EP55: Originally from the UK, Christine moved to Godzone nearly 15 years ago and has continued her passion for providing quality healthcare services through Hamilton-based roles at the Waikato District Health Board, LinkPeople and now at Pinnac

EP54: Pt 05 "eMental Health Series" - Have you heard about Loffty yet? This episode features Marshall Couper who is the CEO of Loffty and tells us all about his eMental Health solution, tech innovati

Dec 21st, 2020 53m 58s

EP54: Pt 05 "eMental Health Series" - Marshall is a long time tech entrepreneur who has turned his skills towards helping to solve problems in the mental health & addiction space, a part of the health sector that he has a specific passion about

EP53: Medtech CEO, Geoff Sayer doesn't do anything by halves and he talks with Scott about the ground-breaking launch of "ALEX" that's going to re-write the book on interoperability

Dec 8th, 2020 40m 46s

EP53: Following the recent acquisition of Medtech, Geoff has started putting into place his plans to transform the company, and along with it the primary health sector. Back in episode 39 Geoff touched on what he has up his sleeve and now we'r

EP52: Webtools Health CEO, Harry Hawke, joins Scott for this episode to talk about how they've navigated the pandemic months and where things are headed for them in the future.

Dec 7th, 2020 41m 36s

EP52: Harry, and Webtools Health, bring an entrepreneurial and innovative approach to health technology in New Zealand and increasingly off-shore as well. Harry is also a NZHIT elected board member and he talks about his own experience in heal

EP51: NZHIT Chair, Kate Reid, takes over the mic in this episode to interview Scott Arrol about the CEO's role to get some insights as he departs and the recruitment process for a replacement begins.

Nov 29th, 2020 37m 15s

EP51: Having recently announced his resignation as the CEO of NZHIT, Scott answers questions from Kate about the key components of the role to provide insights to those who might be looking at applying for the position as the NZHIT Board commen

EP50: Yah! we made it to episode 50 already and Scott's special guest for this one is Chandra Selvadurai who is the Managing Director of Pharmaco NZ and Australia.

Nov 23rd, 2020 44m 28s

EP50: To mark the 50th episode Scott's special guest is Chandra Selvadurai who is the Managing Director of Pharmaco NZ and Australia (having been with the company for 24 years in total to date). He's also a past chair of the Medical Technology

EP49: Pt 04 "eMental Health Series" - Lance Burdett, Founder & CEO of WARN International

Nov 15th, 2020 55m 46s

EP49: Covid-19 has been getting blamed for many things including the increase in mental health issues, depression and suicide but the fact is these were already trending at frighteningly high levels before the pandemic came upon us. In this ep

EP48: Scott Herschberger, National Manager, Health Metrics talks with Scott Arrol about his move to New Zealand and the digital health solutions provided by Health Metrics in this country and Australi

Nov 8th, 2020 38m 7s

EP48: Scott Herschberger originally hails from Colorado and he shares his journey to New Zealand and discusses the solutions provided by Health Metrics to the disabilities, aged care, in-home and primary care sectors in the New Zealand and Aust

EP47: "And then Covid happened....." Darren Douglass, General Manager, Digital Strategy and Investment, Data & Digital, NZ Ministry of Health

Nov 1st, 2020 43m 27s

EP47: Hot on the heels of the inaugural NZHIT Summit held on the 29th of October 2020, Darren joins Scott in this episode to talk about the disruption caused by Covid-19 especially when it comes to the plans he had for the National Health Infor

EP46: Pt 10 "Virtual-Telehealth Series" - Dr Richard Medlicott

Oct 26th, 2020 43m

EP46: This is the 10th episode in our virtual-telehealth series with Dr Richard Medlicott as Scott's guest where they discuss the challenges faced at primary care level in New Zealand when all GPs had to close their doors and "go virtual" almos

EP45: Pt 09 "Virtual-Telehealth Series" - John Sinclair is the President of Novari Health Ltd, a leading provider of virtual health solutions in Canada and Australasia shares his extensive knowledge w

Oct 18th, 2020 38m 34s

EP45: Pt 09 "Virtual-Telehealth Series". This is the 9th episode in our virtual-telehealth series and John Sinclair joins us all the way from Kingston, Ontario, Canada to discuss the uptake of telehealth in that country and their growth in Aust

EP44: Pt 08 "Virtual-Telehealth Series" - Mark Smith, General Manager of Securely a leading provider of telemonitoring and medical alarm systems and services discusses the future of healthcare with Sc

Oct 11th, 2020 48m 4s

EP44: This is the 8th episode in our telehealth series and Scott delves into Mark's extensive background and the important role Securely is playing in providing telemonitoring systems and services that enable people to live in their own homes w

