A fully integrated care platform for the entire South Island
The right information available where and when it’s needed most – that’s what HealthOne means for over one million people in the South Island of New Zealand.
The Customer
Canterbury District Health Board, New Zealand’s second largest DHB, serves close to 560,000 people in the Canterbury region. Canterbury District Health Board is the main planner and funder of health services in Canterbury; a tertiary provider of hospital and specialist services for the Canterbury population as well as some specialist services for people living elsewhere in New Zealand.
The Canterbury vision is of an integrated health system that keeps people healthy and well in their own homes, providing the right care and support, to the right person, at the right time and in the right place.
The Challenge
The destructive 2011 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks damaged more than 14,000 rooms so that repairs were necessary to every one of Canterbury DHB’s 200 buildings. More than 630 rest home beds and 105 acute inpatient services beds were lost. Many General Practices and pharmacies were also severely disrupted.
The earthquakes caused a loss of paper records and disrupted access to electronic records. So, when a displaced population signed up with a new General Practice, some did so without any medical history.
The challenge was to enable shared access to patient records across both secondary and primary care, including general practice, pharmacy and community nursing.
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