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01  /   The Concept

Health software management systems

It was established in 1993 by founder and CEO Ian McCrae.  His entry into the health software industry began in 1992 when he left his role as a telecommunications consultant with Ernst & Young to form a consulting firm which developed software packages and solutions. McCrae eventually took a majority interest in a spinoff company, which was subsequently renamed Orion Systems, and then Orion Health when it exited all its non-health businesses

 

It has made Healthcare Informatics' annual rankings of the top 100 healthcare IT vendors in the USA on numerous occasions. 

01  /  The Outcome

Success for Orion

In 2007, it received investment from Pioneer Capital’s first NZVIF-backed venture capital fund.  Stephen Tindall’s K1W1 is also an investor. 

It quickly became a company with significant prospects.  It has made Healthcare Informatics' annual rankings of the top 100 healthcare IT vendors in the USA on numerous occasions.  It was also named a winner in the 2008 Red Herring Asia top 100 award for technology companies.

The company is now a global operation with its systems being used by hundreds of thousands of clinicians.  It has offices in North America, the UK, Europe, Australia, Japan and South East Asia, over 1000 employees, and annual revenues of over $150 million.  In October 2014, it confirmed plans to list on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges.