"We are thrilled that Rob Barley has joined us at this time in our company's growth trajectory in Australia," said executive vice president for Asia Pacific Darren Jones.

"His experience in working with specialist departments, hospitals, area health services and state health departments to design and implement world-class solutions will be a strategic asset that will support great success for Orion Health in Australia moving forward."

Barley has worked in the healthcare IT sector for 25 years, most recently as regional vice president of sales at Allscripts.

Barley holds a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Manchester.

"I am excited to be re-joining Orion Health at this time and to support the healthcare industry's move away from disease-centric systems into prevention-centric consumer driven precise medicine solutions," he said.

"Orion Health has great solutions for providing the industry with modern consumer driven solutions which support the acquisition, aggregation and availability of data."