Electronic Medical Consultation: A New Zealand Perspective

The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy consultation round: an open submission to the Ministry of Health.

Excise, electronic cigarettes and nicotine reduction to reduce smoking prevalence in New Zealand by 2025.

Determinants of Innovation Adoption in Small to Medium-sized Enterprises in New Zealand: an Electronic Commerce Capability Model

Recent research suggests that information systems (IS) and electronic commerce could provide significant opportunities to the small business sector to overcome various technological, organisational, managerial and environmental deficiencies. Existing e-Commerce research in small business is mostly exploratory in nature and lacks the presence of an endorsing theoretical framework, which this pap...

PHARMAC responds on long-acting insulin analogues.

PHARMAC aims to ensure fair allocation of funding across competing new medicines, and must ensure appropriate targeting of medicines to get best value for money. For this reason, our processes for assessing new pharmaceutical funding applications are necessarily diligent. PHARMAC’s process involves both expert clinical review, negotiation with suppliers, consultation with the health sector, and...

Recent changes in cigarette packaging in New Zealand may continue to mislead smokers.

The New Zealand Commerce Commission is currently undertaking an enquiry into the terms “light” and “mild” on tobacco products. This is an important issue from a public health and a consumer rights perspective. However, we fear that focusing only on the descriptor as a potentially misleading method of communicating about the product to consumers is inadequate, and that the review should encompas...