It has long been recognised that there is a need for an information environment that supports the seamless delivery of care across the numerous care settings that people find themselves in – from the home, to the GP clinic, to the A&E clinic, to specialists’ offices
Healthcare performance is based on timely access to accurate, relevant information. While New Zealand enjoys one of the highest levels of information technology use in general practice in the world, too many of our doctors – especially those in general practice – spend too much time, money and effort on IT that constrains rather than enables their work.
Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) often consist of many health care specialists across many clinics spread across wide regions. An ongoing problem these organisations have is patient record integrity. With Cloud Computing all health specialists access the same patient data and eliminate the frustrations of server management and data reconciliation.
Practice managers no longer have to manage information from one database to another; Health specialists no longer need have unreliable and erratic email communications. Old servers no longer need replacing nor require servicing. The IT infrastructure is significantly reduced, more reliably.