Waitematā, County Manukau DHB staff assigned to provisional Health NZ post
Stuart Bloomfield, Chief Digital Officer of Waitematā and Counties Manukau District Health Boards, has been temporarily appointed Chief of Interim Health NZ Data and Digital.
Health NZ is a medical service scheduled to replace 20 New Zealand district medical committees from July.
according to Bloomfield, New Zealand’s Health Informatics, will replace Shayne Hunter, Deputy Director of General Data and Digital for the Ministry of Health, who resigned in May.
Margie Apa, CEO of Interim Health NZ, said Bloomfield’s role will focus on forming a leadership team of people involved in data and digital investment in the country’s healthcare system. They are working on the design of the operating model and the implementation of the agreed change recommendations.
He will also be involved in the establishment and work program of the Data and Digital Committee Subcommittee for the next two years.
The news report also noted that permanent chief data and digital positions are in the works and will be adopted through a complete and open screening process.
Highland Appoints Former Gartner Officer as Leader of APAC Healthcare
Content service provider Highland has appointed a former executive of technology consulting firm Gartner as Senior Manager of the company’s Asia Pacific Healthcare division.
Based on the press statement, Lachie Swann will lead the implementation of the company’s growth strategy to expand Hyland Healthcare throughout APAC.
Mark Groche, Associate Vice President of Highland International Healthcare, said:
Swan’s international experience in market development and new product launches “will be an ideal leader for Highland to build on its strong foundation in the Asia Pacific region,” he said. Said.
For the past eight years, Melbourne-based Swann has played several commercial leadership roles. Most recently, he is the VP of Larger Enterprise Sales at Gartner. “We are excited to move from technology research and consulting to a vendor perspective,” he said.
Australia’s Hyland Healthcare accounts include Melbourne Health, Metro North Health, Dental Health Services Victoria, and hospital chain Mater Misericordiae.
Vantari VR Appoints Product Manager to Lead US Expansion
Australian virtual reality startup VantariVR has begun expanding into the United States by appointing the head of the product that will lead the expansion.
Named after this position, Jay Kahlon has helped launch nearly 45 products in the healthcare simulation space over the past decade, including hardware, software, cloud, and mixed reality tools.
He previously worked for Blue Panthom, a manufacturer of ultrasonic simulation models acquired in 2012 by CAE Healthcare, a provider of simulation-based training solutions for healthcare. He has played a variety of roles in both companies, from product and business development to operations and marketing.
According to the media release, Kahlon’s new role in Vantari VR will include team support in product and platform vision and development, road mapping, strategic and clinical partnership identification and development, and business development processing. increase.
“His personal mission to democratize access to healthcare training internationally using innovative technology in virtual reality is in line with Vantari VR’s goals and in the future with Jay’s expertise. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens, “said VantariVR co-CEO and co-founder Nishianth Krishnananthan about his appointment.
Kahlon commented on his new role: Collaboration can disrupt the current state of access to world-class healthcare training. “
