The global health sector has historically struggled with interoperability. Open Health puts your health data into your hands and enables you to control how and with whom it is shared. Health sector innovators are using Open Health data to create digital healthcare solutions improving people’s health and wellbeing.
Open Health means more safe and equitable access to health services and helps to ensure that patients are receiving the care that they need before hospitalisation is required.
Middleware New Zealand (MWNZ) authored the Health Sector API Standards for New Zealand with Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. They are also engaged in the delivery of a Shared Digital Health Record that aims to consolidate distributed health data and publish it via secure Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) APIs.
Middleware New Zealand (MWNZ) have extensive experience in the delivery of APIs using internationally recognised standards such as FHIR®, HL7 and CDA for health data exchange. We specialise in secure and performant APIs and take pride in our position as a thought leader in the health interoperability space. We have delivered API solutions for government health agencies as well as private sector digital health providers.
Middleware New Zealand (MWNZ) can provide advice and training for both technical and non-technical teams who are looking to either start or accelerate their healthcare API journey. We can provide FHIR profiling and implementation training as well as interoperability best practice guidance such as identity and consent.
Middleware New Zealand (MWNZ) authored the Health Sector API Standards conformance testing framework, which helps to provide developers with rapid feedback on how the APIs they are delivering conform to Standards. This open source tooling can be expanded to almost any API conformance testing use case and we can provide consulting services to help you.
Health information, whist crucial for providing quality care, is often highly sensitive and should be shared only with appropriate authorization. Patients need complete control of their health record and our experience identity experience is vital when designing and building complex open health data systems. Equally, data custodians have a responsibility to protect the data they hold by implementing robust security controls. Our team can help articulate and mitigate security risks related to open health data.
Middleware New Zealand (MWNZ) representatives attend working groups such as the HL7NZ FHIR Implementation Working Group and FHIR Connectathons to provide ongoing feedback and thought leadership to the sector. We are active members of the Digital Health Association and our team regularly attend and speak at health conferences such as HiNZ Digital Health Week.