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- Sector: Maatschappelijk werk
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 501-1.000 werknemers
- Anders 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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- Gebruiksgemak
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 10.0 /10
Medical Records/ Information
Beoordeeld op 25/4/2020
Overall, I love using this website for medical information and record updates. I love being able to...
Overall, I love using this website for medical information and record updates. I love being able to schedule appointments for my kids and I, it makes it really easy. NextGen still needs a little work but overall, its easy, accessible, great way to communication with healthcare providers, shows your medication and so much more great features.
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I love that we are able to schedule our appointments online. I like that we are also able to see our medical records and other information about myself and other family members. I also really like that its easy access anywhere you go. I like a lot of the features on the site.
Minpunten
The only thing that I least like about the software is the communication on scheduling and communication between a healthcare provider can take long to 2 days or more.
- Sector: Medische praktijk
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 2-10 werknemers
- Dagelijks 1-5 maanden lang gebruikt
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Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
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- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 9.0 /10
About to go live
Beoordeeld op 18/9/2019
In my heart I know, after the growing pains, it will be a good product. They have a lot of videos...
In my heart I know, after the growing pains, it will be a good product. They have a lot of videos to watch and webinars available. Call back is never as quick as when you need help.
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2015 certified
APMA partnered to work with them. NextGen uses APMA registry.
Health Fusion was already purchased by NextGen so they aren't going anywhere.
Customizable
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1. It looks great when sales people show you but out of the box requires A LOT of customization. Of course, the good is that it is able to be customized - but YOU do it.
2. YOU do all work. They show you but you DO it
3. Many of the verbage they use looks good until you READ it. Then you realize how many changes YOU need to make.
- Sector: Financiële dienstverlening
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- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 5.0 /10
Professional billing service review of this software
Beoordeeld op 29/7/2014
Pluspunten
What I like best is that it is cloud-based. I also like that I can scan and upload documents to the patient's chart, and when you pull up a patient, you can pretty much see all the information on your patient regarding demographics, insurance, authorizations, and what is outstanding.
Minpunten
There are many things I do not like about this product. Posting secondary payments is a hassle. You end up having to manually post most of the secondaries because this software gives your claim a new ID each time the claim is submitted. Even if paid by the primary and you create a secondary claim, there's a new claim #. This causes the secondary ERA payment to not know where to post the money. The claim number should stay the same for the life of that claim. Also, they tell you that you can look up the claim easily when posting a secondary claim by doing an advanced search by the patient's name. Most of the time, this is not the case. You end up having to click on multiple pages to find the claim number so you can post the payment.
I also am not a fan of the reports and the lack of filtering. Our sales guy told us that the software reports could be customized and if there was a report we wanted, we only had to ask. If there was an enhancement we wanted, we only had to ask. However, I can't even pay for a report or enhancement. When I ask for any enhancement, I am told it is not possible or that it will become part of the list, which never gets looked at apparently. Even the most simple request don't happen. For example, if an authorization is not active any longer, this should not print up on an authorization report forever. This causes the report to become gigantic. They will tell you that you can filter these things out yourself, but that is extremely tedious, especially after using the software over a long period of time and especially if this is a report you need to use every week.
Another thing about the reports is that many of them are not live. If you do work today, you can not see what is accurate until the next day. The reports will show you what was what as of close of business yesterday. Also, the salesman told us that they worked with almost every insurance company and therefore we would be able to check claim status, track claims, check eligibility, referrals. This was a large exaggeration. They have maybe five insurance companies that can do 1/2 of that.
Customer service is sometimes slow to respond, and they usually don't give very helpful answers when you send a written inquiry. The best thing to do is to call. But even then, they might not be able to help you because what you want, they simply don't have available.
Also the fee slips you will have available to use from their system are terrible. The options are very limited, and the font is extremely small and hard to read. I am a billing service, and all of my offices complained. When I asked if the font could be enlarged, I was told no, even though there was much room on the slip that was not used.
