Digital health
NZ COVID Tracer app – The official Ministry of Health contact tracing app helps you keep a digital diary of the places you’ve been.
Hira – Supporting better, secure access to your health information
Read about Hira, the national health information platform, on the Te Whatu Ora website.
Digital Health Strategic Framework
The Ministry of Health has developed a Digital Health Strategic Framework to guide the use of digital technologies and data to support a strong and equitable public health and disability system. Read more.
Vision for health technology
The Vision for Health Technology outlines how we see technology shaping the way New Zealanders 'live well, stay well and get well' in 2026. Read more.
Digital health sector architecture, standards and governance
Health information standards, common technologies, secure IT systems and environments and information governance all support the delivery of our strategic objectives.
Health ICT investments
The Ministry is responsible for reviewing health ICT investments.
Digital health initiatives
- Moving from analogue faxes to secure digital communications
- Patient Portals
- eMedicines
- Telehealth
- Digital enablement
- Digital Health Portfolio Reports
- Digital Systems Landscape
- Maturity Assessments
- Sponsored Data initiative
- Assessment framework for safe e-mental health tools