ASX-listed Pacific Knowledge Systems (PKS) has bought fellow Australian health technology company Pavilion Health with plans to provide a unified solution for pathology and hospital customers include invoice audit, code check, clinical decision support and risk management of incidents and products.

PKS offers a subscription-based clinical decision support system called RippleDown Expert that is used by pathologists for interpretations and treatment recommendations. It also markets a solution called RippleDown Audit that enables multiple departments within a laboratory to audit data in real-time, flagging suspected errors.