Training on this software was pretty much train yourself. You are allow three one-hour phone training sessions. You are given a lot of homework to do on your own first. If you can not make your appointment promptly, they will cancel it. If you are at your appointment but waiting on them, that is a different story. You have to do much of the setup with this software on your own, and it is not as simple as they would have you believe, especially exporting data from the old software to the new. They will tell you that if you can use an Excel spreadsheet, you can do it yourself. I had expert Excel spreadsheet staff do this for me, and it took forever to get it done. It was a nightmare and very expensive. This is because there are many requirements that are very vague. They offer pretty much no help.
If you have to resubmit a claim multiple times, all the claims get new claim numbers, and the claims you do not want stay in the claim history. This causes what you are looking at to be confusing. Even if you just have to resubmit a claim because the insurance says they do not have it on file, it stays on claim history with a new claim number.
Finally, when you have your insurances loaded in your payer list, they do not load with the addresses or phone numbers. You have to do this manually. Even when you do this and you want to print your aging report or work, the report shows without the insurance phone number or address. This is a large inconvenience when working your aging. It is also very hard to separate your insurance companies.
- Sector: Ziekenhuis- en gezondheidszorgbranche
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 11-50 werknemers
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 9.0 /10
Claim Processing
Beoordeeld op 17/9/2022
We are very happy with this web based software you don’t need to have have internet connection...
We are very happy with this web based software you don’t need to have have internet connection access to use. Even you can use for slow connection or small practice too
Pluspunten
Creating a charge is just a matter of clicks with nextgen office
Minpunten
submission of charge is very easy and post a refund is also not a tricky job you can do with simple step but nextgen need to little bit improvement for color theme
- Sector: Informatietechnologie en -diensten
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 1.001-5.000 werknemers
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 10.0 /10
Great software with loads of features
Beoordeeld op 21/1/2019
Pluspunten
It has everything a practice needs including a great EHR software, Document Management, Practice Management, and more. It is also the only vendor that has NextPen which lets patients fill out forms and have that information automatically transcribed to their chart.
Minpunten
Some issues pop up here and there but they tend to be patched pretty quickly.
- Sector: Ziekenhuis- en gezondheidszorgbranche
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 2-10 werknemers
- Dagelijks 1+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 0.0 /10
NextGen is not user friendly
Beoordeeld op 14/8/2020
I was unhappy with the product because it slowed me down and required so much excess minutia in...
I was unhappy with the product because it slowed me down and required so much excess minutia in button clicking and scrolling. Overall it is a very inconvenient software to use. Eventually I became accustomed to it, but you realize how bad it is once you switch to a better software
Pluspunten
The layout is fairly readable.
Sometimes it is nice to click on a box and have it instantly bring up a table to select different options, but it is generally annoying and difficult to customize.
Minpunten
Excessive tabs, scrolling, and button-clicking. It is very time-consuming to complete exam charts due to the poor layout design of the system. The layout design does not utilize monitor real estate very well.
- Sector: Ziekenhuis- en gezondheidszorgbranche
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 201-500 werknemers
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
The out of the box templates are a good start to utilizing NextGen.
Beoordeeld op 8/11/2017
Pluspunten
The ability to customize the system to your workflow and streamline the documentation process. I also like the configuration templates in addition to the quick save and quick note functionality.
Minpunten
There are too many clicks in the system. My providers regularly discuss how many clicks are required to complete a note. There is also a lot redundancy.
- Sector: Ziekenhuis- en gezondheidszorgbranche
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 51-200 werknemers
- Dagelijks 1+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Totaalscore
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 7.0 /10
Next gen is a wonderful tool for the office and for customer service personnel to use.
Beoordeeld op 1/4/2024
Pluspunten
The real time updating is amazing a patient can call right away with questions and we can get the answers.
Minpunten
I really do not have a negative. I enjo9y this product.
- Sector: Medische praktijk
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 11-50 werknemers
- Dagelijks 1+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 10.0 /10
Run your medical office smoothly
Beoordeeld op 10/4/2019
Pluspunten
This software makes communication between healthcare providers very easy. You can view imaging, send messages to the provider, document care, and keep track of when patients are checked in and checked out. It has everything you need to run a medical practice.
