In the health arena, health data sharing is often discussed from the perspectives of an enterprise or clinician. However, examining data sharing through a nursing lens is also imperative. Nurses use critical thinking to understand and plan for the needs of the whole patient, not just their immediate medical issues. So, prioritising nurses access to high-quality and real-time patient health information is critical in supporting them. The interoperability regulations for Health Information Exchange (HIE) platforms aim to accelerate broad-based healthcare data sharing and appropriate information ..read more

The goal of healthcare organisations is to improve clinical outcomes and the quality of life for individuals. Improving an individual’s health has the flow-on effect of improving the health of the population at large, which can help lower the financial costs associated with running a healthcare system. Today, many healthcare organisations still have legacy IT systems or systems that cannot communicate with each other. This reduces the ability to provide clinicians with timely, accurate access to information, which helps them make more informed clinical decisions. Also, the wealth of data produ ..read more

The Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) Digital Health Summit took place in Brisbane on the 28 and 29 April, 2022. The purpose of the Summit Series is to bring states and territories back together after a fragmented year, to repair and restore healthcare at the local level. The Summit series kicked off in February in Melbourne, with Brisbane being the second city. Orion Health will continue to be proud Platinum Sponsor at both the Perth and Sydney events. The Brisbane Summit’s theme was “Keeping it real” with a focus on real improvements to digital health across Queensland.  ..read more

Imagine being able to click your fingers and answer many of the challenges facing health systems today. If we could reduce ED admissions by increasing accessibility, it would decrease health worker stress, and we would ultimately have healthier and happier communities. Whilst clicking our fingers isn’t the answer, perhaps an overhaul in the way we approach providing healthcare coupled with innovative technology that unlocks preventative, proactive and predictive people-centred healthcare is. What’s missing from population health? When it comes to successfully delivering healthcare, information ..read more

Leah’s Orion Health journey began in 2006 as a graduate when she worked as a Proposal Coordinator. She started in Auckland and had several managers as she progressed from pre-sales to documentation and then to a more technical position. Leah then moved to London where she worked as an implementation consultant for about seven years. She now works as a Senior Implementation Consultant for the HCS team in Christchurch. Which project(s) that you have worked on have you enjoyed the most? Unfortunately, my memory is not great for these sorts of things, so my favourite project is one that I’m curren ..read more

Arguably the biggest challenge facing healthcare is the continually rising frustrations from consumers around the way they access and interact with the health system. These expectations are based on the way consumers use digital services like online banking. To address this, healthcare needs an equivalent. Is a Digital front door (DFD) the answer?  This blog series looks at how a DFD can change the way consumers engage with their healthcare, and explores use cases of a single mother engaging with the difficulties of our current health system. 1. Is technology the answer to consumers’ heal ..read more

As we approach the end of the year, here’s a recap on topics our audience loved reading the most. Introducing our top most popular blogs for 2021.  Leading the way is HL7 and our FHIR series – there will be more on this topic next year. Clinician burnout has been a major issue this year, especially with the pandemic, so easing that burden was top of mind with our customers. Lastly, we have our Digital Front Door, which is now the future of healthcare, and the importance of social determinants of health. What is HL7 and why does healthcare need it? Health Level Seven (HL7) is a set of in ..read more

The COVID outbreak has presented a multitude of challenges for both patients and healthcare providers. It put a great burden on the global healthcare ecosystem, and the speed at which the virus can spread has only placed a greater emphasis on the need for healthcare providers to have real-time, accurate data at the point of care.  Health Information Exchanges (HIE) play an essential role in aggregating and disseminating data to give local hospitals, public health officials and healthcare providers a better understanding of the virus’ spread and the patients being tested and treated.  ..read more

Healthcare professionals in Australia are constantly segmenting what is important and urgent when it comes to reviewing patient data. But due to the volumes and different types of patient data they are presented with on a daily basis, they can be overloaded and have difficulty segmenting. This can lead to mistakes.  Take for instance, Dr Chris Hobson, our very own Chief Medical Officer, who shares his personal perspective from having been a clinician for 20 years. Chris states that one of the biggest challenges he faced, along with other healthcare professionals, is clinician cognitive bu ..read more

Current landscape of private hospitals in AU Australia’s healthcare system is one of the most competent services in the world, making use of world-class facilities, leading research institutes and skilled specialists. As a result, Australia is often at the forefront of medical advances and care.  Here, public healthcare consists of a network of public hospitals, medical clinics and practices that are supported by government funding. Services such as ER and A&E can be accessed for free or a subsidised fee through Medicare.  Private hospitals in Australia function as an extension o ..read more