Centio Centra
Centra is a modern and highly customizable integrated digital health system that presents all healthcare stakeholders (patients, HMOs, doctors, nurses, staff, management, auditors, etc.) with a comprehensive suite of digital applications to capture, harmonize and manage clinical, administrative and financial information.
We worked with real, everyday clinicians and administrative staff to develop our applications, with invaluable lessons drawn from a careful understanding of their pain points in the use of existing systems and their views about what an effective and user-friendly system should look like.
Theatre
Streamlines and supports the day-to-day operations of a theatre
Improves the overall efficiency and safety of the many complex activities within the theatre by providing standardized, customizable documentation templates and checklists based on best practice, from pre-op to post-op. At the same time, the team have access to comprehensive and real-time information about the patient so that they can make well-informed decisions on the spot. Automated reminders for scheduled procedures down to wound dressings help to further keep the patient right in the centre of the process.
Antenatal
Manages the delivery of high-quality, efficient, and co-ordinated care to pregnant women
A mother- and baby-centred module that documents and monitors their journey from antenatal appointments, through labour and delivery, to part-partum care. It is fully integrated with the laboratory and radiology modules in order to make all the information required for optimal care easily accessible to the clinical team. Automated reminders help to minimize the chances of mothers missing their antenatal appointments.
Nursing Care
Records and tracks vital signs
An intuitive module that captures all the vital signs of patients such as temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, among others, and provides a chart of each vital, making it possible to instantly track a patient’s observations over time. Alerts for abnormal readings facilitate early identification of adverse trends for timely intervention.
Prescriptions
Electronic management of the prescription and dispensing of patient medications.
Facilitates the effective management and tracking of patients’ medication orders and dispensing process. Drug interaction checking and electronic transmission of prescriptions reduces the risk of human error just as it saves time. The automation of renewals and refills further minimizes the burden on the entire team.
Clinical Tasks
Co-ordinates and monitors the execution of clinical tasks
Converts clinical activities into simple, clear and manageable tasks with reminders that make it easier for clinical staff to fulfil tasks on time just as errors and omissions are minimized. This facilitates better coordination of care ensuring the smooth and safe transition of patients through the entire pathway both within and across clinical teams.
IVF
Records, monitors and co-ordinates the entire IVF process
Facilitates the documentation and monitoring of the entire journey of an IVF patient from treatment and egg collection up to the development of the embryo and pregnancy. It offers the ability to track sperm and egg samples, embryo development, and cryopreservation significantly minimizing the risk of mixing up eggs, sperms or embryos ensuring safety, transparency and boosting trust in the process.
Laboratory
Supports the safe and efficient operation of a laboratory
Offers a highly efficient workflow for the safe management of all laboratory samples with the ability to prioritize requests and effectively track samples throughout the entire process. Its full integration with other clinical modules facilitates smooth, real-time collaboration between frontline clinical teams and the laboratory further improving the co-ordination of care.
Consultations
Intuitive and highly customizable templates for clinical documentation
Offers a comprehensive and highly customizable template for a patient’s medical chart using internationally recognized and locally relevant standards for best practice. The aim is to make consultation safer, easier and to minimize distractions. An integrated speech-to-text functionality significantly cuts down the time spent on typing and other administrative tasks so that clinicians can focus more on caring for the patient.
Inpatient Management/Admissions
Co-ordination of care for admitted patients
Simplifies the capturing, storage and retrieval of inpatient information including admissions, discharges and transfers (ADT). The care team can instantly access all relevant information about a patient’s care for better co-ordination of care activities. Automated generation of bills for all the expenses of a patient, including room bills provide transparency in the process and make discharge a lot faster.
Radiology
Manages, displays and manipulates radiographic images
Offers an integrated DICOM viewer that enables clinicians to retrieve, view and manipulate both ultrasound and radiographic images of patients such as those generated from MRI, X-ray and CT scans. This equally integrates with other modules of the system to provide a real-time, complete view of patient information.