Minpunten
Sometimes there would be glitches in the software where we would have to reset the program. Like any software sometimes you have minor issues.
- Sector: Ziekenhuis- en gezondheidszorgbranche
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 11-50 werknemers
- Dagelijks 1+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 5.0 /10
The best tank, but cumbersome for smaller practices
Beoordeeld op 22/4/2024
Pluspunten
Comprehensive and able to personalize. Confidence in a well-backed company.
Minpunten
Expensive to run and tailor make/ personalize.
- Sector: Medische praktijk
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 2-10 werknemers
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 0.0 /10
Shady ethical practices
Beoordeeld op 2/3/2020
In order to get my auto bill pay to stop I had to change my credit card number. NextGen would not...
In order to get my auto bill pay to stop I had to change my credit card number. NextGen would not stop extracting monthly payment from autopay that I had established years before. This company made a great deal of money from me for the years and the parting thanks was an exit gouge for all the money they could get. I spent many hours in discussion and in correspondence with the company to resolve this issue. Each person with whom I spot expressed understanding but said they didn't have authority to made the decision of turning off the automatic billing, even though I wasn't using the product. They acknowledged that I did notify the company but I notified the "wrong" department.
Pluspunten
It was accessible in the cloud. I was able to free text fairly easily.
Minpunten
I had to nag my regional representative to get a response. He acted like he just didn't have time to help with issues. I needed to archive my records because I was retiring. My rep and the technical backup team from NextGen did not speak with a different department (billing). The billing department felt that I should given earlier notification in order not to fulfill a yearly billing cycle. It became apparent to me that the various departments don't communicate with each other. The billing department could have honored my telephonic and email communications that I had with two of their other departments and simply closed my account in a month or two. They chose to stiff me for a complete year of billing.
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Totaalscore
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
Beoordeeld op 29/2/2012
We are a single physician clinic in rural Texas. My physician is also my husband, and he is a board...
We are a single physician clinic in rural Texas. My physician is also my husband, and he is a board certified Family Practice osteopathic physician practicing in the same clinic for almost 30 years now. Our clinic is busy, and my staff is small. Employees are cross-trained in medical assisting and clerical duties and often cover each other depending on patient needs and/or staff absences. Having MediTouch PM software has given me a peace of mind, regarding patient care business needs, that I never had with prior computer programs. The system gets the insurance information correct and the insurance forms completed so much better than anything I've used in the past 15 years or more.
I have less missed charges thanks to the patient page showing the listing of a patient's office visits. If the charges have not yet been entered, there is an "ENTER" beside the date just waiting to be clicked. This better assures the correct dates are posted. Staff uses the recall options to follow up on patient care and schedule future appointments with less chance of letting a patient slip by without follow up. The Electronic Remittance Advice documents are wonderful - no more paper and everything in one place. The search options allow us to go back to anything as needed. Automatic posting saves time and frees staff for other tasks. At present, we are operating with one less staff member as when we first began to use the system.
As the physician's manager and wife, I appreciate that I can work on this day and night (for better or worse) without being tied to the clinic building. I am here at my home desk completing this review right now. I can finish posting claims, follow up on denied claims, generate and print statements all without carrying home boxes of papers. Having the data for both management and health records stored off-site is a blessing to me. The constant fear of system crashes and failed backups is over. I do not have the burden of upgrading to newer and more powerful servers at the clinic, but can use money to by better single computers that can connect with HealthFusion remotely and not to a central in-house server system.
I am still learning many aspects of the system, and anything not yet learned is entirely my own fault as HealthFusion has improved the training materials greatly over the past year. They are now easy to find and access. My time is all that needs to be planned because they have done everything else for us. Reports are available if I want them, too. I have seen our clinic income increase; payments come more quickly and less error thanks to the MediTouch PM system. Whenever I do find areas that I think need attention, the customer service is quick to respond and have taken my suggestions into implementation on a few occasions. They are very personable and professional whenever we call, although I tend to use email when possible. The replies are quick and complete.
