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Patients First Board welcomes Matt Hector-Taylor as their newest member
The Board of Patients First is pleased to announce their newest member, Matt Hector Taylor. Matt has worked in the New Zealand health system since 1997. His focus initially was on organisation change and service redesign. He started working with IT in health in 1998-99, co-founding health IT consulting and implementation company HealthMAP. He was […]
Patients First welcomes Dr. Nader Fattah to their Board
The Board of Patients First is pleased to announce their newest member, Dr Nader Fattah. Nader is a British medical graduate and a practicing GP of more than 16 years, attaining membership of the Royal College of GPs (UK) in 2005. After gaining his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree at the University of Dundee, […]
Protect patient data with a perfect password
Every year New Zealanders lose millions of dollars and private information as a result of using weak passwords or reusing passwords across multiple accounts. Last year, tech publication ZDNet listed ‘123456’, ‘password’ and ‘12345678’ as some of the worst passwords used in 2020. Did you know that the health sector is in the top five […]
Be part of Safer Internet Day to create a safer online world for patients and families
Patients First is proud to be an official supporter of Safer Internet Day 2021.
Celebrate Data Privacy Day by taking simple steps to protect patient information
January 28 is Data Privacy Day, an international effort to create awareness about privacy and protecting data.
Do you still use a fax machine?
Patients First is working with the Ministry by doing a stocktake of fax machine usage amongst PHOs and GP Practices.