ERP for Clinics & Medical Centers
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Challenges the system solves
- Data fragmentation across reception, physicians, labs, and the in-house pharmacy.
- Billing and insurance errors, plus delays in claim processing.
- Difficulty tracking inventory, medications, and medical consumables.
- Limited visibility into KPIs and decision-making.
Key benefits
- Appointments & clinics management: booking, confirmations, automated reminders via SMS/WhatsApp, and smart waitlists.
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR): unified patient files including history, medications, allergies, diagnosis, and results.
- Physicians & staff management: schedules, exam rooms, resource allocation, and productivity analytics.
- Billing & insurance: automated invoicing, insurer/policy setup, procedure coding (ICD/OPS where applicable), and end-to-end claims tracking and collection.
- Lab & radiology: test orders, device integration (LIS/RIS/PACS), and delivering results into the patient record.
- Pharmacy & inventory: items, expiry dates, reorder thresholds, drug alternatives, and dispensing traceability.
- HR & payroll: attendance, shifts, and performance-based incentives.
- Reports & dashboards: daily KPIs (visits, average wait time, clinic occupancy, revenue, insurance claims).
- Compliance & security: granular permissions, audit logs, data encryption, and backup policies.
- Integrations: booking websites, payment gateways, telecom systems, and insurance authorities.
Why a healthcare-specific ERP?
- Provides an insurance approval workflow and an audit trail for health data.
- Supports medical coding and compliance reporting.
- Reduces medication errors through dispensing controls and alerts.