We signed up for the programs in November 2010 based on promotional programs that were offered via the American Osteopathic Association. We didn't jump in to actually using the product until the following June when e-prescribing was required. If I could go back, I would have started the programs' use much earlier. I was simply afraid to jump in and leave our old systems behind. To my surprise, the transition has been easy. Thank you very much for the chance to share this experience. I do not mind providing more details if needed.
- Sector: Medische praktijk
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 2-10 werknemers
- Dagelijks 1-5 maanden lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 7.0 /10
Dermatology Office Using MediTouch's HealthFusion for nearly 1 year
Beoordeeld op 5/12/2016
In 2015, I spent countless hours reviewing/sampling one EHR after another to find a good fit for...
In 2015, I spent countless hours reviewing/sampling one EHR after another to find a good fit for what we needed/wanted in an EHR. We were moving from paper and wanted a cloud-based solution. As a dermatology office, we absolutely need the ability to document patient's skin findings on a diagram. HealthFusion was one of the few that gave this ability and even allowed us to upload our own images which we have designed for quick easy use. Most dermatologists will utilize a more derm-specific product such as Modernizing Medicine's EMA, PracticeStudio, etc, however, another criteria we wanted in our EHR was something that was truly platform-independent and browser-independent -- could work on a ChromeOS computer, a Mac, a Windows machine, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Edge, Internet Explorer, etc. Again, MediTouch's HealthFusion EHR & Practice Management product provided this capability while other derm-specific products did not and continue not to. We also do our billing in-house and wanted a robust billing product. MediTouch is their own clearinghouse which is a big benefit so when there are issues, we don't hear from our vendor "Oh it's a problem with the Clearinghouse", instead MediTouch customer service tells us "Oh we need to fix that". Customer service is overall very good - it is here in the United States (Pacific Coast which is our local time zone) and available relatively quickly. So why not five stars? Well, the EHR itself is not designed very well for a specialty-specific practice like ours so we went through a process of customizing it for our needs. We are happy that customization was available however it was a daunting and time consuming process. While the EHR system allows for some meaningful use and PQRS measures it does NOT collect data for specialty-specific measures so it's basically useless for our PQRS/MU/MACRA reporting needs. Which is very unfortunate and might force us to move to a derm-specific product.
Pluspunten
Platform-independent (works on ChromeOS, MacOS, iOS, Android, etc.)
Browser-independent (works in Chrome, Safari, Edge, Internet Explorer, Opera, etc)
Cloud-based with no need for specific hardware/software in-house.
Local to our time zone (Pacific) with U.S. based customer service
Clearinghouse is in-house with the vendor
Speed of operation - there have been moments when the cloud-based
Minpunten
Lack of specialty-specific Meaningful Use, PQRS, and MACRA measures
Need for heavy customization for the purposes of documenting specific scenarios (specialty or otherwise)
Extra components within standard documentation unnecessary for most specialties
Integration of PM and EHR could be a bit better
- Sector: Ziekenhuis- en gezondheidszorgbranche
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 2-10 werknemers
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 1.0 /10
Don't waste your hardwork or time trying to use or implement.
Beoordeeld op 23/4/2020
Beyond terrible. Do not waste your time
Beyond terrible. Do not waste your time
Pluspunten
None. Beyond bad. The other programs are much better even with some frustation. This is easily the worst.
Minpunten
1. Nextgen customer service for implentation is an absolute joke. I had spoken to so many different employees and none seem to know what they are doing. Common answer to questions and you are placed on hold while they ask someone else or transferred to the next employee.
2. Difficult to set up. Eclinicals, practice fusion, and athena got it right. Next gen is so wrong. If you are going to make it difficult to set up, maybe have employees trained how to use your program.
3. After about 3 years of using the program and trying to put up with the short comings, I had switched EMR programs. Boy, did I forget how much better my life is with out Nextgen. I can leave work with records completed. Other programs are just so much more efficient.
