The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) will provide $NZ100,000 towards an ongoing pilot of former New Zealander of the Year Lance O'Sullivan's iMOKO app, which enables the remote diagnosis of skin infections in schoolchildren.

Dr O'Sullivan, a GP in the far north town of Kaitaia, has been developing iMOKO for a couple of years. The app was runner-up in the active project category of the Clinicians' Challenge awarded at HiNZ last year.