Orion
holds a strong and unique position in its marketplace. It
is a full time software development company part owned and
operating from within Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) a national
voluntary substance misuse organisation.
Orion
software begins with the basic need to record demographic
and treatment outcome information and enhances the database
provision to provide a suite of Practice Management features,
which greatly improve the administrative and clinical efficiency
of client organisations. Such features are correspondence
management, visual appointment planning, prescription production
and comprehensive reporting.
In
addition to the provision of this software, Orion also offers
a full consultancy service, on going structured training in
software operation and maintenance, data migration, plus a full report writing
service, inclusive of National Drug Treatment Monitoring System
(NDTMS Core Data Set G) requirements. This includes the latest Treatment Outcome Profile (TOP).
Orion
has registered an interest in working with the National Treatment
Agency (NTA) and Drug and Alcohol Action Teams (DAAT’s)
and as such is short listed as a software supplier by the
NTA
on their web site. As a further benefit Orion
is accredited for connectivity through N3SP, formally NHSnet.
These services fully complement the software products and
offer clients a complete solution to the problem of managing
data within addiction and mental health services.
