Watchdog slams Health NZ and portal provider over dark web data leak | Stuff

“My inquiry has found that there were several problems with how patient information was managed,” — Watchdog slams Health NZ and portal provider over dark web data leak | Stuff

As much as I’m not a fan of large-scale data leaks, I hope the upshot of this is some real focus from central government on our health system.

Obviously, I’ve had a fair bit of experience with this stuff in recent years, and I would say the word “system” is a bit of a misnomer in this context.

Health needs investment, and that “system” is where I think the focus should be. It’s certainly where I think we may be bleeding the most (you’re welcome), at least from a bang-for-buck perspective, but quite likely from a health outcome perspective too.