Orion Health Enters Japanese Healthcare Technology Market; Announces Alliance with NIWS Medical System Co. Ltd.

Rhapsody Integration Engine Pivotal Part of NIWS' Medical Information System

Auckland, New Zealand - 9 August 2006 Orion Health, a leading provider of clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector, today announces their alliance with NIWS Medical System Co. Ltd, a leading Japanese systems integration and IT provider. NIWS will add Orion Health's Rhapsody™ Integration engine to their HAL - I, complete turn key medical information systems for hospitals.

The introduction of Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) and the comprehensive payment system to Japanese hospitals has forced organizations to review their management efficiency and framework for delivering medical treatment. The importance of medical information systems that process sales, costs and profits that have a major impact on medical institution management is steadily increasing.

"The Japanese Healthcare technology market is comprised of over 9,000 hospitals and valued at an estimated at $256 billion USD," said Rick Rainey, Orion Health Regional Director, Asia Pacific. "NIWS' reputation of quality innovation and strong business ethics makes us proud to be their partner."

"Medical IT is a growing field for our company and our alliance partners must provide proven solutions that meet the high quality standards our customers are accustomed to," said Hiroyuki Mashita, Vice President of NIWS Medical System Co. Ltd. "Orion Health's technologies are recognized as best-of-breed solutions throughout the healthcare industry."

Orion Health's Rhapsody Integration Engine is the number one healthcare integration engine as reported by KLAS, a US-based research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of information technology vendors in the healthcare field. Rhapsody's integration with proprietary systems and support of integration standards will help NIWS minimize implementation time for healthcare providers.

HAL-I is a comprehensive medical information system that is used by large-scale medical institutions, is the latest software package with various functions that are critical to managing medical institutions.

In Asia Pacific, Orion Health is currently implementing the largest health information network in New South Wales, Australia, which will serve 6.5 million consumers when completely rolled out.

About Orion Health
Orion Health'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 Health'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 http://www.orionhealth.com.

About NIWS Medical System Co., Ltd.
NIWS Medical System Co., Ltd. is a 100%-owned subsidiary of NIWS Co. HQ Ltd. and has been established to oversee the medical information systems domain, where the NIWS Group focuses its efforts. NIWS Medical System Co., Ltd. offers superior medical information software, Japanese and foreign, in combination with the core, integrated medical information system package "HAL-I Web Edition".

Please visit http://www.niws-ms.co.jp for details.

About NIWS Group
NIWS Group primarily provides solutions for the creation of information systems with business server systems for financial and medical institutions. Highly skilled systems engineers and aggressive business development enabled NIWS Group to achieve high growth since its establishment in July 1992. In recent years, the Group has newly entered the medical business and strengthened the management system of its data centers. As the decision-making organization of the entire Group, the holding company NIWS Co. HQ Ltd. aims at improving management speed and transparency, and has established a stockholder-oriented management system. The Group companies include NIWS Co., Ltd. which develops the financial organization-related business, NIWS Financial Engineering Group, Inc. which develops the financial consulting business, NIWS Medical System Co., Ltd. which develops the medical information systems business, NIWS SE Co., Ltd. in charge of the overall development of the financial and medical business, and BicNIWS Co., Ltd. which handles the data center business and the Java development center business.

Please visit http://www.niwsco.co.jp for details.