Orion Health Signs Partnership Agreement with PSC Inc. in Japan
Auckland, New Zealand, Friday 17th June 2011 - Orion Health K.K. a global leader inhealthcare IT, has signed a partnership agreement with PSC Inc, a Japanese company thatspecializes in diagnosis imaging filing systems and electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
Ian McCrae, CEO, Orion Health, says "Orion Health is expanding into the Japanese market
by identifying and working closely with key strategic partners who can combine their own
products and healthcare IT expertise with our products to deliver world class solutions.
“PSC has realised the value in embracing Orion Health’s solution, offering it to existingcustomers and using it alongside their own products to create new and exciting regional
solutions for new customers. We are very excited by the opportunities that this partnershippresents.”
Like the rest of the world, Japan is faced with an increase in healthcare demand and cost.
Governments and health organizations are pressed to optimise the way they share, move anduse clinical data to improve both their business and the welfare of their patient’s health. The
growth of regional and national initiatives in Japan has increased demand for a flexible,
robust and secure solution for sharing increasing volumes of information between healthcareorganizations.
Mr. Aibara, CEO of PSC Inc. says the “improvement of electronic health records (EHR) is
critical to ensure that all patients receive the full benefit of fair and quality medical services.
We believe Orion Health products are the best to achieve this.”
He continues “Orion Health is a world leading company in EHR. In addition to products andtechnologies, there are also many aspects of corporate philosophy by which we can relate toeach other. We are most honored to have such a partnership with Orion Health.“Under the deal, PSC Inc, who recently listed on the JASDAQ, is authorised to distribute Orion
Health Rhapsody Integration Engine, Hospital and EHR software throughout Japan.
With Orion Health’s global experience in the EHR space and PSC’s repute in Japan, thepartnership is a significant opportunity for both companies to provide expertise to the healthcare sector in Japan.
Orion Health will be exhibiting at the HIMSS Asia Pacific Conference in Melbourne, Australia
from 20th-23rd September this year.
About Orion Health Ltd.
Orion Health™ is the leading EHR solution provider with expertise in clinical workflow andintegration technology for the healthcare sector. Orion Health’s easy-to-use solutions andapplications improve patient care and clinical decision making by enabling the exchange ofhealthcare information among disparate systems and providing integrated health data in asingle, unified view. By extending existing healthcare information systems, the Orion Health
Rhapsody™ Integration Engine, and workflow solutions provide healthcare workers with easy
access to patient data and trends, and reduce errors and omissions by streamlininginformation transfer.
Worldwide, Orion Health has deployed solution to health information communities involving
over 35 million patients with hundreds of thousands of active clinical users including flagshipsolutions such as Maine’s HealthInfoNet, Alberta Health Services and Spain’s IB Salut. Orion
Health’s partners include leading health system integrators and IT vendors. Orion Health has
more than 1,000 clients around the world, including Lahey Clinic, Ochsner Health System,
Ministry of Health Holding Singapore, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NHS
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Healthboard, Alaska eHealth Network, and the New Zealand
Ministry of Health. Orion Health is a preferred Canada Health Infoway Solution. Moreinformation can be found at http://www.orionhealth.com.

About PSC Inc.
PSC Inc is a software development company that specializes in diagnosis imaging filingsystems and EMR systems in healthcare. The flagship imaging filling system has been
adopted in more than 40% of public university hospitals. PSC’s products are widely used fromlarge hospitals to small clinics in Japan. For further information please visit: http://hos.ne.jp/