It was the cybersecurity scare at Waikato DHB that dominated our most-read articles for the year, and the incident continued to make headlines in the following weeks and months. The saga of the build and roll out of the National Immunisation Solution was also top of mind, as was the controversy that followed it.

Medtech’s brand new Application Layer EXchange (ALEX) platform was also keenly watched as more vendors signed on. Medtech’s huge footprint in primary care in New Zealand means people sit up and take notice when it rolls out something as new – and potentially revolutionary – as this FHIR-based initiative, and our readership figures proved pertinent.