'An obscene waste of money' - Orion boss criticises govt's Covid-19 vaccination IT delivery - a podcast by RNZ

The boss of a global health information company is calling out the government over its slow delivery of essential IT to scale up the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, saying it should have been finished months ago.
On Tuesday the Director General of Health told Checkpoint getting the critical computer networks up and running for the mass immunisation programme is a "herculean task".
An audit has identified gaps in the information technology needed to deliver the immunisation programme with a nationwide booking system still only in a trial stage, meaning some regions are using pen and paper or standard spreadsheet software.
Orion Heath chief executive Ian McCrae told Checkpoint there is no excuse for it taking so long.

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