Barbara Fountain

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+News GPs, midwives, nurses, specialists, advocates and a forensic psychiatrist make honours list One hundred and eighty-eight people were honoured by King Charles in the King’s Birthday Honours [Image: Red Portrait May 2024, Royal.UK] Editor Barbara Fountain searches the citations for this year’s King’s Birthday Honours for recipients with connections to primary care and the wider health sector.

4 days ago | nzdoctor.co.nz | Patrice Dougan |Stephen Forbes |Barbara Fountain |Fiona Cassie

+News In print Helpful Heidi AI gets doctors out from behind their screens Heidi transcriptions can be turned into clinical documents – such as a GP note or referral [Image: Suriphon Singha on iStock] As AI gains ground in various workplaces, the array of new software can be confusing.

1 week ago | nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain

Spark Health chief executive John Macaskill-Smith unveiled the latest addition to his marketing toolbox at the National Rural Health Conference in Christchurch – his new shirt. Mr Macaskill-Smith, formerly Tend Health chief network officer and chief executive of Pinnacle Midlands Health Network, told delegates in the past he had relied on Hawaiian shirts to make him visible in the busy exhibition hall but this year he had upgraded.

1 week ago | nzdoctor.co.nz | Barbara Fountain

[Roger Bradshaw on Unsplash] Editor Barbara Fountain considers the implications should Tend Health get a direct contract with Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora for primary care services. This comment appeared in the Editor's Letter email delivered on 28 May* Turning point or tipping point – I’m not sure which is the correct phrase, to be honest, but either way it is coming for primary care. Digi-physica Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa Not a subscriber?

1 week ago | nzdoctor.co.nz | Martin Johnston |Barbara Fountain |Stephen Forbes

+Print Archive Obituary Doctor, coder, garden tamer: The many lives of Ashwin Patel The late Ashwin Patel, a specialist GP and health IT developer, was described at his funeral as generous with his time and as a disruptor who has had a positive influence [Image: Supplied] Auckland specialist GP and health IT developer Ashwin Patel died suddenly and unexpectedly in April, aged in his mid-60s writes Martin Johnston ESSENTIALS Specialist GP Ashwin Patel died on 18 April.