Orion Health

This company begin when founder Ian McCrae and CEO of Orion Health left his role at Ernst & Young as a Business Consultant in 1992. He wanted a job which was more interesting, challenging and would be able to make a difference in the world. Internet was not used in those days. Together with people who had a similar vision, formed a consulting firm where they obtained various IT projects related to Auckland District Health Board who required computerization and to connect all hospitals. Using their ingenuity they places microwave dishes on the roof of the hospitals to facilitate data sharing. The outcome came to be a level of inter-connectedness which had not been carried out before. The benefits and savings made by interacting was huge. They started focusing on innovation where the team focus on coming up with creative ideas and the success of projects opened up pathways for many other projects locally and globally in countries such as Australia, Spain, France, USA and many more. Orion Health offices are located in 23 countries with over 1,100 employees, the company grew at a speed of approximately 30% per year and is evolving more and more in the future.

Orion Health is now a leading global provider of HIE and Healthcare integration solutions. Products and implementations which were built by this company are used by 30+ countries.

Orion health implements and provides various facilities to hospitals such as collaborative care to securely and easily exchange clinical information with other organizations, electronic health record, hospital information system and efficiency tools. Also another product called Orion health mobile for iPhone or apple devices provides complete flexibility for healthcare professionals. All these products give an outcome of increased quality, efficiency, accuracy, collaboration of data and saved costs/risks as well as improved patient safety and experience.