NICU
Supports the care of critically ill newborns
This specialist module has been carefully built to simplify the capturing, organization and sharing of the robust amount of data generated in the NICU. It factors in the special needs NICU patients and fosters real-time collaboration among care teams. The ability to take readings directly from various NICU equipment does not only save productive clinical care time, but also minimizes human error and facilitates instant availability of information for more informed clinical decision making.
Appointment Management
Patient onboarding and appointment scheduling
Makes the onboarding of new patients and care scheduling both efficient and hassle-free by providing an intuitive user interface that facilitates easy and secure entry of patient information. Patients can be instantly queued to see a doctor and equally get sent automated email and text reminders before scheduled appointments to minimize no-shows.
Immunization
Manages the administration of vaccines and other immunizations
Automates and streamlines the process of managing vaccination records making it easier to determine the vaccination status of patients. This way, individuals get to receive recommended immunizations at the appropriate time and in the correct sequence. Automated reminders to patients for all immunisations help to minimize the chances of no-shows.
Outstanding Features.
Survey
Reminders
Alerts
Financial Accounting/Billing
Captures and manages all financial transactions
Specifically built to cater for all the financial transactions of healthcare organizations regardless of the scale of their operation. It comprehensively captures and consolidates all expenses associated with a patient’s care in real-time from the point of registration through the pharmacy, to the wards and the cafeteria, making it possible for a patient’s expenses to be tracked along their clinical journey. It provides APIs for seamless integration with major accounting applications like QuickBooks.
Inventory Management
Manages and tracks medical supplies, equipment, and drugs
Manages and keeps track inventory ranging from equipment and supplies to medications in order to ensure that they are sufficiently stocked. Our inventory management module is purpose-built to help organisations easily transit from conventional spreadsheet and paper-based records to leverage the power of smart, modern technology. The automation of many of the manual processes involved in managing hospital inventory can help to improve patient care, reduce waste, and increase operational efficiency.
Procurement Management
Automates the process of buying goods and services
Facilitates the effective management of key purchasing activities, from sourcing and supplier selection to invoice processing and payment. The automation of routine procurement tasks, such as the creation and issuance of purchase orders, request and approval of materials and services helps to ensure that this potentially complex process is simplified, consistent and efficient.
Fixed Asset Management
Tracks, manages, and controls fixed assets
Offers a centralized platform for tracking and managing all the fixed assets of healthcare organizations, including acquisition, depreciation, and disposals. The provision of real-time visibility into fixed asset inventory, helps healthcare organizations to manage their assets more effectively and efficiently. This equally facilitates more informed budgeting and planning which in turn make for better financial reporting and compliance.
Bed Management
Manages the allocation and utilization of inpatient beds
Empowers healthcare organizations with real-time information on bed availability, patient flow, and bed utilization, helping them to effectively plan admissions, discharges and transfers (ADT) ensuring that patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.
HR & Payroll
Automates and streamlines the HR & Payroll administration
Manages and stores employee data and automates various HR functions such as recruitment, onboarding, benefits administration, performance appraisal and payroll management. Thus, it effectively reduces human error and the time and effort required to manage and update employee information.
Voice-enabled Queue Management
Automated and intelligent co-ordination of patient flow
A voice-enabled queue management that effectively co-ordinates patient flow from the front desk to the various points of care within your facility. Our Queue Management module is fully integrated with our clinical modules such that the various points of care can effectively manage their own inflow of service users in real time. Not only does it ensure fairness and order in the hospital, but it also saves productive staff time and improves the overall experience of patients.
Managed Care (HMO)
Administration of managed care activities.
Provides real-time visibility into the health coverage of HMO members, enabling healthcare organizations to provide the appropriate services covered by the patients’ plan. The automation of many routine tasks, such as claims processing minimizes the risk of errors and saves the precious time spent manually inputting and transferring data across spreadsheets. This module has been
Who We Serve
Hospitals
Pharmacies
Laboratories
