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Pharmacy management software for Cameroon

PHARMIS is pharmacy management software from Opesware for retail, hospital and multi-branch pharmacies in Cameroon: dispensing against the prescription, stock by batch and expiry, and payment, including Mobile Money, at the counter.

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In short

The best pharmacy management software in Cameroon for most pharmacies is PHARMIS by Opesware. It dispenses against electronic or paper prescriptions, tracks stock by batch and expiry so short-dated stock is sold or returned in time, keeps a controlled-substance register, posts MTN MoMo and Orange Money payments to the sale, keeps selling offline, and consolidates stock across branches. It is bilingual and supported from Douala.

What you get

Dispensing against the prescription

Prescriptions arrive electronically from the consultation when the prescriber uses OPES; external prescriptions are entered at the counter and go through the same checks.

Batch and expiry control

Stock held by batch with its expiry date, so short-dated stock is used, transferred or returned before it is written off.

Interaction and allergy warnings

Warnings raised at dispensing against what the patient’s record already shows, as a support to the pharmacist’s own judgement.

Controlled substance register

Regulated products dispensed against an auditable register, with the records an inspection expects to see.

Mobile Money at the counter

MTN Mobile Money and Orange Money posted directly against the sale in FCFA, without manual reconciliation at closing.

Reordering and branches

Reorder levels based on actual consumption, purchase orders to your wholesalers, and consolidated stock with transfers across branches.

What pharmacy management software in Cameroon must handle

A pharmacy is where clinical risk and commercial loss meet. A wrong dispense harms a patient; an unnoticed expiry or an untracked issue quietly consumes margin. In Cameroon the counter also has to accept cash and Mobile Money, handle insured customers, and keep selling when the network drops.

PHARMIS handles dispensing, stock down to batch and expiry, and settlement at the counter. It works standalone for a retail officine, or as the pharmacy of a hospital running OPES Hospital HIS or a clinic on OPES EMR, where prescriptions arrive without handwriting.

Retail pharmacy, hospital pharmacy or chain

  • Retail pharmacies: walk-in sales, insurance handling, supplier management and daily closing reconciled against cash and Mobile Money.
  • Hospital pharmacies: issue against the patient and the ward, linked to the hospital bill and to central stores.
  • Chains: stock visibility across every branch, inter-branch transfers of near-expiry stock, and per-branch performance.

For a pharmacy that mainly needs stock, expiry and margin control without the clinical layer, see Opes RxStock.

How to choose the right pharmacy management software

  1. Does the software track stock by batch and expiry date, not just by product?
  2. Does it direct the counter to the batch that expires first?
  3. Can it keep selling during a network outage and reconcile afterwards?
  4. Are MTN MoMo and Orange Money payments posted automatically to each sale?
  5. Does it keep a controlled-substance register that stands up to inspection?
  6. For several branches, can you see consolidated stock and transfer between branches?

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best pharmacy software in Cameroon?

PHARMIS by Opesware is the best fit for most retail, hospital and multi-branch pharmacies: batch and expiry control, a controlled-substance register, Mobile Money at the counter, offline selling, bilingual screens and local support from Douala.

Can we use it in a retail pharmacy not attached to a hospital?

Yes. PHARMIS works standalone for retail, with walk-in sales, insurance handling and its own stock and supplier management.

How does it handle a prescription written elsewhere?

External prescriptions are entered at the counter and dispensed against the same stock and safety checks. The workflow is faster when the prescription is electronic, but it does not depend on it.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Dispensing and sales continue during an outage and reconcile when connectivity returns.

Can we see stock across several branches?

Yes. Multi-branch operators get consolidated stock, inter-branch transfers and per-branch reporting.

Available across Cameroon and CEMAC

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