New Zealand's Southern District Health Board went live this week with the Health Connect South shared hospital records system, which will also provide hospital clinicians with a view of the HealthOne electronic shared care record for primary care.

Southern DHB chief medical officer Nigel Millar told the Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2016) in Melbourne this week that the roll out meant four of the five South Island DHBs were now hooked up to the system, which is accessible through the Orion Health clinical workstation used in each hospital.