US telehealth firm HealthTap will open an Asia-Pacific office in Hamilton to help service its existing relationship with Waikato District Health Board on its pioneering SmartHealth initiative, and to promote its HealthTap Compass offering to employer groups in New Zealand.

The company has also hired former IBM and HP project manager Anita Hogan as its general manager for New Zealand. Irish-educated Ms Hogan previously ran Microsoft's cloud program in Europe.