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Using HTTPS on your website
The ‘s’ stands for secure Enabling HTTPS is the first of four priority measures in CERT NZ’s ‘Protect It’ campaign. Your patients and customers trust you to keep their information, and the communication you have with them, confidential and safe. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) keeps the information transferred between you and your patients or customers confidential by […]

Protect It – Step up your website security
Patients First are proud to be participating in CERT NZ’s ‘Protect It’ campaign, aimed at helping New Zealand businesses to improve their website security. Any healthcare organisation that consumes or provides services using websites must take ownership of the services that they provide or pass-on to patients. Patients First is especially focused on helping you to reduce cybersecurity risks in your businesses and organisations, and urge you […]

New Chief Executive is focused on benefits for people
Mark Corbitt chats to us about his background, personal interests, and what drew him to lead Patients First as CEO.

Patients First says “Haere Ra” to Helmut Modlik
Helmut Modlik reflects on his time as CEO at Patients First over the past three and a half years.

Why you need to enable MFA for your Microsoft 365 account
Enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) for your Microsoft 365 account will give you better protection against attacks and phishing attempts.

Mark Corbitt appointed as Patients First Chief Executive Officer
Media Release – 15th May 2020 The Board of Patients First has appointed Mark Corbitt as the organisation’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mark will replace current CEO Helmut Modlik, who announced his resignation in early March 2020. In accepting the role at Patients First, Mark said “the opportunity to be part of a not-for-profit that marries technology and health is exciting. It’s also great to […]