UK-based software and services provider EMIS Health has confirmed that it is withdrawing its acute care operations from Australia and New Zealand by December 2017, including technical support for products such as Ascribe's Symphony emergency department system.

EMIS Health, which bought the assets of Ascribe in 2013 for over $100 million, will only be active in the region through the joint contract it has with CSC to provide the combined medical and dental record for the Australian Defence Force.