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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health information technology |
| Founded | 11 January 1987[1] |
| Headquarters | , Brazil |
| Products | HiDoctor |
| Website | www |
Centralx is a Brazilian health information technology company based in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. It develops software and digital services for medical practices and clinics.[2][3] The company developed HiDoctor, a medical practice management system that has been marketed since the 1990s.[4][5] During the 1990s, the company operated under the name Central de Informática; the Centralx name came into use in the early 2000s.[6][7][8]
History
[edit]According to the company's institutional history, Centralx was founded on 11 January 1987 in Juiz de Fora by professors associated with the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, initially providing computer-related educational services. One of its founders, Marcos Moreira, also worked on custom software development. The company states that in 1989 it shifted its activities exclusively to software development.[1]
Centralx traces the origins of HiDoctor to a 1993 commission to develop software for organizing a medical practice.[1] By 1997, the product was receiving coverage in the Brazilian press. In March of that year, the Rio de Janeiro newspaper Jornal do Commercio reported on Central de Informática's policy of allowing prospective customers to test its software before purchase, with HiDoctor among the programs available for trial.[4] The following month, Folha de S.Paulo described version 5.01 of HiDoctor, reporting features for appointment scheduling, patient records, medical billing, prescriptions, medical certificates and diagnostic test requests.[5]
At the time, Central de Informática also developed software outside the medical sector. Jornal do Commercio mentioned Eficiência, a program for household organization,[4] while Folha de S.Paulo reviewed Central Database'98, software for creating and organizing databases, in 1998.[6]
The transition to the Centralx name took place around the beginning of the 2000s. In February 2000, Central de Informática de Juiz de Fora Ltda. filed an application with Brazil's National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) for the trademark Centralx.com Central Software.[7] By March 2001, the name Centralx.com was being used in the press, when the Manaus newspaper Jornal do Commercio reported on an initiative by the medical portal Medcenter.com to distribute copies of HiDoctor to physicians.[8] In 2002, Acessa.com referred to the company simply as Centralx and reported that it had been developing medical software for eight years.[2]
In March 2002, Portal ClienteSA reported the launch of HiDoctor NET, which allowed HiDoctor databases used in clinics and medical practices to be synchronized over the Internet using MedSync technology.[3] The same year, Compaq News included HiDoctor NET among applications for the iPAQ Pocket PC and described it as a partnership involving Compaq, Centralx and AMR.[9]
Products and services
[edit]HiDoctor is Centralx's software for managing medical practices and clinics. Its functions include appointment scheduling, patient registration and records, billing for services provided through health insurance plans, and the preparation of medical documents such as prescriptions, medical certificates and diagnostic test requests.[5] HiDoctor NET later added Internet-based data synchronization and remote access to information stored in the system.[3]
Centralx has also developed digital services related to medical practice and health information. According to the company's institutional history, these have included Site Médico, a website service for physicians; CatalogoMed, a directory and appointment-scheduling service; News.med.br, a medical information website; BulasMed, a drug information service; and AbcMed, a health information portal for the general public.[1]
In 2016, technology publication TI Inside reported the release of HiDoctor Atlas, a human anatomy application for smartphones and tablets containing illustrations of organs, tissues, cells and other anatomical structures.[10] The company's institutional history states that telemedicine and digital-signature features were added to HiDoctor in 2020, followed by features based on artificial intelligence in 2025.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Sobre nós". Centralx (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- 1 2 Gusman, Ludmila (17 April 2002). "Softwares para facilitar o dia-a-dia". Acessa.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Centralx disponibiliza prontuário médico sincronizado pela web". Portal ClienteSA (in Portuguese). 14 March 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 Tedesco, José Carlos (16–17 March 1997). "O médico também manda na Internet". Jornal do Commercio (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. p. H-6. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 Abramczyk, Julio (9 April 1997). "Programa organiza rotina do consultório". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- 1 2 "'Database 98' é opção para organizar informações". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 20 May 1998. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Revista da Propriedade Industrial" (PDF). Revista da Propriedade Industrial (in Portuguese) (1845). Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial: 157. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
Tit. CENTRAL DE INFORMATICA DE JUIZ DE FORA LTDA [...] Marca: CENTRALX .COM CENTRAL SOFTWARE
- 1 2 "Soft médico de graça na internet". Jornal do Commercio (in Portuguese). Manaus. 15 March 2001. p. 9. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- ↑ "Inovações para o mercado wireless" (PDF). Compaq News (in Portuguese) (18): 29. April–June 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
- ↑ "Aplicativo HiDoctor coloca anatomia do corpo humano em dispositivos móveis". TI Inside (in Portuguese). 12 February 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2026.