2026 Digital Health Week Conference

Digital health in practice: making technology work for clinicians and patients

This practical workshop focuses how technology can help solve some of the biggest challenges facing clinicians today - from fragmented information and disconnected services to duplication of work, administrative burden and increasing complexity.

Hear from health professionals and leaders about what works, what doesn't and what we can learn from both successes and failures.

Explore how to assess digital and AI tools, build trust, manage risk and think about the impact of AI on the clinical workforce.

Designed for those providing frontline care to people and their whānau, attendees will leave with practical ideas and approaches for how clinicians can take the lead in evaluating, implementing and governing digital technologies in health, ensuring technology connects care and supports the workforce.

Agenda

Here's an overview of what's happening at the workshop!

Registration Opens

Registration Opens & Welcome Coffee
8:20am - 8:50am
Welcome
8:50am - 9:00am
Alex Kemp, CEO, HiNZ
Keynote: Building a Smart Hospital - integrating AI into everyday clinical practice
9:00am - 9:20am
Dr Michael Wang, Director of the Smart Hospital Development Department and International Medical Services at Renji Hospital, Shanghai

Connected care - putting the patient at the centre

Designing digital tools around clinicians and patients
9:20am - 9:40am
Jacqui Lunday, Chief Allied Health Scientific and Technical, Health NZ
Does it actually work? Digital health evaluation in practice
9:40am - 10:00am
Jo-Ann Barr, Programme Manager, Karen Ho, cardiology nurse specialist Health NZ
A day in the life of a Type 1 diabetic
10:00am - 10:15am
Andy Ellis, CEO, Propagator
Panel: Using data and technology to drive best practice
10:15am - 10:45am
Daniel Chan, Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Jacqui Lunday, Chief Allied Health Scientific and Technical, Health Nz; Isabella Smart, Service Manager Community Maternity Services, Counties Manukau Health NZ; Christopher Dawson, founder and CEO, Spritely
Morning Tea
10:45am - 11:10am

Reducing admin and stopping doing the same work twice

From friction to flow: eliminating redundant work in General Practice
11:10am - 11:40am
Samir Ranchhod, CDO & Karen Allen, COO Tamaki Health
Snapshot of efficiencies from across Allied Health Scientific and Technical
11:40am - 11:55am
Mel Consedine and Kiri Aikman, STAH Digital Council members
Frontier technology for virtual health and a Pacific provider case study
11:55am - 12:15pm
Megan Barnes, NZ Business Development Manager and Sandra Cenon, Partnerships and Service Design, Speedback
Workshop session, Diagnosing and redesigning a broken patient experience
12:15pm - 12:35pm
Megan Barnes, NZ Business Development Manager and Sandra Cenon, Partnerships and Service Design, Speedback
Lunch
12:35pm - 1:20pm

AI in a clinical setting – building trust

How do innovation programs lay the clinical foundation for success?
1:20pm - 1:35pm
Dr Ryan Radecki, Senior Clinical Advisor, Health X
Guardrails, Governance, and Drop-Ins: Building Trust and Safeguarding in the Mental Health and Addiction Services (MHAS) National AI Scribe Pilot
1:35pm - 1:50pm
Dr Paul Brown, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, and Leo McIntyre, Lived Experience Lead | Kaiarahi Wheako Ora
Q&A on AI
1:50pm - 2:05pm
Dr Ryan Radecki, Dr Paul Brown, Leo McIntyre, Florian Stroehle (Hendrix Health)
Selecting apps in a clinical setting, building patient and clinician trust
2:05pm - 2:20pm
Dr Janine Bycroft, Health Navigator
Generating Tangible ROI from AI in Healthcare
2:20pm - 2:35pm
Peter Radich, Chief Digital Officer, New Zealand Health Group
Health professionals - your expertise matters!
2:35pm - 2:50pm
Carey Campbell, Chair, Nursing Midwifery Informatics Group
Q&A on AI
2:50pm - 3:05pm
Dr Janine Bycroft, Carey Campbell, Peter Radich
Presentation of the Robyn Carr Cup
3.05-3:10pm
Afternoon Tea
3:10pm - 3:35pm

Leading together in a digital health system

Bringing patients and whānau into digital health decisions
3:35pm - 3:50pm
Geneva Hakaraia-Tino, Talklink
Workshop Session: Leading through digital and AI
3:50pm - 4:40pm
Naila Naseem, Deloitte
Closing remarks
4:40pm-4.50pm