Electronic medical records · built for Africa
Klinicnote is a low-cost, offline-first EMR for African clinics. It installs on one small computer over your own Wi-Fi, keeps working through power and internet cuts, and keeps every patient record inside your walls. Go live the same day — for a one-time $99.
Why local-first
Most electronic record systems assume always-on internet, reliable power and a budget for monthly per-seat fees. For a busy clinic in Lagos, Nairobi or Accra, those assumptions break on day one.
When the line goes down, a cloud EMR locks you out of your own patient records — mid-consultation.
Per-seat subscriptions in foreign currency quietly become one of the clinic's biggest running costs.
Patient information sits on servers in another country — a poor fit for trust, latency and data-protection rules.
How Klinicnote is different
Klinicnote runs as a local hub. The clinic's own Wi-Fi connects phones, tablets and laptops to one inexpensive computer that holds the records. No internet round-trip, no offshore server.
A mini-PC or Raspberry Pi sits in the clinic and stores everything. It's the only computer that needs a licence.
Staff open Klinicnote in a normal browser on any device already on the clinic network. Nothing to install on phones.
A modest UPS keeps the hub and router alive through power cuts, so charting never stops.
From acquisition to go-live
No procurement cycle, no consultants, no migration project. Four steps from buying a licence to seeing your first patient on Klinicnote.
A mini-PC or Raspberry Pi you can buy locally. Plug it into your Wi-Fi router.
Download Klinicnote, run the installer, enter your licence key. One machine, one licence.
Add your clinic name, staff and roles, and your price list. The built-in academy trains each role.
Front desk registers and takes payment, the queue fills, the doctor charts. You're live.
Minimum IT footprint: one inexpensive computer, a Wi-Fi router and a small battery — no servers, no data centre, no IT department, no monthly cloud bill.
Klinicnote vs cloud EMRs
| Klinicnote | Typical cloud EMR | |
|---|---|---|
| Needs internet to work | No — fully offline | Yes, always-on |
| Works during power cuts | Yes, on a small battery | Only if internet & power hold |
| Cost model | $99 one-time, per computer | Monthly per-seat, in foreign currency |
| Hardware needed | One mini-PC or Raspberry Pi | Reliable broadband + devices |
| Where patient data lives | In your clinic | Offshore servers |
| Time to go live | Same day | Weeks of onboarding |
| IT staff required | None | Usually |
What's inside
Everything a busy general clinic needs, with roles for the doctor, nurse, front desk and practice admin.
Search-before-create patient records, a colour-coded clinic queue, and doctor self-assignment.
Vitals, nurse notes and a sign-and-lock physician SOAP note, each gated to the right role.
Ready-made templates for common conditions — including an antenatal / obstetric visit — fully editable.
WHO ICD-11 coding assistance on the diagnosis, with an offline option for no-internet clinics.
Build a medication list and authenticate it with the prescriber's PIN; print a script on the clinic letterhead.
Front desk quotes an estimate, takes payment, prints a receipt and releases the patient to the doctor.
Disposition, counselling, follow-up and referrals captured as a clean discharge summary.
Consent to treatment and Nigeria NDPA data-processing consent, with a full per-user audit log.
Patient flow and money — awaiting, discharged, collected and outstanding — for the practice admin.
Designed for the realities on the ground
From Lagos to Nairobi, Accra to Dar es Salaam — Klinicnote is shaped by how African clinics actually run.
Runs on a small battery so daily outages don't stop care or lose data.
Offline-first by design — the clinic network is all it needs.
A front-desk billing flow built around estimate, payment and receipt before the patient is seen.
Prices and receipts in your currency; the licence is shown in local money at checkout.
A generic consent-to-treatment record plus data-processing consent (NDPA in Nigeria, adaptable to your country), a full per-user audit log, and on-site data that never leaves the clinic.
Designed to run well on inexpensive computers clinics can buy locally.
Pricing
Buy a licence, download once, install on one clinic computer. That's it — no monthly cloud bill.
Klinicnote licence
Upgrades to new major versions are priced separately. Local price is indicative; see checkout.
Klinicnote Academy
Short, practical lessons for each person on the team — so a clinic can self-onboard without a trainer on site.
Register patients, quote estimates, take payment, print receipts, release to the doctor.
Vitals flowsheet, nurse notes and procedures, intake and consent.
Assign patients, chart and sign the SOAP note, prescribe, and discharge.
Clinic setup, charge master, users and roles, and the patient-flow dashboard.
Questions
One inexpensive computer (a mini-PC or a Raspberry Pi), a Wi-Fi router, and a small backup battery. Staff use it from any phone, tablet or laptop on the clinic's network through a normal browser. No servers, no data centre, no IT department.
No. Klinicnote is offline-first and runs entirely on your local network, so it keeps working through internet outages. Internet is only useful for optional online updates.
One. A licence is a single download tied to one computer — the clinic's hub. Additional clinics or hubs each need their own licence.
Payment is by PayPal — use your PayPal balance or any debit/credit card (no PayPal account required). The licence is US$99; we show an indicative local-currency amount as a guide.
Your licence is yours to keep. Major new versions are offered as a separate, optional upgrade — so you only pay again if you choose to move up.
Data stays on your clinic's own computer, not in the cloud. Klinicnote captures consent to treatment and Nigeria NDPA data-processing consent, logs every action by user, and supports on-site backups.
One small computer. One $99 licence. Live the same day — even when the internet isn't.
One licence · one computer · one download. You'll receive a licence key and the installer after payment.
Pay securely with PayPal — use your PayPal balance or any debit/credit card, no PayPal account needed. Charged in USD ($99); the local-currency figure is indicative. After payment you'll get the installer download and your one-computer licence key by email. Upgrades are priced separately.