The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services will roll out NextGate's market-leading MatchMetrix enterprise master patient index (EMPI) technology in a $13 million project also involving Orion Health and MKM Health.

The project is part of Victoria's statewide health ICT strategic framework, which is aimed at modernising IT infrastructure to improve connectivity and also involves Orion and MKM working together on the replacement of existing JCAPS-based integration service with Orion's Rhapsody integration engine.