Health New Zealand’s approach to AI continues to evolve, focusing on embedding trust through ethical governance, inclusive design, and practical implementation. Emphasis is placed on integrating AI into clinical workflows, improving digital literacy, and ensuring transparency, clinical safety, sustainability and consumer consent. The talk will discuss AI initiatives that is occurring in Health New Zealand with a focus on:
- AI use cases that are ethical and clinically safe
- Mitigating bias and promoting equity in AI tools and datasets
- Overcoming the real-world barriers encountered during implementation
- Building AI readiness by strengthening digital literacy and clinical engagement across the workforce