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Health Navigator NZ was officially launched at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Conference in Wellington on the 11th September, 2009 by Dr Jonathan Fox.

• Read about us in the NZ Doctor
• Also featured in the Ministry of Health blog site MinHealth 21 Sept 2009
• Below is the brief overview published in the e-PULSE (RNZCGP weekly newsletter)
• Presentation at the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners Conference, Wellington, Sept 09

Health Navigator Website
Health Navigator NZ is a community based, non-profit project commenced by a group of GPs, nurses and allied health professionals for our colleagues and patients. The project is being led by the Health Navigator Charitable Trust in collaboration with a range of partner organisations including Heart Foundation (NZ), Asthma Respiratory NZ, SPARC, Mental Health Foundation, Arthritis NZ, Diabetes NZ, Webhealth and local District Health Boards. Their key aim is to link all the key health resources together and develop an online gateway or portal that will simplify the process of finding educational resources, tools and quality tested health information that will support and enable individuals and their whanau to manage their health and long-term conditions more effectively in partnership with their healthcare team. A further aim is to develop a useful resource for health providers with a focus on improving chronic care, self management support, evidence-based care, reducing health inequalities, continual quality improvement and improving health outcomes. The website can be viewed at www.healthnavigator.org.nz and was launched at the RNZCGP Conference on 11th Sept.

Publications or Presentations

Bycroft, J. Boyd, MA, Tracey, J. McLachlan A, Kukler B, Smith R, Rayner W, Latham V. Health Navigator NZ: Improving Health: A trusted website people can come back to. Presentation, Royal NZ College of GPs Conference, Wellington, Sept 2009. http://www.conference.co.nz/files/1210%20-%20Janine%20Bycroft2.pdf

Honey, M. Bycroft J. Tracey J, Boyd MA, McLachlan A.  Health Navigator web portal: Quality processes as an enabler. Poster, Health Informatics NZ Conference, Rotorua, 30 September, 2009 

Health Navigator Website – brief overview in e-PULSE, Royal NZ College of GPs newsletter, 22 September, 2009, (link)  

Health Navigator – article in MinHealth, 21 September, 2009. (Online blog providing evidence, resources and news from the Ministry of Health Library) (Link)  http://minhealth.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/health-navigator/

McMillan, V. New patient information website. Daily News, New Zealand Doctor, 8 September, 2009 http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news?article=9b23c9e8-032e-452f-88c1-077191e4f74d