exploring new data sharing agreements involving 32 agencies.
Read more: NZ: Govt must tread carefully on data sharing - Cunliffe
The Ministry of Health is developing a new national telehealth system so more New Zealanders can receive health and injury advice over the phone or online.
Health Minister Tony Ryall said he hoped the new telehealth services would reduce pressure on emergency departments, the ambulance service and general practitioners.
New Zealand's Ministry of Health is preparing to go to tender for an integrated national telehealth service, a Cabinet document reveals, and Scotland's NHS 24 service is a major inspiration.
New Zealand's executive gave the go-ahead for development of the system in June after a national telehealth service featured as a campaign promise in 2011.
Read more: NZ: Scotland's NHS 24 inspires telehealth Down Under
MaoriWar2Maori in ICT are the silent workers in the larger Maori workforce. When a website needs to be made or an online campaign designed, our whanau tend to look around for a person who possess the skills to create, the ability to generate and can take a bag of frybread as payment. When a computer is pakaru or a smartphone has locked us out, there is always one cuzzie who knows how to fix it and if lucky, they might get a lunch for providing assistance.