The New Zealand government seems to have achieved targeted but limited funding for digital health projects in the coming fiscal year.
In an advertisement, Minister of Health, Simeon Brown, said that TTTo Ora Health New Zealand will get $ 1.37 billion ($ 810 million) in the budget, up to its total budget 2025 to 32.7 billion dollars ($ 19.3 billion).
“This additional investment of 7.4 % in total financing represents an increase of 6.2 % per person, which will make a real difference in people’s lives, ensuring timely high -quality care for patients while supporting the workforce in the confrontation line who provide this care every day,” he said.
Part of this is 447.6 million dollars ($ 265 million) for fund 24/7 Access to digital initial care project.
The government has also committed to mental health financing and remote addiction as part of the transition of health to a multi -agency response to mental distress calls. $ 27.6 million ($ 16.3 million) has been allocated for this five -year transition over a four -year period.
Moreover, the government benefited from the savings of the Covid-19 Purchase Agreement to allocate $ 7 million in New Zealand ($ 4.1 million) to improve data and digital infrastructure of the Pharmaceutical Administration Agency (Pharmac).
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Limited data and digital financing come at a time when TE What Oora is prioritized for front -line services and expanding access to public practice and specialized care.
“It provides small steps but it is no less than providing the bold strategic investment necessary to modernize the health system in New Zealand and cancel the full potential for digital innovation,” said Reel Jinsen, CEO of Digital Health Association in a comment.
TT and Ura went through the re -seized last year, which strongly affected the data, projects and digital functions. He – she Recovered funding for four years (330 million dollars/200 million dollars) for projects, including the leading national health information program, HeraThis is now on a temporary stop. It has also suggested Leave approximately a third of the data and digital situations; In the end, I decided that Keep 1460 out of 1938 role On the national level.
The Foundation said that the future of its data and its current and planned digital projects will be directed for a decade for a decade Digital investment planWhich is now going on and is expected to be released later this year.
