Altera Paragon vs. HIS vs. MEDHOST

Altera Paragon

8 Reviews and Ratings

HIS

MEDHOST

3 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Altera Paragon	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Paragon is an HIS (hospital information system) solution for smaller hospitals formerly developed by McKesson, supported by Allscripts since late 2017, and now from Altera Digital Health since 2023.	N/A
HIS	N/A	N/A	N/A	$50 per month
MEDHOST	Score5 out of 10	N/A	MEDHOST, headquartered in Franklin, TN, offers a configurable hospital information system (HIS) for hospital IT teams, or hosted and managed options as well.	N/A

Pricing

Altera Paragon

HIS

MEDHOST

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Basic: $50
per month

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Pricing Offerings
Altera Paragon	HIS	MEDHOST
Free Trial
No	No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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User Ratings
	Altera Paragon	HIS	MEDHOST
Likelihood to Recommend	1.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Altera Paragon	HIS	MEDHOST
Likelihood to Recommend	Altera Digital Health 10 years ago the product was a good product, owned by McKesson and built on newer code. Over the years it has failed to keep up with the rapidly changing healthcare changes and struggled to fix those problems it created with new code. We had to recently move to Epic as a Community Connect client to keep up with all the changes as Paragon couldn't. Incentivized Doug Shininger Network Operations Supervisor Read full review	Promedart No answers on this topic	MEDHOST MEDHOST is an excellent company with a key focus on being a business partner versus a vendor. Michael Archuleta CIO (Chief Information Officer) Read full review
Pros	Altera Digital Health No answers on this topic	Promedart No answers on this topic	MEDHOST Excellent Customer Service Leaders in Innovation and Technology Michael Archuleta CIO (Chief Information Officer) Read full review
Cons	Altera Digital Health Fix key software issues Off shore support Keeping the product up to Healthcare standards Incentivized Doug Shininger Network Operations Supervisor Read full review	Promedart No answers on this topic	MEDHOST Missing physician functionality that focuses on coordinated care. Michael Archuleta CIO (Chief Information Officer) Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Altera Digital Health We have recently moved to Epic as our EMR. Paragon isn't as user-friendly nor does it keep up with HealthCare standards. Paragon upgrades were very long and caused downtime, while Epic upgrades are a lot faster. Incentivized Doug Shininger Network Operations Supervisor Read full review	Promedart No answers on this topic	MEDHOST MEDHOST became one of the first to become Stage 3 MU certified, which makes a big statement. Michael Archuleta CIO (Chief Information Officer) Read full review
Return on Investment	Altera Digital Health ROI in the beginning, but as time passed we risked losing a lot Support costs are low compared to others, but you pay for what you get Couldn't continue to use it Incentivized Doug Shininger Network Operations Supervisor Read full review	Promedart No answers on this topic	MEDHOST 56% increase in Revenue. Michael Archuleta CIO (Chief Information Officer) Read full review
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