Healthcare IT News - September 2007 - (Page 48)

48 Healthcare IT News September 2007 ■ clinical toolkit www.HealthcareITNews.com Buyers guide By PaTTy Enrado, Contributing Editor AmbulAtory Emrs NextGen Healthcare’s EMR product, with more than 1,500 implementations, is ranked fifth in KLAS Enterprise’s Top 20 Mid-Year Report on Ambulatory EMRs. Latest Stark ruling makes EMRs a hot item a record systems, or EMRs, is high among practices with 100 or more physicians, according to Jared Peterson, vice president of operations for KLAS Enterprises. All the top vendors in this established market have the ability and resources to bridge inpatient and outpatient gaps and multi-specialty needs. With the relaxation of the Stark regulations, Peterson said hospitals are reaching out to community physicians by interfacing them to their EMR systems. Benefits accrue to hospitals, hoping for referrals, and physician groups that can’t afford EMR systems on their own. Expect to see a slight landscape change next year as vendors from the small physician group EMR market scale their products. The ranked list of products is from KLAS’ Top 20 Mid-Year Report. Notable, though unranked, products have also been included. KLAS released its in-depth study on Ambulatory EMRs in September. doption of electronic medical Epic SyStEmS corporAtioN epiccare ambulatory eMr klas rank no. 1 Features: EpicCare is a full-featured system saved lives, improved quality of care and realized significant returns on their EMR investments. EpicCare has helped client organizations receive numerous awards, including the HIMSS Davies Award. Standalone EMR or integrated with proactive management and accounts receivable solutions: that supports CPOE and orders management, e-prescribing, health maintenance, population management, research, visit documentation and follow-up workflows. It can be implemented as a comprehensive, multi-specialty EMR, simpler Web-based EMR, or Web-based chart review and e-prescribing module. It is an active assistant, providing real-time decision support and promoting best practices. Integration with Epic’s MyChart gives patients controlled Web access to their EpicCare records, with secure messaging and disease management features. Number of implementations: There are 105 EpicCare Ambulatory implementations; these organizations will cover 45,000,000 to 60,000,000 patients at full rollout. Independent industry surveys have shown high adoption rates among clinicians using Epic’s EMR, and clinics using EpicCare have logic to documentation forms: automatically prompting clinicians for additional information based on values they enter in a form, for example. Epic will also continue adding to its library of pre-built content and forms for specialty areas. AllScriptS Standalone EMR or integrated with proactive management and accounts receivable solutions: EpicCare is integrated at the database level with Epic’s billing and scheduling applications. Benefits of this data-level integration include the ability to automatically trigger charges in Epic’s Resolute billing application and to schedule orders with Epic’s Cadence scheduling application. Schedules, benefit summaries and expected patient visit charges become accessible within EpicCare workflows with no need for interfacing. Clients also have the option of using EpicCare standalone with interfaced billing and scheduling systems. Functionalities for next-version EMR: EpicCare’s next release will expand end-user options for identifying high risk populations and managing panels, and introduce a user-friendly scripting engine that gives users without programming knowledge the ability to add touchWorks eHr klas rank no. 2 Features: TouchWorks EHR provides Web- based architecture providing true AnywhereAnytime access to patient records. It includes easy customization and smart design, with automated learning of MD preferences; context-sensitive decision support appropriate to each patient; workflow automation, including electronic MD-to-MA tasking; real-time results reporting and patient follow-up alerts; and paperless chart management. Number of implementations: TouchWorks is used by more than 20,000 physicians in more than 2,000 clinics nationwide. Standalone EMR or integrated with proactive management and accounts receivable solutions: Both; product integrates with practice management systems and also with Payerpath revenue cycle management services and capabilities. Functionalities for next-version EMR: Key features include Intuitive Prescribing, High Definition Clinical Vocabularies, Differential Diagnosis Advisor, Robust Pharmacy Connectivity, Health Information Port, Misys Connect Ready, Sticky Notes Messaging, Misys Mobile Charge solutions and Redesigned User Interface and improved workflows. GE HEAltHcArE ge centricity eMr klas rank no. 4 Designed by clinicians for clinicians, Centricity EMR enables ambulatory care physicians and clinical staff to document patient encounters, streamline clinical workflow and securely exchange clinical data with other providers, patients and information systems. The scalable system features patient population management, immediate access to patient records, clinical decision support tools at the point of care, complete flexibility and customization to support diverse practices and workflows, integration with all major information systems, implementation experience and user community, problem-oriented format with a one-screen summary and detailed patient information available with a single click, secure and HIPAA-compliant information accessibility by the whole care team instantly, and lab results, transcriptions, radiology images and more automatically imported and attached to the patient record. NExtGEN HEAltHcArE VISIT THE ALL NEW! The TouchWorks EMR can be delivered standalone, or as a tightly integrated solution with our TouchWorks Practice Management and Revenue Cycle Management solutions. Functionalities of next-version EMR: The current version of TouchWorks is the most advanced in the industry, combining proven success with innovation. The next version of our software, available this year, will include more specialty-specific content and processes, as well as integration with a number of leading personal health records (in addition to our current iHealthRecord), real-time clinical trials notification at the point of care, and plug-and-play integration with more than 100 medical devices and third-party applications. miSyS HEAltHcArE SyStEmS Misys eMr klas rank no. 3 Features: Misys EMR gives physicians fast nextgen eMr klas rank no. 5 Features: Enterprise- and practice-level work- Free Disaster Recovery Whitepaper www.mergehealthcare.com access to patient information that can help improve care, eliminate clinical inefficiencies and boost revenue. With new capabilities for patient communications, decision-support, charge and transaction processing, mobile and Web-based services, and integration with third-party product and application providers, Misys EMR is the foundation for building a connected healthcare community. Number of implementations: 1,800+ practice installations flow to standardize processes across multiple practices, while letting each practice choose its own system of care; comprehensive clinical content in one EMR developed specifically for more than 20 specialties, ensuring maximum system adoption; electronic reporting capabilities for business analysis, clinical trials, pay-for-performance and DOQ-IT participation; and automated E&M coding to eliminate lost charges and maximize reimbursement based on audit-proof documentation. e ● Connect: mErGE 0907 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7697 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.mergehealthcare.com http://www.mergehealthcare.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/eConnect.cms?id=7739

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