4. Just when you think you are out of the Nextgen trap. They will hold you records hostage. I was served a subpeona to request for a medical record, patient sueing an employer. I requested the record for 2 weeks and still have not received the record. I had missed the deadline, now probably in contempt of court.
Please save your sanity and choose a different program.
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 10.0 /10
NextGen has been easy to learn and has grown with the changes that occur in the medical field.
Beoordeeld op 7/11/2017
We transitioned from paper charts to this EHR. The process was challenging but nextgen navigated us...
We transitioned from paper charts to this EHR. The process was challenging but nextgen navigated us through all of the ups and downs it takes to get through scanning paper records and training staff. We have improved all processes since the initial implementation. We have from scheduling on the front end to the billing and statements on the back end we improved those processes. We took our antiquated tickler tab system for prior authorization of our outpatient surgical procedures and moved it to an electronic way to tracked, authorize and then schedule procedures. This cut down on any procedure being schedules before it was approved. This help improve revenue in the long run. The benefits of patient portal are still being realized. Patients can communicate with office staff on their own schedule. After implementing online billing and payment options our payments on account have increased a great deal.
Pluspunten
The ability to track authorizations using tasking and worklog as patient portal and how the messages easily populate into the front desk inbox. Patient portal can easily route the messages appropriately. And last, the ability to customize it to the needs of our specific practices slash specialty!
Minpunten
The ongoing upgrades although I know that is necessary for any EHR. Also there is no "reschedule" option for appointments. You can cancel then rebook and look at reschedule history but I personally like a reschedule button then follow the sequence needed.
- Sector: Financiële dienstverlening
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 11-50 werknemers
- Dagelijks 1-5 maanden lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 2.0 /10
Not what we were hoping for
Beoordeeld op 25/1/2017
We have about eight months into this software and are still struggling with very basic issues such...
We have about eight months into this software and are still struggling with very basic issues such as claims not making it to the carrier and reports not functioning to our (or our clients') level of expectation. I cannot report on many fields in the system and despite being told in the beginning that their reporting tool was being enhanced and we could report on individual fields, and spend additional money to export data so we could create our own reports.
Clients are increasingly frustrated with inability to get eligibility checks on many of their common carriers and to get anything much beyond just confirmation of coverage (not outline of actual benefits, etc.) Collections module is clunky and we have not found it to be effective.
On the upside, claims entry is fairly simple, and auto posting is a breeze, as is data entry of patient information.
Pluspunten
Autoposting is fantastic. We find it does it correctly close to 100% of the time. When the system cannot effectively autopost, it "flags" the RA so that you can address it individually. When we initially converted, we found that importing patient demographics was refreshingly simple and something we could do on our own without additional costs.
Patient demographics are easy to enter and maintain.
Minpunten
Reporting is completely ineffective. Canned reports don't balance against each other, and it's hard to quantify values. Not much assistance from Customer Service, although they do try to be helpful.
EDI process has been nothing short of challenging. From enrollment issues in the beginning to claims submission and follow-up issues, we are finding as we work AR several months later we're still having issues with some of our claims from early on which can't seem to arrive at the payer, despite acceptance confirmation from Healthfusion/ENS. It's costing us hours of time on the phone and lost productivity. We also cannot actually see the acceptance reports and are told we can't have access to those because they're in larger batches, which again creates additional phone calls and work on our part.
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
Beoordeeld op 14/5/2013
I've always been intrigued with the idea of automating as much as possible in the doctor's office....
I've always been intrigued with the idea of automating as much as possible in the doctor's office. In addition, I am very compulsive about the quality of clinical note that I write. Over the years this has created circumstances where I would get behind on my documentation simply because I didn't have the time to write a quality note until the weekend. I have spent a very large amount of time off work on completing these charts.
