What Tips Salud does

Tips Salud is a Córdoba, Argentina-based healthcare information technology company and the dedicated health-IT business unit of Grupo Hospital Privado. It emerged from the internal IT department of Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba — a high-complexity university hospital that has been fully computerized using its own platform — and now serves more than 50 institutional clients across Argentina and four neighboring Latin American countries (Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay). Its core offering is HIS INNOVA, a modular integrated health information system anchored by a Digital Unique Electronic Clinical Record (HCDU) and complemented by modules for Clinical Decision Support, Terminology Server, Master Drug Table, Care Process Administration, Financial Cycle Management, Connected Patient / Telemedicine (CIMA strategy), Practice Effectors (LIS/RIS with ENFOKE integration), Support Services (pharmacy and traceability), and DRG-based Clinical and Hospital Management Tools. The platform is built on Domain-Driven Design architecture with a proprietary ORM layer, an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) for interoperability, and standards support across HL7 2.5/V3/CDA, DICOM, IHE, SNOMED CT, LOINC, and NHS DM+D; certifications include HIMSS Level 6, HL7 International, SNOMED International, and ISO 9001 (TUV Rheinland).

The company monetizes HIS INNOVA through enterprise software licensing, implementation services, and recurring support contracts to public and private hospitals, clinics, and healthcare networks across Latin America. Its go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales targeting healthcare institutions, an inside-sales layer handling demo requests (Solicitar Demo) and inbound inquiries, and a commercial representative / reseller program for regional coverage. A defining differentiator is its 40-person Health Informatics Department of doctors, pharmacists, nurses, technicians, and bioengineers who co-develop and implement the product alongside software engineers, embedding first-hand clinical expertise into the roadmap. Strategic anchors include the 2023 Elsevier partnership covering Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay for clinical education and decision-support content, and sub-brands such as Código Rojo (emergency telemedicine) and Club de la Salud (patient portal). The company is privately held within Grupo Hospital Privado, with no disclosed external institutional investors, and is led by President Cecilia Camillucci.

Name

Tips Salud

Legal name

Tips Salud

Website

https://tipsalud.com.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare IT — Hospital Information Systems

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Radiology Information Systems (RIS) (HLACALAB)

Keywords

• Hospital information systems
• Electronic health records
• Clinical decision support
• Healthcare interoperability
• Telemedicine platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Córdoba

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Healthcare IT Software Licensing and Implementation: Provides integrated health information system solutions to healthcare institutions including electronic health records, clinical decision support, administrative management, and patient engagement platforms. Revenue generated through software licensing, implementation services, and ongoing support to hospitals and clinics across Latin America.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tips Salud develops and licenses HIS INNOVA, a modular integrated Health Information System for hospitals, clinics, and healthcare networks. The platform covers electronic health records, clinical decision support, terminology/drug master services, care process administration, financial cycle management, patient portals, telemedicine, laboratory/radiology systems, and DRG-based performance analytics. It is sold primarily through enterprise software licensing, implementation, and ongoing support contracts to healthcare institutions across Latin America.

Product overview

Tips Salud offers HIS INNOVA, a unified modular Health Information System covering the entire value chain of integrated healthcare. The portfolio includes the core HIS INNOVA Electronic Clinical Record system, complemented by specialized modules: Clinical Decision Support System with Terminology Server and Drug Master File for medication safety; Care Process Administration for outpatient, inpatient, surgical, and emergency workflows; Financial Cycle Management for billing, debits, and supplies; Connected Patient Portal with telemedicine capabilities implementing the CIMA strategy; Practice Effectors managing laboratory (LIS), imaging (RIS with ENFOKE integration), and specialty departments; Support Services including hospital pharmacy; Clinical and Hospital Management Tools with DRG analytics; and an Integration Bus for interoperability. The system is designed for individual institutions and integrated care networks, supporting HL7, DICOM, SNOMED CT, and IHE standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HIS INNOVA: Digital Unique Electronic Health Record system that allows longitudinal chronological recording, integrating information from different care settings and providing support for medical decision-making.
• Portal del Paciente / Club de la Salud
• Código Rojo

