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Press Release – Science Media Centre All phones and computers across Waikato DHB have been taken down by a cyber security incident, leaving clinical services scrambling. The DHB has called in external help, and says it refuses to pay any ransom demanded. The SMC asked experts to comment … All phones and computers across Waikato DHB have been taken down by a cyber security incident, leaving clinical services scrambling. The DHB has called in external help, and says it refuses to pay any ran...

Waikato DHB cyber attack began with email attachment - chief executive Newshub 2 hrs ago Replay Video Services at hospitals across the Waikato continue to be disrupted after Tuesdays cyber attack. On Tuesday morning, Waikato District Health Board (DHB) reported a "full outage" of its phone and computer systems, affecting services across the entire region "to varying degrees".  The National Cyber Security Centre -  a division of the Government Communications Security Bureau - is now involve...

Southern cancer screening still not in the clear Newsroom 2 days ago © Provided by Newsroom Despite a public apology and promises to do better, it’s still better to live in Dunedin than Invercargill when it comes to colonoscopies. David Williams reports On its face, the Southern District Health Board is improving its much-maligned colonoscopy service. Demand for the procedure, the primary method for diagnosing bowel cancer in a timely way, has increased since the national screening progra...

The DHB has called in external help, and says it refuses to pay any ransom demanded. The SMC asked experts to comment on the attack and the aging IT infrastructure that may have enabled it. Feel free to use these comments in your reporting or follow up with the contact details provided. Professor Robin Gauld, Director, Centre for Health Systems and Technology, University of Otago, comments: "For three decades weve known in New Zealand that our health information and clinical systems have been v...

All DHB members were responsible to the health minister rather than their local community. Fees paid to chairs, deputy chairs and members varied according to the size of the DHB area and ranged from about $13,000 to $80,000 for chairs, and $6510 to more than $40,000 for members. Supplied Professor Robin Gauld, of the University of Otago’s Centre for Health Systems and Technology, says health board fees will be better spent on improving skills and expertise within the public health system r...

The health sector reforms will mean some cuts for the top echelons, but job numbers may not change much overall, economists say.

New Zealand announces radical shake-up of health system Tess McClure © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock The New Zealand government has announced radical changes to its health system, including abolishing 20 district health boards in favour of a single national body, similar to Britain’s National Health Service. The government is also establishing a national body for indigenous healthcare, in an attempt to improve enduring racial inequities in the...

Te Ao Waitangi Tribunal claimant and Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon is calling on the Crown to respond to the Waitangi Tribunal Hauora Report with more urgency. (First published August 2019) The Government is poised to announce a major shake-up of health services struggling with overflowing emergency departments, deep inequities, and long surgical waiting lists, but critics say it is unlikely to be enough to turnaround patient care. Health Minister Andrew Little has already signalled...

STUFF Canterbury District Health Boards executive team fell apart last year, with seven of the 11-strong team resigning as the board faced budget challenges and potential cuts. (Video first published August 20, 2020) A new code of conduct banning health board members from making “political comment” may have been timed to dull criticism of imminent changes to the health system, an expert says. The code of conduct for board members of Crown enterprises was published on the State Services Com...

Source: University of Otago University of Otago Commerce student enrolment numbers are showing strong growth. The Commerce Division has started the academic year up by 256 EFTS (Equivalent Full-Time Student) on the same time last year, or an increase of around 10 per cent in enrolments. Three of the University’s top subject enrolment growth areas are from Commerce. Management enrolments are up by 89 EFTS, Accountancy and Finance by 59 EFTS, Economics by 58 EFTS, and there is strong growth in ...