Complete Feature Reference

Every module.
Every workflow.

Thirty-six capabilities across six departments — clinical, diagnostic, inpatient, financial, and administrative — all built-in, connected in real time, running on your premises.

36+
Distinct capabilities
17
Core modules
Real-time
WebSocket data sync
100%
Offline capable
6
Unique differentiators
01
Clinical Operations

From registration to referral.

Everything from first contact to discharge, linked and tracked without a single piece of paper.

Patient Registration

Instant registration with auto-generated hospital numbers. Full demographic capture — next of kin, insurance, allergies — stored once and available across every department without re-entry.

Appointments & Scheduling

Clinic and room-based scheduling with real-time availability. No double-booking. Walk-in queuing and advance bookings managed from the same interface. Internal referrals auto-create appointments at the target department.

Clinical Consultations

Rich-text clinical notes, diagnosis coding, and addendums. Full patient history — every prior visit, prescription, lab result, and image — visible in a single view before the doctor starts.

Electronic Prescriptions

Prescriptions created during the consultation appear instantly at pharmacy for dispensing. Dispensed items tracked, documented, and automatically billed.

Unique in Nigeria

Prescription Templates

Save common drug sets as reusable templates — malaria protocol, ANC supplement packs, hypertension review. The entire prescription prefills in one click, cutting prescribing time in high-volume OPD by 80%.

Patient Vitals

Structured vital sign recording — BP, temperature, weight, SpO₂ — linked to each consultation and admission. Nurses record once; doctors see immediately.

Unique in Nigeria

Internal & External Referrals

Raise referrals (to any clinic or doctor) directly from the consultation. Internal referrals auto-schedule as appointments at the receiving department. Status tracked from pending to completed — no paper letters, no phone calls.

Cleaner claims

ICD-Coded Diagnosis Library

Code diagnoses against a standardised, searchable ICD library — bulk-importable and consistent across every clinician. Cleaner records, cleaner reporting, and fewer rejected HMO claims.

Outpatient Medication Administration

Schedule and track timed medication rounds for day-case and outpatient treatments — the same administration-record safety you get on the ward, applied outside it. Every dose timed, documented, and accounted for.

orionhms/consultations/new
AO
Adaeze Okonkwo
F, 34 · ORN-004821 · HTN Review
In Consultation
120/80
BP (mmHg)
36.8°
Temp
98%
SpO₂
72
Pulse
Consultation Notes
Patient presents for hypertension review. BP well-controlled on current regimen. Reports no headaches or visual disturbance over the past month. Advised to continue current medication and return in 3 months.|
Diagnosis
Essential hypertension (I10)
Prescriptions
Use Template
Amlodipine 5mg
1 tab · OD · 90 days
Lisinopril 10mg
1 tab · OD · 90 days
Save Draft
Complete & Bill
02
Diagnostics

Results the moment they're ready.

Lab results delivered instantly. Medical images reviewed in the browser — no separate software, no extra cost.

orionhms/lab/results
Lab Results
Today
Full Blood Count
Emeka Nwosu · ORN-002341
Ready
Dr. Adeyemi notified
Lipid Profile
Fatima Bello · ORN-003812
Processing
HbA1c
Chukwuemeka Eze · ORN-005104
Ready
Urinalysis + Culture
Grace Okafor · ORN-001987
Pending
Full Blood Count — Emeka Nwosu
Report
WBC 7.2 ×10³/µL 4.5 – 11.0
HGB 10.1 g/dL ↓ 12.0 – 17.5
PLT 248 ×10³/µL 150 – 400

Laboratory Requests & Results

Electronic lab requests flow directly from the doctor's consultation to the laboratory. Results delivered back to the requesting doctor the instant they are entered — no phone calls, no paper forms.

Standardised Lab Test Catalogue

A structured library of tests with codes, categories, sample types, and sub-items (e.g. CBC with individual components). Importable in bulk. Set up once, used consistently by every clinician.

Unique in Nigeria

Built-in DICOM Viewer

Review X-rays, CT scans, and MRI images directly in the browser using Cornerstone.js. No separate radiology workstation. No additional software purchase. The only Nigerian HMS with a built-in DICOM viewer.