Products and services

• HIS INNOVA Electronic Health Record (Registro Clínico Electrónico / HCDU) Digital Unique Electronic Health Record (HCDU) providing longitudinal chronological recording of patient information, integrating data across different care settings and supporting medical decision-making, statistics, research and institutional management for hospitals, clinics and healthcare networks.
• Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) Automatic alert system for clinical decision support covering drug-drug interactions, allergy alerts, dose adjustment detection, contraindications, and pregnancy/lactation alerts, integrated with the terminology server and drug master file for hospital and clinical use.
• Terminology Server Terminology control and coding service that integrates information from all HCDU modules and provides semantic-based data retrieval with auto-coding to SNOMED-CT, ICD-9CM, ICD-10, LOINC, NANDA, CIE-10, CIE-9 and DM+D, plus DRG-based episode classification.
• Master Drug Table (Tabla Maestra de Fármacos) Proprietary drug database based on NHS DM+D international standards, containing commercial products and monodrugs with SNOMED-CT mapping and LASA (Look-Alike, Sound-Alike) identification to prevent medication errors.
• Care Process Administration (Administración de Procesos Asistenciales) Administrative logistics module covering outpatient care (agendas, appointments, statistics, billing), inpatient management (admission, bed management, derivations), operating room scheduling and emergency triage with 5 complexity levels.
• Financial Cycle Management (Gestión del Ciclo Financiero) Comprehensive financial management module covering billing, debit management, fee liquidation, accounts receivable, and supply management with multi-depot support, automatic stock transactions and National Medication Traceability System integration.
• Connected Patient Portal (Paciente Conectado) Patient health portal enabling access to clinical records, personalized prevention tips, alerts, reminders, education content, medication reminders, appointment self-management and geolocation of pharmacies and care centers, implementing the CIMA strategy (Communication, Information, Monitoring, Adherence).
• Telemedicine (including Código Rojo) Telemedicine platform supporting consultations, tele-stroke, tele-ICU, home care and emergency response, enabling remote diagnostics, treatments and prevention with bidirectional communication, image transmission, and medical tele-education, including the Código Rojo emergency module.
• Practice Effectors (Efectores de Prácticas — LIS and RIS) System for managing diagnostic and therapeutic departments including Laboratory (LIS), Imaging (RIS) with ENFOKE integration, Pathology, Blood Bank, Neurology, Pulmonology, Respiratory Therapy, Rheumatology, Dermatology and Cardiology.
• Support Services (Hospital Pharmacy and Patient Transfer) Hospital pharmacy system meeting '5 rights' medication standards, integrated with clinical systems, prescribing, nursing, stock management and billing, plus patient transfer management with camillero APP.
• Clinical and Hospital Management Tools (DRG analytics) DRG (Diagnosis Related Groups) system providing strategic information and measuring hospital and network performance against international standards, including evidence-based analytics for medical decision-making optimization.
• Integration Bus (Enterprise Service Bus) Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) for transformation, routing, load balancing and orchestration of services enabling interoperability between HIS INNOVA modules and external systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fully computerized hospital environment with integrated systems across all care settings
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ElseviercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023Elsevier, a global leader in information analysis, and TIPS signed a strategic collaboration agreement representing a new reference point in medical education and clinical decision-making in Latin America. The partnership covers Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, focusing on commercializing training platforms for medical students and healthcare professionals, and providing access to valuable databases and medical references in hospital settings for evidence-based clinical decisions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Oracle Health (formerly Cerner): Global EHR and health IT incumbent under Oracle, with Millennium platform deployed in large hospital networks worldwide. Represents the broadest competitive threat to Tips Salud for multi-site, multi-country hospital procurement.
• CompuGroup Medical (CGM): European healthcare software group with broad hospital and physician IT portfolio expanding into Latin America. Comparable as a multi-country HIS incumbent whose geographic expansion could pressure Tips Salud's regional footprint.
• MEDITECH: Long-established US-based EHR vendor with Expanse platform serving community hospitals and IDNs. Increasingly active internationally, including LATAM, where it competes with Tips Salud for mid-to-large hospital deployments.
• Epic Systems: Dominant US-based EHR vendor serving large academic medical centers and IDNs, expanding into select international markets. Competes with Tips Salud for high-complexity hospital contracts where buyers demand global reference bases and HIMSS top-tier maturity.
• Philips Tasy: Philips' hospital information system (Tasy) is widely deployed across Latin American hospitals, particularly in Brazil. Overlaps with HIS INNOVA in target customer, geography, and product scope, but backed by Philips' global scale and broader clinical portfolio.

Direct peers

• MV Sistemas: Brazil's largest domestically-owned hospital information system vendor with broad EHR, clinical, and administrative modules. Closest geographic peer to Tips Salud given shared language, similar emerging-market cost structure, and overlap in target hospital segments.
• Dedalus: Italy-based healthcare IT vendor with one of the largest installed HIS bases across Latin America and Europe. Directly comparable to Tips Salud as a multi-country hospital information system provider targeting public and private hospitals with comprehensive EHR and interoperability offerings.
• InterSystems (TrakCare): Global unified healthcare information system built around the InterSystems IRIS data platform with deep HL7, IHE, and SNOMED CT interoperability. Comparable to HIS INNOVA as a standards-driven HIS competing for the same multi-country hospital tenders in Latin America.
• Pixeon: Brazilian healthcare technology company offering HIS, LIS, and imaging software to hospitals and labs across Latin America. Comparable in scale, geographic focus, and product breadth to Tips Salud, including similar recurring-revenue SaaS model.

Emerging players

• Carestream Health: Global medical imaging and healthcare IT vendor offering RIS/PACS and clinical workflow solutions. Partial overlap with Tips Salud's RIS and imaging modules; competes for the imaging-centric portion of hospital IT budgets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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