Healthcare IT News September 5, 2024
It prioritises mitigating risks posed by some 30 legacy and end-of-life payroll systems.
New Zealand’s unused contingency funds for digital health projects have been diverted to resolve issues in healthcare payroll systems.
Based on recently disclosed government documents, the government decided early this year to tap the contingency funds under the “Data and Digital Foundations and Innovation” initiative to pay for “roster to payroll stabilisation.”
“[S]tabilising payroll systems has emerged as a risk that will require immediate investment. Investment may be required to address payroll systems that will reach [their] end of life within the next 18 months,” it said.
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