By Marc Daalder

Copyright newsroom

Health NZ has launched a new trial of third-party AI tools to transcribe and summarise recordings of patient consultations after it shuttered an in-house tool.

Tuhi, the te reo word for ‘write’, was developed by Health NZ for $150,000 in 2024 and had been trialled since November. Initial feedback was positive, according to a briefing to minister Simeon Brown, and the agency was considering expanding its use internally and potentially externally in February.