Health system needs urgent productivity overhaul, says engineering professor

Health system needs urgent productivity overhaul, says engineering professor
Distinguished professor Geoff Chase with Tiro Medical CEO Jessica Fitzjohn. (Image: University of Canterbury)
Greg Hurrell
New Zealand needs to urgently improve productivity in healthcare if the system is to remain affordable in the near future, according to a US-born academic.Geoff Chase is a distinguished professor of engineering at the University of Canterbury. He was one of seven category winners at the 12th annual KiwiNet awards for science commercialisation, held in Auckland on Oct 9. He picked up the BNZ Researcher Entrepreneur award.Chase said healthcare was one of two sectors that had been left behind by the productivity gains from computing and autom...

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