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[Music] introducing death documents a new digital initiative for improving the dead certification process in New Zealand we have over 30,000 deaths a year and this number is expected to increase steadily from 31,000 deaths in 2016 it is highly likely that this number will exceed 40,000 by the mid 2030s and exceed 50,000 by the late 2040s when a death happens the average time it takes for the New Zealand government to receive information about it is roughly 10 days after the event this is a problem it can result in health providers sending inappropriate correspondence to bereaved families including for still births and neonatal deaths wasted clinical appointments and elective surgeries being held for deceased people as well as funding issues another problem is they're not all deaths are being registered by the Department of Internal Affairs which means we don't have an accurate register and information serving the New Zealand public but this isn't just a government problem it's full of pain points for others and the process too practitioners need to fill out several repetitive forms which is a heavy administrative task as well as the risk of misplace in paperwork funeral directors often struggle to read handwritten forms and they can spend hours running around chasing after paperwork but recently bereaved families this difficult time has made one painful with delays in the process were seeing inaccurate information printed on the death certificate the name became clear to improve this process so what is involved in the process and getting the data captured by the practitioner eventually into the death registry and mortality statistics and printed on a death certificate firstly the practitioner records details about the death including who the person was the cause of death and other circumstances about the deal next if a funeral director has been engaged they will collect the paperwork when they pick up the deceased and begin arranging the funeral and disposal if the person is to be cremated another certificate needs to be obtained permission to cremate asyou biomedical Furi they issue the certificate after reviewing the practitioners certificates a certificate from the family or next of kin and clarify any inconsistencies or questions with the certifying practitioner following disposal usually either a cremation or burial the funeral director is responsible for registering the death of Dia the inter information from the practitioner certificates information from the family and details about the disposal [Music] after this has been received in processed by dia the information is shared with the Ministry of Health to notify the health sector and be coded and entered into New Zealand mortality statistics dia and mo HSR an opportunity to significantly improve this process for everyone involved they join forces and would add across New Zealand meeting with different people involved in this process GPS palliative care doctors and hospices midwives funeral directors and farmers DHBs hospitals freestyles medical referees crematorium staff the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand and others we spent time understanding the unique roles and pain points in this process and redesigned with them what this process should look like we were continually testing gaining feedback and making improvements to the design we drill an expertise from dia and MOH and took guidance from our expert stewardship group and working group introducing death documents practitioners cannot easily complete documents on one friendly online form from anywhere with Bilt's and help and clinical guidance information is accurate and complete with a smartphone validation the information is automatically submitted to the Ministry of Health and real-time which means the nhi can be updated a notification sent to the health seek town funeral directors no longer need to physically click the forms but can conveniently retrieve them online from any mobile device and printer download these for their use and for sharing with medical referees get started today visit death Doug stop services GLBT Doan seed [Music]