NZ Telehealth Resource Centre
Welcome to the NZ Telehealth Forum and Resource Centre. This site has guidance and resources for people who want to set up, improve or use a telehealth service within New Zealand.
NZ Telehealth Forum
The NZ Telehealth Forum is a group which includes clinicians, consumers, policymakers, planning and funding managers, ICT experts and industry representatives. Our vision is that telehealth is embedded across the health sector as a sustainable way to deliver healthcare in New Zealand. Our mission is to provide leadership in the use of sustainable models of care enabled by telehealth that supports equitable, patient-centred care. More information is available here.
The NZ Telehealth Resource Centre
The NZ Telehealth Resource Centre brings together guidance and resources that support health providers to implement and grow their telehealth services. In addition to the growing range of resources on this website, we have a regular newsletter and webinar series. Please email us at help@telehealth.org.nz for any specific advice or support.
What is Telehealth?
Telehealth is the use of information or communication technology to deliver health or medical care from a distance. Learn more here.
Getting Started
A lot of factors contribute to a successful telehealth implementation. The following resources which have been localised for NZ will help guide you.
Telehealth Leadership Group annual meeting
Pictured (left to right): Darren Douglass, Deon York, Lisa Livingstone, Faustin Roman, Christine Walsh, Charis Frethey, Yariv Doron, Craig Green, Andrew Panckhurst, Richard Li, Ruth Large, Kanny Ooi and other members attending via Zoom.
12 May
Latest News
NZ Telehealth Forum celebrates 10 years
This month, the NZ Telehealth Forum (NZTF) celebrates its 10-year anniversary - an exciting milestone for the predominantly volunteer-based organisation which began in 2012 with a mission to provide leadership in sustainable models of care enabled by telehealth that support equitable, patient-centred care. The organisation was formed when a telehealth symposium ‘A Call to Arms’ was held in 2012 at the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) and the NZ Telehealth Leadership Group (NZTLG) formed as an advisory group for the Ministry of Health.
