NEW ZEALAND HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE
About NZHIS
- Overview and Structure
- NZHIS Purpose, Vision and Mission Statement
- NZHIS Value Chain
- The Four Cornerstones of NZHIS
- Values Base
- NZHIS Management Team
- Business Plan
- Where we are
- Contacts
- Employment
Overview and Structure
The New Zealand Health Information Service (NZHIS) is a Business Unit group within the Information Directorate (ID) of the Ministry of Health. NZHIS is one of three information related business units within ID that also includes Health Payments, Agreements and Compliance (HealthPAC) – a claims and processing unit, and Information Technology Services (ITS) – an internal technology service provider.
Within NZHIS there is the Group Manager’s office and four core Business as Usual sections:
- Health Information Strategy and Policy (HISP)
- Clinical Coding Services (CCS)
- Data Management Services (DMS)
- Business Intelligence Unit (BIU).
There is also a considerable project portfolio running at any given point in time. A dedicated Programme Management Office (PMO) provides independent oversight to assist NZHIS with project management. The secretariat services to the ministerial advisory committee, Health Information Strategy Action Committee (HISAC) also reports into NZHIS. The formal structure is illustrated in the figure below:
The key roles and responsibilities of NZHIS can best be categorised into the ‘Four Cornerstones’ of NZHIS, which are as listed below:
- NZHIS ‘Business as Usual’ (BAU) – maintaining service levels
- NZHIS ‘Portfolio of Projects’
- NZHIS Role in the ‘Health Information Strategy for New Zealand’ (HIS-NZ)
- NZHIS Role in ‘National Systems Development Programme' (NSDP).
NZHIS Purpose, Vision and Mission Statement
The purpose of NZHIS is to support improved health and disability outcomes in New Zealand through:
- ensuring effective governance of national health and disability sector information and systems
- providing policy advice, strategic leadership and direction with regards to the health information services environment
- delivering value through the robust management of national health and disability.
NZHIS Value Chain
The NZHIS Value Chain aims to visually represent and demonstrate the model that enables NZHIS to add value to the New Zealand health and disability sector. The model highlights how NZHIS business sections and processes are structured to help meet key NZHIS key roles and responsibilities for the strategy, policy, collection, management and dissemination of health information in the NZ health and disability sector.
The Four Cornerstones of NZHIS
The concept of ‘The Four Cornerstones of NZHIS’ has been introduced to discuss the key roles and responsibilities of NZHIS. The four cornerstones are as listed below, and subsequently discussed in more detail in this section:
- NZHIS ‘Business as Usual’ (BAU) – maintaining service levels
- NZHIS ‘Portfolio of Projects’
- NZHIS Role in the ‘Health Information Strategy for New Zealand’ (HIS-NZ)
- NZHIS Role in ‘National Systems Development Programme' (NSDP).
In addition, a visual depiction of the Four Cornerstones is provided in the conceptual model below, to help portray the linkages to the NZHIS structure and management of national health and disability information.
Ministry of Health Values Base
As the Minister’s principal agent and advisor on health and disability services, the Ministry of Health seeks to continuously improve the quality of what we do and how we do it. To assist in this pursuit, the Ministry has some high-level value statements to which NZHIS also aspires, including:
- Knowledge based - accurate data and information, organisational memory, and improvement focused
- People centred - participation, appropriateness, support, partnerships, receptive to needs of people, and service ethic
- System minded - efficiency, monitoring, enhancements, and accountability.
NZHIS Values Base
As individuals and teams of people working together to achieve the NZHIS vision of ‘Leading Health Information in New Zealand’, NZHIS personnel will undertake best endeavours to reflect the high-level values of the wider Ministry of Health.
In addition to the Ministry-level values, NZHIS has identified several culture and value priorities during planning workshops that we will continue to work on. One area in particular that has been identified as significantly important relates to the NZHIS work environment and how we value our people.
NZHIS Management Team
Brendan Kelly
Acting Group Manager, NZHIS
& Chief Advisor, Health Information Strategy & Policy (HISP)
Peter Aagaard
Senior Advisor to GM
Group Managers Office (GMO).
Tracey Vandenberg
Manager
Clinical Coding Services (CCS).
Alicia Webb
Acting Manager
Data Management Services (DMS).
Debra Keylard
Manager
Business Intelligence Unit (BIU).
Ted Cizadlo
Chief Analyst
Group Managers Office (GMO).
Adrian Hendry
Manager
NZHIS Business Integration.
Arianna Rolleston
Personal Assistant to GM NZHIS
NZHIS Management Team Secretariat.
Business Plan
Click here to view the NZHIS 06–07 Business Plan (PDF, 1.4 MB).
Click here to view the BIU 06–07 Business Plan (PDF, 732 KB).
Click here to view the CCS 06–07 Business Plan (PDF, 158 KB).
Where we are
NZHIS is located at
133 Molesworth Street,
Wellington 6011.
Our postal address is
PO Box 5013,
Wellington 6011.
Contacts within NZHIS
Reception:
phone (04) 496 2000, fax (04) 496 2340
Group Manager:
Brendan Kelly
Acting Group Manager, NZHIS
phone (04) 816 3351, fax (04) 816 2899
e-mail brendan_kelly@nzhis.govt.nz
Cancer Registry:
Susan Hanna
Team Leader, Cancer Registry
phone (04) 816 3334, fax (04) 816 2897
e-mail susan_hanna@nzhis.govt.nz
Clinical Advisory:
Vladimir Stevanovic
Team Leader, Clinical Advisory
phone (04) 816 2858, fax (04) 816 2898
e-mail vladimir_stevanovic@nzhis.govt.nz
Clinical Coding Services:
Tracey Vandenberg
Manager, Clinical Coding Services
phone (04) 816 3307, fax (04) 816 2897
e-mail Tracey_Vandenberg@nzhis.govt.nz
Health Workforce Data:
Analytical Services
e-mail workforce@nzhis.govt.nz
National Systems - Compliance:
Operations Team
phone 0800 505 125, fax (04) 816 2899
e-mail operations@nzhis.govt.nz
National Systems - Data Quality:
Angela Pidd
Team Leader, Data Quality
phone (04) 816 2805, fax (04) 816 2899
e-mail angela_pidd@nzhis.govt.nz
National Systems - New Connections:
Operations Team
phone 0800 505 125, fax (04) 816 2899
e-mail operations@nzhis.govt.nz
National Systems - Problems:
Operations Team
phone 0800 505 125, fax (04) 816 2899
e-mail operations@nzhis.govt.nz
NHI Access:
Operations Team
phone 0800 505 125, fax (04) 816 2899
e-mail operations@nzhis.govt.nz
NHI Number Merges:
NHI Data Analysts, Data Management Services
phone (04) 816 2821 or 816 2824, fax (04) 816 2899
e-mail DataManagementServices@nzhis.govt.nz
Products and Services:
Analytical Services
phone (04) 816 2870, fax (04) 816 2898
e-mail inquiries@nzhis.govt.nz
Publications:
Publications Officer
phone (04) 816 2870, fax (04) 816 2898
e-mail nzhis-pub@nzhis.govt.nz
Requests for health data:
Analytical Services
phone (04) 816 2870, fax (04) 816 2898
e-mail inquiries@nzhis.govt.nz
Web site:
Webmaster
phone (04) 816 2880, fax (04) 816 2898
e-mail webmanager@moh.govt.nz
Employment
NZHIS is a business unit of the Ministry of Health. All job vacancies, and the Ministry’s recruitment policies, procedures and information, may be found on the Ministry of Health web site at www.moh.govt.nz/vacancies.