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Have your say: Information Environment for Primary Health Care

Ministry of Health, National

A changing primary health care system requires a responsive and connected information environment that enables people to take informed action to improve health and well-being.

Primary health care participants include individuals, whānau, families, communities, health providers, District Health Boards (DHBs), primary health organisations (PHOs), non-government organisations (NGOs) and government agencies.

The information environment should also facilitate coordination of activities and collaboration between participants.

Primary health care participants need to know what works well for populations and individuals and what does not. We need to share these experiences with others who are responsible for the health of similar populations. We need a way to see people in their cultural, social, and physical contexts to better tailor their health care.

Primary Health Care Strategy: Key Directions for the Information Environment is a policy consultation document that facilitates consultation on a proposal to create an information environment that helps achieve the Primary Health Care Strategy goals.

The consultation document includes the following:

  • a description of the current needs in the health information environment as determined by preliminary public consultation and review of overseas activity
  • a description of actions that could be taken to create an improved information environment for all of primary health care
  • a description of specific components (a combination of people, processes and technology) that will enable actions to take place.

The Ministry of Health would appreciate your input during the Key Directions consultation process. The questions provided in the main document and the consultation questionnaire can serve as a guide to organise your input.

Find both at the Consultation web page.

Please feel free to use your own written format to respond if these questions do not help reflect your impressions.

Please forward one copy of your submission -

By post:
Key Directions Consultation
Outcomes Performance Systems
Clinical Services Directorate
Ministry of Health
PO Box 5013
Wellington.

Or email:
keydirections@moh.govt.nz.

Or fax:
(04) 496 2493
Attention: Key Directions Consultation.

Submissions close 5pm, Friday 1 June 2007.

Note that your submission and all correspondence you have with the Ministry may be the subject of requests under the Official Information Act 1982. If there is any part of your submission or correspondence that you consider could properly be withheld under the Official Information Act, please include comment to this effect along with reasons why you want the information withheld.

Contact person Key Directions Consultation
Postal address Key Directions Consultation
Outcomes Performance Systems
Clinical Services Directorate
Ministry of Health
PO Box 5013
Wellington
Phone
Email keydirections@moh.govt.nz
Website address http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf
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