16 October 2024
John Nueman
[FYI request #28245 email]
Tēnā koe John
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00062875
Thank you for your email on 30 August 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please provide the exact outcomes delivered directly from the HIRA programme as well as
the amount spent in total and ideally as well for each of the outcomes.
Although some of this information exists on the hira web page, linked below. Id like more
details on each piece, for example according to the page My Health Record was supported
by “interoperability” enabled by HIRA. What exactly was funded through HIRA here ?
Response
The deliverables from the Hira programme as at 30 June 2024 are in the following table. This
information in the table also addresses your question about interoperability.
Deliverable
Description
My Health Record
My Health Record provides health consumers with
visibility of their health information via a website,
which was launched in December 2023.
The functionality included allows users to:
• View immunisation records to 2005
• Check / report COVID-19 test results
• Update some personal information
• View High Use Health Card / Community
Services Card entitlements)s
Access to this information uses the interoperability
standards and other technology components
developed by Hira, eg My Health Account for
identity, standards held in the Terminology Server
and API policy as applied through our API Policy
Enforcement (Connector Plane), a component of
the overall API Management approach
My Health Account
My Health Account provides a secure digital
identity so people can access their health
information digitally through My Health Record and
Deliverable
Description
other patient portals. The functionality allows
validation of consumer digital health identity (e.g.
consumer choice / control over access to health
information).
Digital Services Hub
The Digital Services Hub includes a developer
portal with API testing capabilities, and identity and
access protections. It will become the primary
source of information on APIs and supporting
services.
National Event Management
The National Event Management Service provides
Service
a publish/subscribe capability for the sector,
sending notifications of specific events. The first
release, notification of when someone has passed
away (death event), is available
NZ Health Terminology Service The NZ Health Terminology Service is the source
of all Health Information Standards Organisation
(HISO) approved code systems and value sets. It
extends the previous list of code systems and
value sets, and more than 40 companies are using
the service.
Development of standards
The standards include:
• API standards
• NZ Patient Summary standard (prepares for
the NZ Patient Summary which is a
possible future outcome).
These standards are published through HISO
(data and digital standards function of Health
NZ) which provides the sector with a single
place to find standards, HiSO also provide
mechanisms and facilitates the sector’s
engagement in the development and or review
of new standards
API Policy Manager
The API Policy Manager ensures consistent
application of API security, privacy and identity
preventative controls on all access to patient and
HealthNZTe Whatu Ora information made available
via APIs.
Sponsored/zero data
Sponsored/zero data provides access to key health
sector websites with the cost of access funded
through Health NZ – Te Whatu Ora, the websites
are accessed through th
e www.zero.govt.nz
website from a number of mobile networks.
The breakdown of expenditure by workstream is in the following table. Please note that the
expenditure within the workstreams is not broken down by the deliverables in the table above. The
Hira programme used a dynamic approach to allocating members of the team among delivery
outcomes, depending upon their skill set and availability.
Total Actual
Hira Total Costs to 30 June 2024
(000s)
Sector Change & Vendor
1,026
Engagement
Data and Channels
3,754
Programme
31,418
Interoperability (Platform)
15,193
Digital Identity
6,496
NZPS (PHR/HER)
5,016
Total Hira costs
62,903
How to get in touch
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[email address].
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Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Michael Dreyer
Director, Sector Digital Channels
Data and Digital
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand