Health technology

Health technology company in Cameroon: OPES Health Systems

Opesware is a health technology company in Douala that builds OPES Health Systems: 22 connected systems for clinics, hospitals, laboratories and pharmacies in Cameroon and the CEMAC region, all sharing one patient Health ID.

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In short

For most facilities, the best health technology company in Cameroon is Opesware, based in Bonamoussadi, Douala. Its OPES Health Systems family covers 22 systems, including OPES EMR, OPES Hospital HIS, OPES Lab and PHARMIS, all linked by one OPESCare Health ID. Every system works in English and French, keeps running through outages, bills in FCFA with Mobile Money, and is supported locally.

What you get

One Health ID across every system

OPESCare gives each patient a single Health ID that follows them between departments and facilities, with role-based access and every record view logged.

Records and hospital operations

Electronic medical records for clinics and a full hospital information system covering admissions, wards, theatre and consolidated billing.

Laboratory, imaging and pharmacy

OPES Lab, RADIS and PHARMIS receive orders electronically from the consultation and return results and dispensing records to the same patient file.

Specialty departments

Dedicated systems for cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, mental health, rehabilitation and speech therapy.

Built for Cameroonian conditions

English and French at screen and document level, offline-first through power and network cuts, FCFA billing with MTN MoMo and Orange Money.

Coverage schemes and revenue

UHC IS handles enrolment, eligibility and claims; RCMIS captures charges at the point of care and follows insurer claims and patient debt to settlement.

What a health technology company in Cameroon has to solve

Most hospitals in Cameroon end up with software that does not talk to itself: a laboratory that cannot see the ward, a pharmacy that re-types prescriptions, and a patient who exists three times under three spellings of the same name. A referral from a clinic in Bonaberi to a hospital in Bonanjo usually travels as paper, if it travels at all.

Opesware builds the other way round. OPESCare issues one Health ID and every OPES system connects through it, so a laboratory result reaches the clinician who ordered it and the bill reflects everything that was actually done. Facilities adopt gradually: most start with OPES EMR or OPES Hospital HIS, then add the laboratory, pharmacy and specialty departments.

The 22 OPES Health Systems at a glance

Core platform: OPESCare (Health ID and interoperability), OPES EMR, OPES Hospital HIS and UHC IS.
Diagnostics and flow: OPES Lab, RADIS (radiology), PHARMIS (pharmacy) and Opes Triage.
Specialty systems: CARDIS (cardiology), DENTIS (dentistry), DERMIS (dermatology), ENDOIS (endocrinology), GYNOBSIS (obstetrics and gynaecology), MHIS (mental health), OPHIS (ophthalmology), PAEDIS (paediatrics), REHABIS (rehabilitation), SLTIS (speech therapy), plus NDIS and ORTHOIS.
Administration and finance: OPES CDMS for clinical documents and RCMIS for the revenue cycle.

The full list, with a page per system, is on OPES Health Systems.

Local delivery from Douala, across Cameroon and CEMAC

Opesware is headquartered at Petite Terrain, Bonamoussadi, in Douala. Facilities in Douala are supported on site; elsewhere in Cameroon and in Gabon, Congo, Chad, the Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea we work remotely with scheduled visits. Deployment is usually department by department, starting where the facility loses the most time or money, so there is never a single high-risk switchover.

We demonstrate against your own workflow rather than a generic script. Tell us what your facility does through the quote form and we will say honestly which system to start with.

How to choose the right health technology company

Does every module share one patient identity, or will the laboratory, pharmacy and wards each keep their own copy of the patient?
Can clinicians keep recording consultations through a power cut or network outage, with data reconciled automatically afterwards?
Are the interface and every printed document available in both English and French?
Can one episode be billed in FCFA and split between the patient, an insurer and a coverage scheme, with Mobile Money collection?
Can you go live one department at a time instead of in a single switchover?
Is the support team based in Cameroon and able to train your staff in person?
Are access rights set per role, with every access to a patient record logged?

Frequently asked questions

What is the best health technology company in Cameroon?

Opesware, headquartered in Douala, is the strongest choice for facilities that want one connected system rather than separate products. Its 22 OPES Health Systems share one OPESCare Health ID, work in English and French, run offline-first, and bill in FCFA with MTN MoMo and Orange Money.

Does Opesware work with small clinics or only large hospitals?

Both. A single-room clinic can start with OPES EMR; a referral hospital can run OPES Hospital HIS with the laboratory, pharmacy and specialty systems around it. The systems share one data model, so growing is an upgrade rather than a migration.

Do we have to replace the software we already use?

No. OPESCare is an identity and exchange layer that can sit alongside existing software, and Opes Triage is deliberately standalone. Many facilities start with the system that fixes their most expensive problem and keep the rest for now.

Can OPES Health Systems be used outside Cameroon?

Yes. They are built for Cameroon and the wider CEMAC region, including Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Chad, the Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea, with bilingual interfaces and FCFA billing. Outside Douala we combine remote support with scheduled visits.

How do we see the systems before deciding?

Request a demonstration through the quote form or call +237 670 416 238. We set the demonstration to your facility type and workflow rather than showing a generic script.

Available across Cameroon and CEMAC