Genesys: The Rise and Rebirth

The year was 2012, and what the world would later come to know as GeneSys was at least 2-years earlier than its time and at best a figment of one individual’s very vivid and lifelike imaginations. Perhaps, this was the first undocumented trip into the metaverse. Having returned from the UK fresh out of business school and with a background in medicine and dentistry, Olamide was fueled with passion and By Ayo-Olagunju Muna a burning desire, having completed his master’s thesis on hospital management information systems to practically apply this in addressing the challenges in our healthcare system. Fueled with this passion, and equipped with domain expertise, Pheonix solution came into existence. This was the first iteration of our EMR. As with life, you often have to crawl before you walk. Pheonix wasn’t exactly market-ready, but it served its purpose. It had validated someone’s imagination and convictions, yielding a prototype in the least and a proof of concept at best. Paradoxical to the fabled phoenix, which emerges from the ruins of its previous self, this phoenix birthed the product GeneSys. In the true sense, GeneSys emerged in 2014, from what initially could be termed a relationship of convenience, that organically grew into a concrete partnership between two organisations, Realms healthcare services consulting limited and

Vatebra technology limited, emerging as their brainchild. On one hand, was a solely health-inclined startup that was gradually paving a way for itself in the health sector and on the other hand, a wholly indigenous technology company with over a decade of crosssector experience building customized software solutions and had positioned itself as the technology backbone in Africa. Perhaps, the true birthplace of our indigenous health tech industry can be traced back to this synergy right here. The relationship was a formidable duo, yielding several positive fruits.

Innovation was at the core of what we did and we sought to make a difference through this; by introducing a click-based system of text entry, an international disease coding system and a custombuilt solution incorporating the hospital’s unique processes. We commenced a pilot implementation in 2014, at R-Jolad & R-Jolad plus hospitals simultaneously. It was an industry milestone as this was the first commercial full-scale implementation of a wholly indigenous bespoke hospital management information system. Riding on this feat and the success of the pilot, we were, within 2 years, able to attract reputable top-tier facilities like; Reddington, Premier, St. Nicholas, Isalu, which ultimately culminated in a National Health Excellency Award for GeneSys as the healthcare technology provider of the year. We occupied the market niche as the leading providers of customized HMIS and ERM solutions and progressed to other successful deployments. In the midst of all these, we had a fundamental problem, there was a dichotomy of corporate identity. We traded using either identity of Realms or Vatbera. A whole lot of water passed under the bridge and In 2018, Genesys Health Information Systems Limited was established, bearing a similar identity to our product GeneSys for which we had gained prominence.

As an early-stage organization, the pandemic posed an especially difficult year for us. However, it wasn’t all doom and gloom as it provided a watershed in our corporate existence. Over the years, our story has been one of resilience, invention and innovation. Following our 2021 strategic intent, we consolidated on our advantage of industry knowledge and insights, into venturing out as a lean and agile health tech start-up, adequately positioned towards the rapid-paced growing health tech industry. We have created systems to better understand and improve clients’ needs and satisfaction and strengthened our operational efficiency through the formulation and orientation of policies and procedures. We have been able to build a structure that addresses all areas of our immediate and near-term future business needs across; technology, service delivery and management, strategy and growth, towards positioning us to better serve our immediate and growing clientele.

Over the years, we’ve built a network of over 200 healthcare workers, 500,000+ patients and over 1,000,000 clinical encounters, with a presence across 4 of the 6 geo-political zones in Nigeria. We enjoin you to journey with us towards our next phase of growth as we shape the future of health tech.