|
Clinical Consulting
The Clinical
Consultants at Orion Health are a team of practicing physicians
with worldwide expertise in healthcare organizations, healthcare
processes, and health informatics.
Orion Health's Clinical Consultants are all qualified
healthcare professionals who understand the real problems
faced by physicians and healthcare managers planning and
implementing information technology in a healthcare environment.
Our Clinical Consultants offer the following
professional services:
- Design and Implementation Consulting
- Ensuring Orion Health's clinical solutions
meet your healthcare organization's objectives
- Ensuring maximum physician buy in using
proven implementation methodologies
- Assistance with Patient Privacy, Security
and Confidentiality
- "Clinical Champion" programs
to increase staff awareness and buy-in for physician information
systems
- Assisting organizations and their physicians
in determining their clinical information system strategy
- Business process mapping and user requirements
analysis
- Facilitate exchange of information,
ideas, and experiences between our customers
Clinical Information Systems for Healthcare
Organizations
We have domain expertise in:
- Hospital Clinical Information Systems
- Regional Electronic Health Records
- Integrated Care
- Disease Management/Clinical Pathways
- Computerized Practitioner Order Entry
- Pan-Community Health Solutions
- Cancer Information Systems
Clinical Workflow Analysis / Design
- Change Management Strategies
- Implications of new physician information
systems for healthcare organizations
- Value Assessment
Orion Health can assist with the following:
- Design of the solution's clinical architecture
- Mapping of any supporting Business Processes
Clinical Consultants
The Clinical Consulting team are regular
presenters at conferences around the world such as HIMSS,
TEPR, HIC, HINZ, E-Health, Healthcare Computing and TEHRE,
and are also active participants in standards development
with organizations such as HL7. Members of the team are
also university lecturers to Health Informatics diplomas/degrees.
Orion Health has Clinical Consultants based worldwide,
including in North America, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
 |
Dr Chris Hobson - BMedSci, MB,ChB
Otago, DipHInf, FRNZCGP
Clinical Director (North America)
Dr Chris Hobson is a clinical consultant
for Orion Health based in North America, having been closely
involved in several successful projects for Orion Health
in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Dr Hobson has
special interests in the Orion Health solutions for Integrated
Care, Disease Management and Clinical Decision Support.
Prior to joining Orion Health, Dr Hobson
was a Business Development Manager (Information Technology
and Integrated Care) for Counties Manukau District
Health Board (Auckland, NZ). He has ten years experience
as a family physician and six years of hospital medicine
and academic research in Auckland. He was founding
Chair of the New Zealand HL7 Health Users Group and
is a member of the ASTM E13 Health Informatics Committee.
|
 |
Angela de Zwart - MPH, RGON
Clinical Consultant
Angela is a specialist healthcare
consultant with Orion Health, based in Auckland. Angela has
a background in ED nursing, Public Health research
and clinical information systems implementation. Prior
to joining Orion Health, Angela worked as a Project Leader
for the implementation of clinical information systems
at Waitemata District Health Board. Angela has a Masters
degree in Public Health from the University of Auckland
and is a Registered Nurse.
|
|