I saw MediTouch at a Texas Osteopathic Medical Association meeting and was fascinated with the scope of it's abilities in practice management and medical documentation and the relative simplicity of its use. The reasonableness of the cost was also attractive to me, particularly after going home and calculating the amount of money I spent on printing, mailing, and licensing fees for my checklist medical record system which I was using at the time. I was amazed to find that it saved me $1500.00 a month by a conservative estimation; not to mention improving the accuracy of my insurance filing, and the turnaround time of my payments.
The responsiveness of the people at HealthFusion is also quite good. If there is an issue, there are multiple ways to get in touch - including after-hours emergency contact ability, which I have actually used once on a Sunday night. My problem on that occasion was resolved almost immediately.
Implementation was a major learning curve as we did it on the fly (as we had been encouraged to do), and while this was extremely trying, it did speed the implementation process along quite well. The fact that the training program is on the Internet and easily accessed is quite good; although, as a constructive criticism, the training program actually could benefit the user if it were streamlined and changed from the format of hour-long lectures.
I love walking into the treatment room with an iPad under my arm and not having to leaf through six-inch thick charts to find last year's laboratory work or an x-ray that I need to compare to this year's.
I really love ePrescribing in the patient room to any pharmacy in the country, and knowing a call back will not occur because the pharmacist can't read the prescription. The first year we started using the system, I was on a Mediterranean cruise and refilled some prescriptions using my iPad from a lounge in the ship because I could.
As for my documentation compulsion, I dictate personalization nuances into the available visit templates in MediTouch using Dragon NaturallySpeaking (which I have been training for over 8 years). I walk out of the office with all of my charts done, and all of my insurance claims completed almost every day.
- Sector: Ziekenhuis- en gezondheidszorgbranche
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 2-10 werknemers
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 8.0 /10
Very user friendly
Beoordeeld op 13/6/2023
I think NextGen is more user friendly than patient friendly so depending on your needs, it may not...
I think NextGen is more user friendly than patient friendly so depending on your needs, it may not be the best system for you. The overall system is extremely clean and easy to navigate. There is a lot of customization and features that you can add in and take out as needed.
Pluspunten
NextGen is by far one of the easiest EHR providers to use. It is extremely user friendly and straightforward. One of my favorite features is how you can set access and abilities for each user and their specific role/responsibilities.
Minpunten
While I love the clipboard to easily drag and drop appointments, I wish the system showed the original appointment in the patient chart and that it was moved. It happens sometimes but not usually and it would be helpful to note that the appointment was moved. The patient portal and documents definitely need work as they don't always work to their complete functionality.
- Sector: Medische praktijk
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 2-10 werknemers
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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Bron van de reviewer
Totaalscore
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 7.0 /10
Not bad but it had to grow on me
Beoordeeld op 11/5/2021
We use NextGen to create patient charts to submit and generate claims to send through our clearingho...
We use NextGen to create patient charts to submit and generate claims to send through our clearinghouse. The set up was off to a rocky start but overall we have learned how to use the system and utilize the functions. It is not too difficult to use and for the most part easy to navigate and understand after fully learning the in's and out's of the system.
Pluspunten
The billing chart entry is not terrible. After a while you get used to it. It is fairly simple to use once you have a full understanding of how it works and able to easily operate it. The charge entry is extremely simple giving you step-by-step charge entry points to easily understand.
Minpunten
The customer service was NOT great. I dont know if perhaps my experience was unique but especially when it came to deployment it had a very difficult time. I do not like how they restrict you on what you are allowed to do within your own database. I wish the user had more capabilities especially when initially setting it up for the office. I feel like every time I have an issue no one knows how to answer it and just passes me off to the next person.
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- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
Wide improvements over the last two years
Beoordeeld op 13/4/2016
I've been working with NextGen EHR in a clinical setting with multiple specialties since 1999. As a...
I've been working with NextGen EHR in a clinical setting with multiple specialties since 1999. As a Health Informatics EHR consultant, I have the opportunity to support practices internationally and am exposed to numerous EHRs. NextGen is amongst my top 3 favourites.
