Orion Health inks deal to purchase Microsoft's eHealth assets Health Care IT News 17th October 2011

Patient check-in moves to the iPad Health Care IT News 18th August 2011

Ford looks to introduce health, wellness apps to its cars Health Care IT News 19th May 2011

National Programme for IT in the NHS in trouble ehi Acute 18th May 2011

RFID trial revised Stuff - Technology 15 th March 2011

Health Ministry spending $13.9m on database Stuff - Technology 14 th February 2011

Electronic prescribing sways staff Otago Daily Times 31 st January 2011.

Welcome

Welcome to the Health Informatics Programme, a multi-disciplinary post-graduate teaching and research programme attached to the Department of Information Science at the University of Otago, New Zealand. This site has been developed as an information resource describing the objectives of the program and the teaching and research carried out by its staff and students.

For brief overview of Health Informatics, check out the item in Wikipedia about Health informatics. We also have a presence on Wikiversity.

For a comprehensive index of Health Informatics/Medical Informatics resources, go to Health Informatics World Wide - New Zealand.

We are affiliated with a UN sanctioned task force.
We have received WHO grants and fellowships.

Health Informatics at Otago

For more information about Health Informatics at Otago, and an application form for admission to the Post Graduate Diploma in Health Informatics follow this link.

Disclaimer

The University of Otago makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information provided on its web pages. However, the matters covered, including the availability and structure of courses, are subject to regular review and no warranty or representation can be provided regarding the accuracy of such information, and the University does not accept liability for any losses or damage arising directly or indirectly from reliance on the information..