Wellington expansion of global New Zealand health innovator will enhance customer relationships and leverage employment opportunities

Wellington New Zealand– 13 March 2006 - Orion Systems International, provider of applications and tools that integrate and enhance existing healthcare information systems, announces its expansion within New Zealand, as it opens a Wellington office.

The move will enable the innovative company to enhance its relationships with some of its closest and most significant New Zealand customers, including the District Health boards that form the central region and the Ministry of Health, as well as attract top talent from the capital city.

“Orion strives to continuously improve our service and takes pride in our customer focus,” says Rick Rainey, Orion Australasian Regional Manager.

Wellington is home to many of our valued customers and we believe this office will enable us to exceed their service expectations and keep us on the path of continuous innovation.”

Additionally the new office is also the catalyst in establishing a research relationship with Victoria University.

“This is an extraordinary opportunity for top Victoria students to work on research projects alongside Orion, a leading health information systems innovator. We have one project underway and are hopeful of developing more,” says Dr Peter Komisarczuk, Senior Lecturer in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at Victoria University.

A leading global company with offices in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and Spain, Orion’s corporate and research and development headquarters are currently located in Auckland.

The company attracts high-level talent globally, with over 200 employees worldwide. The Wellington office will also house a key development group, enabling the company to take advantage of highly skilled Wellington IT talent.

“As a company, we have grown significantly,” adds Rainey.

This new facility will enable us to keep pace with that growth, and demonstrates Orion’s long term commitment to New Zealand.”

We are constantly on the look out for quality business and information technology (IT) industry professionals, and this move gives us access to the skills and experience that Wellington’s IT talent pool offers,” says Rainey.

About Orion Systems International
Orion Systems International’s easy-to-use applications and tools integrate and enhance existing healthcare information systems and deliver secure, universal access to information. The innovative company delivers an end-to-end information technology (IT) integration platform that brings together clinical content to improve clinician effectiveness and the quality of patient care.

Orion's partners include leading health and IT vendors such as Oracle Corporation, Philips Medical Systems, LogicaCMG, Hewlett Packard, McKesson, and Sierra Systems. Orion also has more than 1,000 clients worldwide including Johns Hopkins Hospital, New York State Department of Health, Central Washington Hospital, CDC and many more. More information can be found at www.orionhealth.com.