Health Terminology New Zealand provides a full range of bespoke, standards compliant, health terminology solutions for the New Zealand healthcare environment.
We specialise in the adoption and implementation of SNOMED CT, the core health terminology in New Zealand.
These services are delivered by a team of International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) course trained health informaticists, supported by technical, clinical and management resources.
SNOMED CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medical Terminology – Clinical Terms) is the leading global healthcare terminology. Designed for use within Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, SNOMED CT is a key component in effective solutions to enable meaning-based retrieval from growing volumes of clinical information and to support interoperable information exchange. First released in 2002, SNOMED CT has grown in maturity and since 2007 has been owned and maintained by the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO). SNOMED CT is used to represent clinical information in a coded form, with the level of expressivity appropriate for clinical documentation, and also with extensive support for meaning-based retrieval, analysis and reporting. SNOMED CT is a valuable resource. However, its value is only realised when integrated within well-designed systems that take advantage of its key features.
Role
Clinical Lead
IHTSDO SNOMED qualifications
Foundation, Implementation, Content Development
Terminology Services
IHTSDO Content Management Advisory Group member. Health Information Standards Organisation Committee member.
Membership
SNOMED CT International Content Management Advisory Group, New Zealand Health Information Standards Organisation Committee
Role
Director of Informatics, Best Practice Clinical Solutions
Terminology Services
In 2008, Hywel took up a position of Clinical IT Advisor to BPAC Inc. Hywel has presented nationally and internationally on Health Informatics and Long Term Conditions Management as well as presenting to Government Health Select Committees within the UK and at Prime Ministerial level on the benefits of shared electronic health records. He is currently the acting Chair of the Southern PHO Clinical Advisory Group and is the Chief Medical Officer for the South Link Group.
Role
Chief Information Officer, BPAC Clinical Solutions
Terminology Services
Responsible for the strategic technology direction and Operational support. Eric has held senior IT roles across a range of professional services, Tertiary Education, consulting and financial markets sectors in New Zealand, Australia, UK and Europe. Eric has led both internal and external facing teams through significant transformation and business change projects with a principal focus on customer service standards and outcomes.
Membership
IHTSDO Terminology Release Advisory Group
Role
Operations Manager
Terminology Services
25 years as researcher and management consultant, including 13 years as a manager at Polson Higgs Business Advisors, where he was responsible for managing the firm’s Consulting Group. Tony works with a wide range of health sector clients including Otago Community Hospice and Mercy Hospital. Current Director of Pellucid Consulting Limited, Greenhouse Group Limited, Blueskin Energy Limited and Otago Osmometers Limited. Past secretary of Wildsouth branch of the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand.
Role
Solution Architect
IHTSDO SNOMED qualifications
Foundation, Implementation
Terminology Services
Implementation of terminology service architecture.
Role
Managing Editor New Zealand Formulary
IHTSDO SNOMED qualifications
Foundation, Implementation
Terminology Services
Analytics for evaluation of health outcomes and clinical decision support development.
Role
Software Developer
IHTSDO SNOMED qualifications
Foundation, Implementation
Terminology Services
Health IT. Implementation of terminology services in clinical decision support. Quality Assurance responsibility for software deployment.
Role
Project Manager
IHTSDO SNOMED qualifications
Foundation
Terminology Services
Integrating the New Zealand Medicines Formulary with SNOMED by assigning SNOMED codes to all indications and contra-indications for use in clinical decision support. Applying clinical decision support by mapping to ICPC2+ terminology codes for a Pregnancy Plan of Care in the Northern Territories of Australia.
Role
Clinical Editor New Zealand Formulary
IHTSDO SNOMED qualifications
Foundation
Terminology Services
New Zealand Formulary SNOMED implementation.
Role
Clinical Advisor
IHTSDO SNOMED qualifications
Foundation
Terminology Services
Clinical review/QA.
Role
Clinical Editor New Zealand Formulary
IHTSDO SNOMED qualifications
Foundation
Terminology Services
New Zealand Formulary SNOMED implementation.
