Smart Segments/Smart Health
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Smart Health.

Resilient connectivity from CHPS compound to teaching hospital, telemedicine that crosses regional boundaries, and connected nurses, doctors, and pharmacists.

The Segment

A specialist at Korle Bu shouldn't be three hours and a phone call away from a patient in Bongo.

Korle Bu has bandwidth. A CHPS compound in Kassena-Nankana East does not. A district hospital cannot get a real-time radiology read from a Korle Bu specialist. Lab results don't move between facilities. Ambulance dispatch is by phone. NHIA claims are still partly paper. None of these are clinical problems — they're connectivity problems.

Smart Health closes them. Hospital-grade redundant connectivity, telemedicine endpoints in CHPS, EHR-ready networks, ambulance fleet telemetry, and connected device bundles for nurses and doctors with payroll deduction through MoH. The clinical talent already exists. Smart Health gets it where it's needed.

Why It Matters

A health system ready for connectivity it doesn't yet have.

5,500+
CHPS compounds
Most without telemedicine connectivity.
250+
Hospitals nationally
From district to teaching.
50K+
Nurses and midwives
Productivity-bundle universe.
5K+
Doctors
Plus dentists, pharmacists, and allied health.
What We Deliver

A complete clinical-infrastructure stack.

Hospital-grade resilient connectivity

Fiber primary with LTE failover, solar resilience, and managed networks for teaching, regional, and district hospitals.

Telemedicine endpoints

Video consultation infrastructure deployed at CHPS compounds and primary care points, integrated with referral hospitals.

Connected health professional bundles

Tablet and laptop bundles for nurses and doctors with clinical reference, e-prescribing, CPD content, and payroll-deducted financing.

Sub-Clusters

Eight clinical environments. One unified architecture.

Each sub-cluster is a complete deployment specification — different scale, different anchors, different payer logic, but the same underlying network and platform stack.

SMART TEACHING HOSPITALS

SMART TEACHING HOSPITALS

Korle Bu, Komfo Anokye, Tamale, Ho, Cape Coast — research-grade bandwidth and full redundancy.

SMART REGIONAL & DISTRICT HOSPITALS

SMART REGIONAL & DISTRICT HOSPITALS

Managed connectivity and EHR-ready networks for the regional and district hospital tier.

SMART POLYCLINICS & HEALTH CENTRES

SMART POLYCLINICS & HEALTH CENTRES

Connectivity sized for the urban polyclinic and town health centre footprint.

SMART CHPS COMPOUNDS

SMART CHPS COMPOUNDS

Solar-resilient connectivity and telemedicine for the 5,500+ rural primary-care points.

SMART PHARMACIES

SMART PHARMACIES

POS, prescription verification, and NHIA claim processing for retail pharmacy.

SMART LABORATORIES

SMART LABORATORIES

Diagnostic result transmission, telepathology, and reference-lab linkage.

SMART DOCTORS & NURSES

SMART DOCTORS & NURSES

Productivity bundles with clinical reference, telemedicine, and CPD — payroll-deducted.

SMART AMBULANCE SERVICES

SMART AMBULANCE SERVICES

National Ambulance Service fleet connectivity, dispatch, and vitals telemetry in transit.

How It Feels

What Smart Health looks like, lived.

Dr. Aboagye
A day in the life
Dr. Aboagye
District Hospital, Bolgatanga
It's 8:14 a.m. He opens the consult queue. The first patient is at the CHPS compound in Bongo, 40 kilometres away. The lab results from this morning's samples are already attached. He runs the consult by video, prescribes electronically, and the pharmacy in Bongo has the order before the call ends. He'll see fourteen patients in person today; he's already cleared three by 9 a.m.
Akosua Mensah
A day in the life
Akosua Mensah
Senior Nurse · CHPS Compound, Yendi District
The antenatal clinic starts at 7:30. Each visit is logged on her tablet and synced to the district health office in real time. When she flags a high-risk case, the referral hospital sees it immediately and books the appointment. Her CPD module on hypertension management is half-complete; she'll finish it on lunch break. Her tablet is hers; payroll deduction has been running for fourteen months of thirty-six.
Economics

Three payer logics, one segment.

Smart Health revenues come from institutional hospital contracts, payroll-deducted professional bundles, and donor-underwritten rural connectivity programmes.

Institutional
Payer
Ministry of Health · NHIA · GHS · individual hospitals
Pays for
Hospital connectivity contracts and platform licences
Term
Multi-year managed-service agreements
Individual & Professional
Payer
Doctors, nurses, midwives
Pays for
Productivity bundles and subscription data
Term
Payroll deduction through MoH and GHS
Donor & Concessional
Payer
Global Fund · Gates · GAVI · USAID · KfW
Pays for
Rural CHPS connectivity and resilience tranches
Term
Programme-based co-funding
Scale

What the segment looks like at maturity.

1,000
CHPS compounds by Year 3
Of 5,500+ addressable rural primary-care points.
GHS 25,000
Avg hospital ARPU/month
Blended across teaching, regional, and district.
GHS 250
Health professional bundle/month
Nurse and doctor productivity stack.
150
Hospitals connected by Year 3
Across teaching, regional, and district tiers.

Indicative figures. Detailed addressable-market analysis and unit economics provided to qualified investors under NDA.

Anchors

Who anchors Smart Health.

Policy & Mandate
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ghana Health Service
  • NHIA
  • National Ambulance Service
  • Pharmacy Council
  • Nursing & Midwifery Council
Funding
  • Global Fund
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • GAVI
  • USAID
  • KfW
  • JICA
  • World Bank Health Programme
Delivery
  • Teaching hospitals (Korle Bu · Komfo Anokye · Tamale · Ho · Cape Coast)
  • Regional and district hospitals
  • CHPS network
  • Retail pharmacy chains
The Shift

What Smart Health changes.

Today
Telemedicine in three pilot hospitals. Lab results travelling by motorbike. Nurses funding their own devices, or going without.
With Celltell
Telemedicine at every CHPS compound. Results in the patient's record before they leave the chair. Tablets, clinical tools, and CPD on payroll deduction.
TodayTelemedicine is a pilot in three hospitals.
With CelltellTelemedicine at every CHPS compound.
TodayLab results travel by motorbike.
With CelltellResults in the patient's record before they leave the chair.
TodayNurses fund their own devices, or don't have any.
With CelltellTablet, clinical tools, and CPD on payroll deduction.

Anchor, fund, or supply Smart Health.

Whether you're a ministry, a foundation, a development partner, or a technology supplier — there's a place to plug in.

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