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Lessons learned from developing a COVID-19 algorithm governance framework
The use of algorithms to potentially aid decision making was part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Te Pokapū Hātepe o Aotearoa, the New Zealand Algorithm Hub housing many of these algorithms.Now, an open access paper, Lessons learned...
Patients Like This: Share your views
Shared decision making in cancer carePart of the Patients Like This research project Research lead: Dr Karol Czuba We are looking for persons with cancer, or working with or affected by patients with cancer, to take part in a research study: Have you or someone in...
Programme Evaluation and Future Options
PDH was founded by Orion Health, Waitematā District Health Board (DHB) and the University of Auckland with the support of the MBIE partnership programme. Our original contract runs until 2023, and the partnership programme is no longer funded. Towards the end of last...
HiNZ 2022 is just around the corner!
We look forward to participating in New Zealand's largest digital health event, being held virtually this week on March 30-31. Our speakers' recorded presentations are now available for you to view ahead of the live event. If you have registered for HiNZ 2022, see...
What we will be presenting at the HiNZ 2022 Conference
We are excited to participate in New Zealand's largest digital health event, which will be held virtually on March 30-31 this year. Each of our speakers will provide information and updates on our solutions, and how they continue to help improve health outcomes for...
New Zealand Health Sector Algorithm Scan
The final report of the New Zealand Health and Disability System review makes clear the vision for a 'data-driven, digitally-enabled ecosystem' in New Zealand and the need for 'technologies to support decision-making and innovation' to achieve this. While many...
Precision Driven Health CEO appointed to the Digital Council for Aotearoa
The Digital Council for Aotearoa announced that PDH CEO, Dr Kevin Ross, has been appointed to the council. The Digital Council is an independent group of experts who advise the government on how to navigate the rapidly changing digital and data landscape in a way...
The Pulse Newsletter – November 2021
Manawanui’s Mission: Empowering New Zealanders Who Receive Individualised Funding
A notable issue we have in Aotearoa is that individuals and minority groups with disabilities pass through the system unnoticed. To this day, little data has been collected and analysed to show how disabled people use and access disability services, and with what...
Meet Ning
Ning Hua (right) with her husband Shawn at the IT Professional Awards finals PDH and Orion Health are proud to have Ning as one of our data scientists. She began her career journey in China as a student studying general biology, and went on to get her PhD in ecology....
The Pulse Newsletter – July 2021
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The Pulse Newsletter – April 2021
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What’s next for nzRISK?
We catch up with the NZRISK team to find out what’s next for the award winning pre-operative risk calculator.
Kevin Ross: Farewell 2020
Dear PDH whānau,Our 2020 Research Day seemed to sum up the year for us all. Eagerly looking forward to finally bringing the whole PDH community together, we found out the night before that there was an unexplained community case of COVID-19 and gatherings in Auckland...
2020 PDH-HRC Postdoctoral Fellowships announced
We’re excited to announce that along with the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC), we have awarded two Postdoctoral Fellowships to the value of $452,422, as part of a jointly funded call for research in precision health. The fellowships will focus on...
The Pulse Newsletter – December 2020
Read the December issue of PDH's quarterly newsletter, The Pulse.
Precision Driven Health partners with Manawanui and Nicholson Consulting to better understand users of disability services
Precision Driven Health (PDH) has announced a new research partnership with Manawanui and Nicholson Consulting to learn more about New Zealanders who receive funded disability services in order to inform the development of services that better meet their needs. The...
Precision Driven Health wins at New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards 2020
Precision Driven Health (PDH) has won its category at the 2020 New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards 2020, held on Friday night, for the partnership’s freely accessible surgical risk calculator, nzRISK. The Visa Hi-Tech Solution for the Public Good Award recognises innovation...
The Pulse Newsletter – July 2020
Read the July issue of PDH's quarterly newsletter, The Pulse.
Orion Health supports COVID-19 decision-making with a national algorithm management solution
Orion Health has today announced it will deliver a free national solution to support scenario modelling, risk prediction, forecasting and planning throughout New Zealand’s COVID-19 response. Accelerated to market through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and...
The Pulse Newsletter – April 2020
Read the April issue of PDH's quarterly newsletter, The Pulse.
What’s in a model?
Do we really expect to predict the spread – with confidence – of a disease that was unheard of six months ago? All models are wrong, but some are useful. George Box, Statistician This quote is usually attributed to the statistician George Box, and...
Precision Driven Health selected as a finalist in the Visa Best Hi-Tech Solution for the Public Good Award
Precision Driven Health (PDH) has today announced it has been recognised as a finalist in the New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards 2020, for the partnership’s freely accessible surgical risk calculator, nzRISK. The category, Visa Best Hi-Tech Solution for the Public Good,...
Conflict in the code: Machine learning technologies used in healthcare must be credible
In the second article in our series, we explore the role of machine learning in healthcare today, and examine some common issues. In medical practice and healthcare today, machine learning is already in use. It has led to exciting new developments that will continue...