Health IT

The IT firm Catalyst has been awarded the contract to develop the next platform for pharmacist recertification in New Zealand

The Ministry of Health is hopeful that problems with the New Zealand ePrescription Service have been resolved since a major disruption last week

The Ministry of Health has indefinitely delayed its deadline for health professionals to phase out fax machines days before the change was due to come into force

The online pharmacy Zoom Health is seeking to raise $3 million in private equity to expand its business

American e-commerce giant Amazon launched a new online pharmacy across the United States on Tuesday, taking the competitive digital prescription service space up yet another notch 

With less than a month to go before pharmacists and other health professionals must phase out fax machines, it is unclear how many have made the change

COVID-19 has led to record numbers of GPs signing up to use electronic prescribing, but a pharmacy IT expert says more funding and better coordination is needed for the resulting rise in workload

The relaxation of a requirement for pharmacies to collect the original copy of faxed prescriptions has been extended to the end of June and is likely to continue for longer

The relaxation of a requirement for pharmacies to collect the original copy of faxed prescriptions has been extended to the end of June and is likely to continue for longer

A New Zealand test that provides a COVID-19 result within an hour has received a funding boost