NZHIT Virtual Health Industry Group (VHIG)
NZHIT VHIG is a group of industry organisations that provide software solutions and services related to the delivery of ‘virtual health care’. The group takes a collaborative approach to provide leadership, strategic advice, and guidance on sustainable solutions which enable the delivery of effective and efficient virtual health services. The group is kept updated and informed by participating in cross-sector activities with health providers, policymakers and sector advisory bodies.
Terms of Reference
The DRAFT Terms of Reference is available here
Position Paper
The VHIG has created a position paper which is available here
Membership
Should you wish to contact any of the co-ordinators we will facilitate this through the links below.
| Members | Role and Organisation | Contact |
| Samuel Wong | Chair, NZHIT Virtual Health Industry Group (VHIG) | |
| Charis Frethey | Programme Manager, NZ Telehealth Forum, Ministry of Health |
The full membership of the VHIG is below
| John Ashley | Atlantis Healthcare |
| Matt Hector-Taylor | BeSure |
| Abby Moore & Sam Dacombe | Chiptech |
| Sandi Millner | The Selwyn Foundation |
| Will Reedy | Spark Health |
| Geof Robinson & Matt Fox | VCNow & Telesmart |
| Sarah Zub & Samuel Wong | Vensa Health |
| Nick Kemp | Wild Bamboo |
| Anna Beck | Tunstall Health NZ |
| Jacqui Williams & Belinda Allen | Orion |
| Keri Stebbing | Computer Network Services |
| Scott Lee | GPSOS |
| Mark Cox | Health IT Consulting |
| Gavin Meredith | Novari Health |
| Harry Hawke | Webtools |
| Simon Keating & Alex Zacher | iMedX |
| Dean Sparkes, Mark Smith, Cory Moran & Jo Priestley | Securely |
| Matt Russel and Bruce Davey | ARANZ Medical |
| Ross Tanner | MedTech Ltd |
| Christopher Dawson | Spritely |
| Alexandra Smart | Southern Cross Health |
| Florian Stroehle | DXC |
| Andrew Panckhurst | Telehealth Resource Centre |
| Tracy MacFarlane & Tia Ashby | iMoko |
| Tamaryn Hankinson & Ron Tenenbaum | The Clinician |
| Steve Lutz, Hannah Borgas | Alcidion |
| Earl Blessing | Siemens Healthineers |
| Gordon Munro | Healthtek |
| Philip Jones | Whanau Tahi |
| Tom Varghese, Gabe Rijpma, Will Barnett | Aceso |
| Kyle Forde (Associate Member) | CIO, WellSouth |