Paris, France Hpital Expo Since its introduction in France at the end of 2005, nearly fifteen French university and community hospitals of various sizes, both public and private have ordered Agfa's ORBIS, the leading comprehensive hospital and clinical IT-system that manages the entire patients flow through all departments. Through its workflow based technology, ORBIS integrates the medication flow, the ordering and reporting of examinations, scheduling, patient flow and medical documentation.

ORBIS Serves Public Projects in France
In view of the major stakes in Public Health, France has started several development projects of unprecedented size in order to successfully achieve the necessary reforms, such as DMP (Dossier Mdical Personnel - Electronic Patient Record), Plan Cancer and Nouvelle Gouvernance Hospitalire (New Hospital Governance). All of these projects require multidisciplinary information systems which can deliver resource and patient data sharing between all players in the care process. Healthcare Information Systems are undeniably the key to success for each of these ambitious projects and all of the decision makers expect a considerable return on investment. Today more than ever, health institutions need solutions which combine expertise and innovation.


Bringing ORBIS to the French market, with its proven European track record, will contribute to a substantial improvement in the quality of care. With more than 700 reference sites, ORBIS already has played a leading role in the development of the hospital reform in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 1996. ORBIS connects the various players in the care process via a resource and workflow management solution which consolidates patient medical information and delivers increased efficiency and effectiveness.

ORBIS Benefits Users and Patients
ORBIS is developed and implemented by doctors and nurses which allows for a patient centered workflow approach which is one of the key success factors of ORBIS. To users, it offers the advantage of having immediate access to information without having to adapt to the system and change current ways of working. For patients, this approach improves the quality of care due to the availability of more relevant information, in the right place, at the right time, and results in shorter waiting times because it anticipates the care flow of patients.

The system was featured recently at Hpital Expo - Intermedica 2006, the biennial congress that brings together all players in the French Health sector.

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