National Data Platform | January 2024

Kia ora tātou, The summer break is starting to feel like a fleeting memory as we ramp up for Stage 3 of the NDP delivery. It’s great to see everybody back at work looking refreshed as we start the new year.

The NDP core platform will be live at the end of March, and our first two data sets, Medicines Data Repository (MDR) and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment (CVDRA), are coming onboard in early May. The team are preparing for the NDP launch, and are focused on ensuring that the people, the processes, and the technology are all in place and ready as NDP opens for business.

Kari Jones, Chief Data Officer – Data Services – Te Whatu Ora

As we move toward providing a national service, we will look at how we balance out all the good work that happens in the regions today - and what that means within a national framework.

The move to a national service is creating opportunities for Data Services team members and will allow us to build on the knowledge and skills that currently exist as we stand up the platform and begin onboarding data.

Hayden Eagle from Bay of Plenty, and Prakash Yadav from the Counties Manukau will work with Kris Dunne, NDP Lead BA, to support the build team as they test the NDP in preparation for NDP go live. Mel Jiang from the National Collections Warehousing team will be supporting operationalisation of the key operating model processes that will underpin the NDP. Paul Steyn has already joined the team as the Product Owner for Alation, our new data catalogue. Stay tuned for future opportunities!

What would you like to read about in future newsletters? Send your suggestions to ndp@health.govt.nz

Introducing Paul Steyn – Alation Product Owner Alation is the data catalogue tool that will tell us what data is on the NDP, where the data came from (lineage) and what analysts will need to know about the data to make sensible use of it.

There has been a lot of interest in the Alation product and the potential that it will bring for our teams and data capability.

Essentially it is the “shop front” to the NDP and the mechanism that ensures that our customers (our data community), can find, understand, and use the data they need to be effective in their day-to-day roles.

Paul Steyn, Alation Product Owner, Data Services – Te Whatu Ora

Alation will support the NDP, and other Snowflake data platforms such as National Collections and FPIM, with Metadata Management: this includes Data Catalogue; Data Lineage; and Business Glossary capabilities.

As the product owner for Alation, Paul’s focus is to maximise the value of the Alation product and build the enterprise data catalogue capability across the Alation customer base.

To learn more about Alation, enrol in this 20-minute introductory self-paced module: Enrol here

Spotlight on Privacy Privacy has been front and centre for the team as we prepare to launch the NDP, and the NDP will be compliant with the Privacy Act and the Health Information Privacy Code.

With this in mind, we wanted to provide a spotlight on privacy skills and knowledge.

A natural starting point is the Health 101 pre quiz that is available through the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

This quiz covers some of the key concepts of the Health Information Privacy Code and will reinforce what you already know about the topic.

The next time you have 10 minutes with a cup of tea in hand, why not test yourself and see how well you know the code!

1.

Register for the Health 101: Introduction to Health Information Privacy Code (Link here: Course: Health 101: Introduction to the Health Information Privacy Code )

2.

Take the Health 101 Pre-Quiz (once you have registered you will be prompted to take the quiz which is made up of 13 questions)

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