Abstract

The World Health Organisation considers that digital health can play a vital role in strengthening health systems, including increasing equity in access to health services; however, to realise the benefits of digital health this subject needs to be included in nursing education. In New Zealand the recent establishment of the centralised Te Pūkenga Institute of Skills and Technology allows for the creation of a common unified curriculum for entry to nursing programmes among the community-based tertiary education providers. Expertise to advise on the digital health component of the curriculum was sought from the New Zealand nursing and midwifery informatics group and this group's contribution is reported here. Delays in implementing the new curriculum means that by the end of 2023 no students had yet graduated, and evaluating their success, combined with research into the students' preparedness for working in a digital health environment is recommended.

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