Radiology Exam Catalogue

Structured radiology exam library matching the lab catalogue format — consistent ordering, clean billing, importable in bulk. Electronic requests flow from doctor to radiographer; reports return automatically.

Patient Images & Clinical Photos

Upload and store clinical photos against a patient's consultations, admissions, or surgeries. Supports DICOM, JPEG, and PNG. All images linked to the encounter and accessible anywhere in the system.

03
Inpatient & Ward Care

Admission to discharge, fully digital.

Every nursing action documented, tracked, and handed over without a paper chart in sight.

Ward Admissions & Bed Management

Admit patients to specific wards and beds directly from the consultation. Discharge management, inter-ward transfers, and admission notes all in one place. Clear real-time view of ward occupancy.

Nursing Notes

Structured per-shift documentation for every inpatient. Nurses record observations, interventions, and status in a searchable, timestamped history. No more illegible handwriting or missing pages.

Unique in Nigeria

Digital Shift Handovers

Incoming nurses see a complete picture of every patient — ongoing medications, observations, pending tasks, and outstanding results — the moment they start their shift. A direct patient safety improvement over verbal handovers.

Inpatient Medication Administration

Full MAR (medication administration record) for every inpatient — timed, documented, and auditable. Medication schedules set by doctors, administered by nurses, tracked automatically. Never miss a dose or dispute what was given.

Fluid Intake & Output Tracking

Record and monitor fluid intake and output for every admitted patient. Critical for post-surgical care, neonates, and ICU. Automatic running totals replace manual chart calculations entirely.

04
Specialized Care

Built for your highest-acuity workflows.

Dedicated antenatal and surgical modules built to match real clinical protocols — not generic forms.

Antenatal Care (ANC)

A dedicated ANC module that follows the full antenatal workflow from booking visit to delivery. Gestational age tracked at every visit. All previous visits, diagnoses, and interventions visible in a chronological timeline.

  • Gestational tracking per visit
  • Risk flag system for high-risk pregnancies
  • Full visit history timeline
  • ANC-specific diagnostic and prescription workflows
  • Delivery and birth recording

Surgery

End-to-end surgery management from theatre scheduling to post-operative documentation. The surgical team is assigned within the system. Pre-op and post-op notes structured and stored against the patient record. Automatic billing on completion.

  • Theatre scheduling with conflict detection
  • Multiple operating theatres managed and tracked individually
  • Surgical team assignment (surgeon, anaesthetist, scrub nurse)
  • Pre-operative checklists and documentation
  • Post-operative notes linked to patient record
  • Automatic billing on procedure completion
05
Financial Operations

Revenue leakage stops on day one.

Every clinical action automatically generates a bill. Billing staff are never chasing what was done — the system already knows.

Closes Revenue Leakage

Auto-Billing from Clinical Activity

Every consultation started, test requested, medication dispensed, and procedure completed automatically adds a line to the patient's bill. Nothing is missed, nothing has to be remembered to add manually.

Payments & Receipting

Record payments by cash, transfer, POS, or any configured method. Auto-generate itemised receipts. Track outstanding balances. Full payment history against every bill.

Unique in Nigeria

Product Packs (Bundle Billing)

Bundle medications and consumables into procedure packages with fixed pricing. Malaria drip packs, wound care sets, surgical kits — one bill line covers all components. Tracked in inventory, billed cleanly to the patient.

Unique in Nigeria

Corporate & Family Patient Groups

Group patients under a corporate or family account. Each member's charges tracked individually with a consolidated financial summary. Company health plans managed natively — no spreadsheets for HR departments.

HMO & Insurance Claims

Manage HMO enrollment, claim submission, and reconciliation entirely within Orion. Reduce the 15–30% rejection rates common with manual processing. Faster resubmissions and clear visibility on outstanding claims.

Operational Expense Tracking

Log and categorise all hospital operating expenses with payout methods, categories, and date ranges. Full income-vs-expenditure picture without a separate accounting system.