EP43: Pt 03 "eMental Health Series" - Angela Lim, CEO & Co-founder of Clearhead talks about digital

Oct 4th, 2020 47m 36s

EP43: This is Part 3 of Scott's series on eMental health and how technology is being used to support the delivery of mental health & addiction services. Dr Angela Lim is on a mission to transform the way tech provides better access and reduces

EP42: Pt 07 "Virtual-Telehealth Series" - Pat Kerr, former telehealth coordinator for the NZ Telehealth Leadership Group talks about her 35 years involvement in transformational change in New Zealand

Sep 27th, 2020 49m 21s

EP42: Pat Kerr recently finished her position as telehealth coordinator for the NZ Telehealth Leadership Group having played an influential part in its formation right through to the significant role it now plays. Pat is not only a very good fr

EP41: Pt 06 "Virtual-Telehealth Series" - ED physician Dr Martyn Harvey talks about his telehealth emergency consult service based out of Hamilton, New Zealand

Sep 23rd, 2020 39m 42s

EP41: This is the 6th episode in our telehealth series of interviews and today's guest is Dr Martyn Harvey. Through his experience working in busy emergency clinics and his interest in technology and telehealth, Martyn has established Emergency

EP40: Florian Stroehle, General Manager Healthcare Accounts NZ for DXC Technology.

Sep 20th, 2020 44m 40s

EP40: You'll enjoy listening to Florian as he takes us from his decision to leave his home land of Germany, travel to Dunedin, NZ to study at Otago University right through to leading DXC's healthcare business in this country today. DXC is a ma

EP39: Geoff Sayer, MD of Acclivis Group talks with Scott about the recent acquisition of MedTech Global and his plans for the future

Sep 14th, 2020 38m 10s

EP39: Geoff doesn't do things by halves as he believes in transformation rather than preserving the status quo. Having led the acquisition process of MedTech Global, Geoff is now leading that organisation into a new future. In this episode he

EP38: Scott Arrol, CEO of NZ Health IT provides a quick update to get the week started.

Sep 13th, 2020 9m 15s

EP38: Scott shares the doubts he had when launching the Digital Health Insights podcast but got on with it anyway, announces the NZ HealthTech Opportunities Report is now fully commenced and how people can get involved, and the exciting news th

EP37: Eric Peck, co-founder and CEO of Swoop Aero talks with Scott about the amazing things they're doing with healthcare logistics using drone technology

Sep 13th, 2020 34m 16s

EP37: Based out of Melbourne, Australia; Eric talks about their work in the context of a life's mission to build the future infrastructure needed to give everyone access to on-demand healthcare. He takes us from his time as a pilot in the Austr

EP36: Natalie Yeadon, entrepreneur, founder, co-owner & MD of Impetus Digital based in Toronto, Canada joins Scott for this international episode

Sep 6th, 2020 47m 55s

EP36: It was fantastic to have Natalie as Scott's guest for this episode where she was sitting at her place in Toronto, Canada and he was in Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand Aotearoa. This followed a previous invite to join Natalie in one

EP35: Scott talks with Kathryn Jones, CEO of the Laura Ferguson Brain Injury Trust in Christchurch,

Aug 30th, 2020 34m 28s

EP35: It was such a pleasure to spend time with Kathryn doing this episode as we're ex-colleagues from Healthcare NZ days and have remained good friends ever since. Kathryn is an extraordinary health sector leader with high levels of empathy fo

EP34: "Watch this space"! James Rice, Global Sales Director for Orion Health has a 20+ year track record in digital health in New Zealand and internationally

Aug 23rd, 2020 35m 49s

EP34: Orion Health is New Zealand's leading provider of digital health solutions both nationally and internationally. In this episode James Rice talks with Scott about Orion's history and what they've been doing to position for the future that

EP33: Gabriella Laude and Sammy Choudhary talk about their experiences in coming to NZ as students

Aug 16th, 2020 47m 47s

EP33: Gabriella Laude and Sammy Choudhary talk about their experiences in coming to NZ as students and their drive to contribute

EP32: A brief update from Scott Arrol about the latest Covid-19 situation

Aug 12th, 2020 9m 48s

EP32: The Covid-19 situation has changed overnight and since Scott's most recent episode #31 so he's provided this brief update on what's happening with changes to events, the official Covid-19 website details, the importance of using the NZ co

EP31: Scott Arrol, CEO of NZ Health IT talks about the election season, collaboraction, upcoming events, pivoting and more.

Aug 9th, 2020 29m 7s

EP31: As of the 10th of August the NZ election season has started with the next 6 weeks being the lead-up to the general election on the 19th of September. Scott talks about this, the development of the NZ HealthTech Opportunities Report, not