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- Former Health Minister Chris Seymour urged Pharmac to broaden its use of artificial intelligence, citing faster data analysis and horizon-scanning.
- Pharmac currently operates 20 Microsoft Co-Pilot licences to support analytics, reporting and decision-making.
- Chairwoman Paula Bennett received Seymour’s recommendation letter earlier this month.
- Corporate Services Director Maria Robertson said patient-identifiable data is excluded from the AI tools and that the agency will start small and build over time.
