Orion Health, a profitable technology company focused exclusively on the healthcare IT market, has had over 40 per cent year-on-year growth over the past five years as it begins to reap the rewards of its global expansion.

Established in 1993, Orion Health started exporting in 1995. Today 85 per cent of its revenue comes from international sales, with its major market the USA – the largest healthcare IT market in the world. Other key markets currently are Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Spokesperson Megan Tobin-Jones says Orion Health’s application software provides clinicians and healthcare IT professionals with the tools to better manage their patients’ care and improve the quality of people’s lives. She says the company is recognised as one of the leading providers of clinical workflow and software integration technology for the healthcare sector.

Today Orion Health has more than 1,000 clients in 20 countries with customers including John Hopkins Hospital, New York State Department of Health, New South Wales Health and the New Zealand Ministry of Health. In Australia its subsidiary HealthLink operates Australasia’s largest health information network, connecting over 4,000 health organisations.

New Zealand remains an important market for Orion Health, in part because it is a nation of early technology adopters. Many of the leading edge solutions it has developed with clients in this have been successfully taken to the international market.

One of Orion Health’s most successful products is the Rhapsody™ Integration Engine which coordinates and streamlines the exchange of messages between multiple healthcare applications, databases and systems, in any format, across virtually any platform. The award-winning Rhapsody often becomes the ‘central nervous system’ of a healthcare organisation’s IT network, allowing other Orion Health applications to be introduced.

As it expands its global footprint, Orion Health has grown staff to 260 around the world, including over 150 in its Auckland office, which is responsible for all technology development.

The company also believes Orion Health’s Kiwi "can do" attitude is a key success factor for the business.

“This translates globally into an attitude of creative problem-solving and the willingness to do what it takes to get the job done for customers. Our customers are aware we are willing to go above and beyond the call of duty. We have a very high level of responsiveness and that dovetails into our product development. We are constantly looking at ways to improve our products.”

 

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