19 June 2019
iMoko partners with Intrahealth to expand innovative healthcare service
Digital health innovator iMOKO today announces a partnership with Intrahealth to support an expansion of virtual health
services to underserved communities across New Zealand.
iMOKO is a digital health service created by Dr Lance O’Sullivan (New Zealander of the Year 2014) to address the lack of
access to healthcare that many Maori, children and communities were suffering. The iMOKO health service has successfully
delivered over 30,000 remote consultations to children and adults across New Zealand. With the Intrahealth partnership
iMOKO is now being expanded with a new patient management system.
“The mission of iMOKO is to put control of healthcare back into the hands of people, through easy to use digital tools
and access to care where people work, live or play”, explains Evan Blackman CEO of iMOKO. “The partnership with
Intrahealth enables iMOKO to increase the number of health conditions it can treat, and further integrate with health
sector systems for more complete patient care”.
iMOKO is supporting improved health outcomes for communities from the Far North to deepest Southland. iMOKO has focused
on treating common conditions, such as skin or dental infections, and to bring care to children directly through early
childhood centres, korhanga reo and schools. Instead of waiting days or even weeks to get primary care, the iMOKO
service can provide treatment for a child in minutes, without the child having to leave the classroom.
Intrahealth New Zealand General Manager, Craig Longstaff said “the opportunity to work with such an innovative
organisation and have our solutions play a part in revolutionising health care delivery in New Zealand is incredibly
exciting.”
About iMoko
iMOKO™ is an innovative digital health service developed by Dr Lance O’Sullivan (New Zealander of the Year 2014),
utilising technology to deliver high quality basic health services with a focus on communities with high needs -
particularly Maori and vulnerable children. The centrepiece of iMOKO™ is smart software that has been developed
specifically for community-based virtual health services managed by the communities themselves.
About Intrahealth
Intrahealth supplies innovative electronic medical record software solutions to the health industry in New Zealand,
Australia and Canada. Intrahealth’s focus is on providing highly configurable, interoperable, commercial off the shelf
solutions that enable customers to innovate and integrate to provide efficient and safe care delivery.
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