Stops waste & stockouts

Pharmacy & Store Inventory

Real-time stock with batch-number and expiry-date tracking, automatic low-stock, expiring-soon, and out-of-stock alerts, and pack-to-unit conversion. Inventory that reconciles itself every time you dispense — no parallel stock book.

Hospital Accounts & Revenue Reporting

A consolidated financial view of every payment and transaction across any date range — by method and by period — so you can close the books without exporting to a separate accounting package.

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Adaeze Okonkwo
ORN-004821 · Visit: 23 Apr 2026
Unpaid
Consultation — HTN Review
Clinical · Dr. Adeyemi
₦5,000
Lipid Profile
Laboratory · Auto-billed
₦4,500
Amlodipine 5mg × 90
Pharmacy · Dispensed
₦2,700
Lisinopril 10mg × 90
Pharmacy · Dispensed
₦1,800
Total Due
₦14,000
Print Receipt
Record Payment
06
Communication & Administration

Secure comms. Full visibility.

Internal communications, compliance, reporting, and system management — all within the platform, not on personal phones.

orionhms/chat
Messages
NS
Nurse Sola
Patient in Ward 3 needs review
2
PH
Pharmacy
Amlodipine 5mg restocked
LA
Lab (Adenike)
CBC result for Emeka ready
Nurse Sola
Patient in Ward 3 (bed 3B) needs review — BP 160/100, complaining of headache
10:42 AM
On my way. Can you check vitals again and record in the system?
10:44 AM · ✓✓
Done — just recorded. BP now 155/98.
10:46 AM
Type a message...
Replaces WhatsApp

Real-Time Staff Chat

Secure, auditable messaging between all staff — inside the system, not on personal phones. Real-time typing indicators, read receipts, message replies, and online status. Every conversation stored and searchable. NDPR-compliant by default.

Unique in Nigeria

Clinical Reports Engine

Generate multi-section reports across any date range — consultations by clinic, admissions by ward, lab requests, prescriptions, ANC visits, surgeries, deliveries, and births. Group by day, week, or month. The monthly report that used to take a day now takes a click.

Role-Based Access Control

Every staff type sees only the screens and data they are authorized to access. Granular control by role. New users provisioned in minutes with the correct access level — no over-provisioning, no under-provisioning.

Full Automatic Audit Trail

Every create, update, and delete action across the entire system is automatically logged — who did it, when, and what changed. No manual logging required. Always compliance-ready for inspection or investigation.

Unique in Nigeria

One-Click System Backup

Download a complete backup — database and all files — as a single archive with one click. No command-line access. No external tools. No scheduled jobs to configure. Any administrator can do it at any time.

System Configuration

Configure clinics, wards, consultation rooms, lab and radiology catalogues, user roles, and pricing — through a settings interface, no developer required. Orion adapts to the hospital's structure, not the other way around.

Staff Announcements & Notice Board

Post hospital-wide announcements with priority levels and pinning, shown to every user on their dashboard the moment they log in. Policy changes, shift notices, and alerts that everyone actually sees — not lost in a WhatsApp group.

Infrastructure

Built for Nigerian hospitals.

Runs on your local server. Works without internet. Data never leaves your premises.

Deployment
Web-based, runs on hospital's local server. Accessible from any browser on the network.
Offline Operation
Fully functional with no internet — load-shedding and ISP outages do not stop operations.
Data Residency
All data stays on your premises. No cloud dependency. Complete data sovereignty.
Real-Time Sync
WebSocket-powered live updates across every department simultaneously — no polling, no refresh.
Medical Imaging
DICOM standard with built-in browser viewer (Cornerstone.js). JPEG and PNG also supported.
Security
JWT authentication, role-based access control, and full automatic audit log on every action.
Database
PostgreSQL — structured relational data with full referential integrity and migration history.
Client Access
Any browser — desktop, tablet, or mobile. No software to install on staff devices. Zero client maintenance.
Backup
One-click full backup (database + all files) as a downloadable archive. No external tools or commands.
Data Portability
Bulk CSV/Excel import and export for catalogues, products, and inventory. Migrate from your old system in a day — and never get locked in.
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Every feature, running in a real hospital environment.

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