Henry Cloud-native EMR with Integrated Billing

Henry, Inc. is a Japanese health tech company founded in May 2018 and led by CEO Akito Sakasegawa. It targets small and medium-sized hospitals that still rely on paper charts or costly on-premise systems, and began offering its product to hospitals in February 2023.

Henry is a cloud-native electronic medical record with an integrated receipt computer for insurance billing, covering reception, consultation, ordering, accounting and inpatient management without on-site servers. Updates roll out continuously, and the company adds generative AI features for drafting chart notes, plus a remote medical billing service (Henry Iji). Users include Seikoukai Hospital, Anbiru Hospital and Taiyo Children's Hospital.

• Cloud-native EMR: browser-based charting with a simplified screen design for staff less familiar with PCs.
• Integrated billing: built-in receipt computer for insurance claims and accounting.
• Hospital workflow coverage: reception, consultation, orders, accounting and admission-discharge management.
• Generative AI documentation: proposes chart drafts from consultation content to reduce physician workload.
• Henry Iji: remote outsourcing service for medical billing clerical work.
• Pricing simulation: online tool to estimate costs before adoption.

Small private hospitals in Vietnam could use a cloud EMR with integrated insurance billing as a model for moving off paper. Local HIS vendors could explore technology partnerships on cloud-native architecture and AI chart drafting. Hospital groups could pair the EMR with outsourced billing services to cope with staff shortages.

Removes the need for in-house servers and keeps hospitals on the latest version through cloud updates. Combines EMR and billing in one system, reducing double entry for clerical staff. Hospitals using Henry reported bed occupancy rising from 60% to 100%, revenue gains of up to 30% and overtime cuts of 70-80%, per the company. Taiyo Children's Hospital cut checkout time by about five minutes per patient.

Governments are encouraging cloud-native, standardised EMRs to bring small hospitals online, and Henry takes part in Japan's standard EMR working group. Vietnam faces a similar challenge as district and private hospitals must move to electronic medical records with limited IT staff, which favours subscription cloud systems over on-premise builds.

Founded in May 2018 in Japan. Series C of JPY 3 billion in May 2026 from investors including Angel Bridge, Globis Capital Partners, Japan Post Investment, Coral Capital and JIC VGI. Hosts a Hospital DX Conference and a joint event with Google.