The challenge
A diagnostic and ambulatory centre combines clinical workflow with a business that has to be run well:
Patient flow
Registration, appointments, consultations and follow-up, each visit on the right patient record.
Laboratory workflow
Sample collection, testing, results: a clear record of what was requested, done and reported.
Billing
Tests, imaging and consultations charged accurately and collected, direct or third-party.
Supplies
Reagents and consumables bought, stored and tracked, often by batch and expiry.
The back office
Accounting, staff administration and purchasing.
With clinical records, billing and stock in separate tools, details are entered more than once and errors appear in the gaps.
What we implemented
Prometheus, our ERP built on the open-source ERPNext platform, includes a healthcare edition: web-based and configurable, designed to manage a laboratory's operation and workflow end to end, from sample collection to diagnosis and patient history. Its healthcare capabilities:
- Patient details
- Appointments and consultations
- Patient encounters
- Assessments, prescriptions and medical coding in one place
These sit alongside its accounting, purchasing, inventory and human resource functions. This summary records the deployment at the level we can confirm publicly. It does not list every module configured or every process changed.
Results
Completed as a Prometheus deployment for Ejemen Diagnostic and Ambulatory Center. We have not published measured outcomes for this project, and we do not add figures after the fact.
What this means for your organisation
Private diagnostic and specialty clinics and community health organisations across Nigeria need patient workflow joined to billing, supplies and finance. As in this home-market project, build local requirements in from the start:
Health data protection
Sensitive personal data under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA); National Health Act 2014 confidentiality duties apply.
Access and audit
Role-based access, audit trails and careful exports matter as much as features.
Billing models
Private-pay, HMO and other third-party billing, each configured separately.
Integration
Existing laboratory or imaging systems may stay; the ERP handles finance, stock and administration.
This is general information, not legal advice. See Prometheus ERP, healthcare and data protection and compliance readiness, or contact us.