PROS: NextGen is fairly intuitive. It is easy to navigate through an encounter and locate the tools you need to manage your patient's care. The EHR offers a progressive workflow so you won't need to jump around between disjointed tabs or sections of the EHR to document an encounter or procedure. From one set of templates you can work through an entire encounter with every component readily available - SOAP/APSO, Care Coordination, patient communication and so on. Within easy reach is the ability to order and manage diagnostic and lab tests, immunizations, and monitor preventive milestones. There are many opportunities to view and manage common areas of the patient record so you won't need to jump out of an encounter to review medications, allergies, chronic problems, or medical histories - just to name a few. NextGen accommodates multiple specialties ranging from Primary Care, Behavioral Health, surgical specialties, and optometry and so on. Best of all, there are plenty of time-saving tools that work like Macros build, then load when applicable to a patient or encounter. This includes frequently reached for medications, phrases, treatment plans, PE and ROS findings...even an entire SOAP note for common complaints. Using these tools is often easier than dictation. NextGen is certified across all Regulatory Healthcare measures.
CONS: No doubt, this is an expensive product. Their implementation process is a nightmare. In my humble opinion, their Implementation process often lacks focus and project plans given to new clients are cookie-cutter and not at all relevant to the client's organizational needs. Milestones and deliverables tend to fall short. Training is oft left to tedious eLearning modules and recorded webinars. This is no way to learn a system as adaptive as NextGen and organizations adopting this as their EHR will find themselves frustrated long after go-live. I can't stress enough the importance of in-depth, workflow specific training, customized to how you do business.
SUMMARY: No EHR is perfect. But, out of the box this EHR will likely serve your needs and, with adequate training, you will find that physician adoption may be surprisingly high.
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Beoordeeld op 30/7/2012
We are a solo Family Practice. MediTouch is our first EHR system and we saw about eight demos...
We are a solo Family Practice. MediTouch is our first EHR system and we saw about eight demos before choosing this one. We loved the PM portion, but were not sure about the EHR. Since MediTouch does not require a long contract or huge start up fees we decided to give it a shot and started using it about 2 months ago. The doctor is still learning to use it and we have installed Dragon naturally speaking for him. The medical assistant's portion is pretty easy, they got it quickly and use it for vitals, medical history, family history, allergies, and social history portions. They have minor problems, like smoking use, it has the option of how many packs per day, but not how many single cigarettes per day. They also document chief complaints, but we are still working on customizing them. MediTouch comes with every possible question you can ask for all sorts of complaints so we have to go in to each individually to select the questions that your doctor would want. If you don't customize, you cannot just leave questions blank or it will not save in your encounter. It's a bit time consuming, but this way you get only the questions that your doctor would ask.
As far as the review of system, physical exam and so forth, our doctor has been dictating wherever he can. He is not a great typist so he prefers doing it this way. We have saved his negatives so that he just goes in to change any problems. This saves him a lot of time, but he's not using it for every single patient yet. At the beginning, the doctor thought it wasn't possible for him to use this system, but after some practice he feels if he puts in more time into learning it, he can do it. If you don't want to dictate, the system is mostly clicking, not much typing which I think is good, but if your doctor is not a computer person, this might be time consuming for him. Using a dictating system may help. The diagnosis portion is easy and the Escript portion has been great. If you get a request for a patient whose information is not yet in MediTouch, you do have to put it in before authorizing. Sometimes its difficult to find a pharmacy, unless you know what to search by, but that doesn't happen often.
Overall, we like the EHR portion of MediTouch, it just takes practice and time to customize the system to how you want it. I like that it has the capability of making the progress notes, just as the doctor would have in a written note. I think he will be using it for all patients pretty soon.
- Sector: Medische praktijk
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 11-50 werknemers
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 6.0 /10
In Need of a Little Help
Beoordeeld op 25/11/2019
I believe Oklahoma Foot and Ankle is NextGen's first podiatry practice. Having been with Next Gen...
