Digital Health Week NZ has always been the place where ideas spark, connections form, and the future of healthcare takes shape. It’s where we come together as a community of clinicians, innovators, and technologists to share what we’ve learned and imagine what’s next.

This year feels especially meaningful. We’re heading to Christchurch to celebrate 25 years of HINZ, a milestone that speaks to the incredible progress our digital health community has made together. And, as it happens, it’s also the 25th anniversary of Concerto, a piece of software that’s quietly sat at the centre of that journey for a quarter of a century.

Concerto: 25 years of enabling safer, smarter care.

For many clinicians, Concerto has been the familiar window into the patient record. Over the years, it’s evolved alongside the health system itself, always with one simple aim, to make information accessible and meaningful at the point of care.

Now, as we look to the next 25 years, we’re excited to share where that journey is heading. Concerto AI brings a new layer of intelligence to the clinical experience, weaving smart capabilities directly into the workflows clinicians use every day. Smart Search lets you ask questions in plain language and find the answers buried deep in data. Smart Summary distils complex patient histories into something clear and usable. And Smart Identify helps spot risks earlier, so interventions can happen before things get critical.

Sessions to keep on your radar:

At Digital Health Week, you’ll hear from Orion Health’s own:

  • Mark Rainford, VP of Product Strategy and Ecosystem, on how Smart Summary helps turn data into clarity.
  • Chris Lucas, VP of Amadeus, on how Smart Search makes finding information feel effortless.
  • Dr. Tom Varghese, Global Product Marketing and Growth Manager, on how Smart Identify is supporting earlier detection and prevention.

And that’s not all. You’ll also hear from two standout speakers from organisations leading this shift with Orion Health solutions:

  • Sweta Borkar, Business Analyst at Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury, on how interoperability is transforming a fragmented system into a connected one.
  • Rebecca Muir, Shared Care Planning Programme Lead at Pegasus Health, on the powerful impact of acute plans in reducing hospital presentations.

A booth designed for conversation, not just demos.

Our booth this year will be a bit different, too. We’re turning it into a living feedback space, where conversations, ideas, and insights from delegates will be visualised live across the stand. Our UX team will be on-site, ready to chat, so your input directly shapes what comes next. We’ve launched a quick survey early to start gathering your thoughts ahead of the event – have your say here. It’s a small reflection of what Concerto AI is all about: making information visible, meaningful, and ready to act on.

But more than anything, we’re looking forward to reconnecting with colleagues, customers, and friends from across the sector. We want to hear your stories. What’s working well? What’s getting in the way? What would you love to see next?

This isn’t just about launching new tech; it’s about shaping it together. So if you’re in Christchurch for Digital Health Week, come say hi, you’ll find us at booths #62–65. Share your thoughts. Celebrate how far we’ve come, and help us imagine what the next 25 years of digital health could look like.

Because the future of healthcare isn’t just connected. It’s intelligent, and it’s built by all of us.

Discover what Orion Health is bringing to HINZ 2025