What is Helium Health? Helium Health Review

Basic Introduction

Helium Health has developed a hospital electronic medical record system for the African market, which manages patients' conditions, medication status, vaccinations, physician notes, etc. on a single operating system. The operating system is simple, and medical staff can try it out directly without any training. It does not require network synchronization and can be operated directly offline. It will automatically synchronize with the cloud server when connected to the Internet. It can be used 24/7 on any device.

Product Introduction

Helium Teleclinic, a platform that enables brick-and-mortar hospitals to offer television to their patients.

HeliumPay, a billing and payment solution.

Helium CareCredit, a provider-funded product; and Helium Cover, an enrollee, duty and claims product.

MyHelium Patient Super app, which helps healthcare organizations manage patient engagement and retention.

Financing

In September 2017, Helium Health completed its $2 million seed round of financing, with participation from top global venture capital firms.

In May 2020, Helium Health announced the completion of a $10 million Series A round led by Global Ventures and Asia Africa Investment & Consulting Company (AAIC). Tencent, Dayuan Pharmaceutical, HOF Capital, Y Combinator, VentureSouq, Kairos Angels, and Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company also participated in the round.

Development History

In January 2016, it was merged into "OneMedical".

In August 2016, the Nigerian President awarded prizes to promising startups at the Asowirah Demo Day.

In May 2017, it was acquired by Y Combinator and renamed "Helium Health".

In June 2018, the first statewide contract was signed with the Akwa Ibom Ministry of Health.

In October 2018, Helium Health and MedicPlus, the leading EMR provider in Nigeria, became one.

In March 2019, it established its market dominance and became the largest EMR provider in West Africa.

In May 2019, it acquired another EMR player, SmartDoctor.

References

• 1. A Nigerian company received tens of millions of dollars in financing to start digitalization from electronic medical records: Sohu [cited on 2020-05-07T16:00:00.000Z]