I believe Oklahoma Foot and Ankle is NextGen's first podiatry practice. Having been with Next Gen almost 5 years, we have come to realize areas (such as the one's mentioned above) where improvement could be made and perhaps additional feedback from us could help you attract other podiatry practices. On-site training should be part of the cost of our monthly service fee. You offer webinars, but some staff would greatly benefit from hands on training.
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I like the ease of transition between Practice Management and EHR.
Minpunten
With the ease of transition, there are some features that are totally different between the two features. Specifically, scanning in EHR doesn't give you the option to select a provider. Instead, the provider defaults to the first provider in alphabetical order in our practice. I've addressed this problem with support and they seemed to be unable to fix the problem.
Also, the templates are difficult to create in EHR. Podiatry specific templates would be nice.
- Sector: Medische praktijk
- Bedrijfsgrootte: 10.000+ werknemers
- Anders 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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From patient perspective this software is pathetic
Beoordeeld op 10/8/2017
Pluspunten
You can email your doctor. You can see appointments. You can see previous statements. Whoopee, basic functionality that any software can do.
Minpunten
I design and implement software solutions for a living. I would be embarrassed to sell and implement NextMD. My Doctor's medical practice uses NextMD/NextGen. This software is very unresponsive to navigation inputs. When you view areas such as charts (which rarely works when you click on the View my Chart drop down), the data is not user friendly in presentation and it's difficult to retrieve. Additionally doctor will only electronically provide me lab results if I officially request. The documented instructions provided by the software vendor on how to request are totally incorrect and each 6 months I have to figure out how to do it again. When I complained to Doctor's office, they told me many people have had problems requesting their records using this software.
Additionally, their approach to access "security" is the usual standard lawyer bull of threatening statements followed by their technical approach of "What's your mother's maiden name". Wow, something anyone proficient in google can find.
Bottom line is from a user perspective this software is pathetic and not very usable. I find it hard to believe any medical practice would purchase it.
- Dagelijks 2+ jaar lang gebruikt
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- Prijs-kwaliteitverhouding
- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 8.0 /10
The implementation teams, customer service and support teams are very robust
Beoordeeld op 8/11/2017
Functionality and ability to customize has been key for our practice.
Functionality and ability to customize has been key for our practice.
Pluspunten
I appreciate the various platforms offered and the ability to interface with other products. The support and training is probably the best that I have seen. I love the reports and hate the reports at the same time. Nextgen can retrieve almost any data, but you have to know exactly what to ask it in order for it to pull the data correctly. I also like the support on compliance side of healthcare and regulatory updates. .
Minpunten
Price, reporting as mentioned above and that since it partners with so many outside vendors that it does not develop things on their own, that I think should be a part of Nextgen. An example would be the HQM. Nextgen should have a platform for a dashboard, but instead they partnered with someone, so that is yet another fee and vendor we would have to work with
- Sector: Medische praktijk
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- Gebruiksgemak
- Klantenondersteuning
- Waarschijnlijkheid van aanbeveling 9.0 /10
One year of Meditouch now!
Beoordeeld op 8/5/2016
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Started Meditouch EHR in 2015 after using a customized EHR since 1970s. Overall this past year a good product for the complexity of my medical office. Patients do like the interface and it is quite nice when I use my iPad Pro. Buttons are nice, clear. Search function is getting better.
Minpunten
I'm in a unique situation that Meditouch has never encountered. Because of my high complexity lab I have multiple billing lines for each type of bloodwork and Meditouch did not provide a solution. I have had to pay them for a lab interface but also had to purchase a LIS so our lab can communicate with the EHR just like commercial labs. Billing has been a nightmare for my office manager who did not used to spend hours finishing the day. We are a complex office with bloodwork but our per patient payment is much higher than a standard primary care practice. Patient portal isn't great and many patients complain. I miss my
Programmer and having in house support but Meditouch is getting better. Training is not great and there is a lot of learning on the go. My new physician has had difficulty with it and I'm worried about Locums learning it. I wish there was a support group for all Meditouch users to share their concerns and HF has not really provided that. A lot of EMRs use a groupthink method for billing and it would be useful. I wish there was an east coast office but this issue has improved over the past year