Orion shares jump 9% after US contract

ORION Health says it is in a syndicate that will provide off-the-shelf electronic health record software for the US Department of Defense.

ORION Health shares have jumped nine per cent after saying it was part of a group that won a US Department of Defense contract to help modernise its healthcare data system.

ORION says it is the "integration and interoperability partner" of the Leidos syndicate that will provide off-the-shelf electronic health record software for the department and deploy it across the military health system.