HL7 are delighted to announce that an updated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Health Information Standards Organisation (HISO) of the Ministry of Health was signed on 1st October 2021.

The MoU exists to recognise the respective roles of both organisations and the ways in which they can work together to use standards for the good of interoperability in the New Zealand health and disability system, and to play our part in the international standards community,

Congratulations to HL7 New Zealand Chair Peter Jordan for being re-elected as an Affiliate Director on the HL7 International Board for a further two-year term. Peter has also been elected, as an Affiliate Representative, to the recently formed HL7 International Terminology Services Management Group.

You can view the recently signed MOU between HL7NZ and HISO, by clicking here.