athenaClinicals vs. ManagementPlus EHR, from Eye Care Leaders

Works well for family med and peds primary care. Would not be well suited to wound healing/hyperbaric medicine practice in current configuration as the specific documentation requirements of wound management and hyperbaric treatments don't mesh well with the layout and forms that I observed.

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It's excellent for ophthalmology.

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• Quality programs - able to see what measures are outstanding for the patient
• Reporting - able to report on multiple financial reports as well as clinical information
• Standardization of clinical information - the system forces users within the same specialty to use the same templates (as a starting point), therefore it is easier to standardize protocols and treatments of care

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• Easy to use billing software in the PM module
• We are able to keep up with our inventory in our optical showroom
• We can run detailed reports for information contained in our EHR

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• The schedule needs to be improved. You should be able to see the schedule in a day, a week , in a month view and be able to schedule directly from the schedule.
• It's difficult to name items because they are traditionally corrected very quickly

• I would like zero payments from insurance companies to be able to post and show up in the patient's billing history.

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Overall the system is good. Actually, this was supposed to be the universal EMR when it came out during the Bush administration.

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They are always there. Friendly and organized.

For a surgery center application, it is much better to use a system that is uniquely designed for surgery centers. Using Athena as a less than desirable work around has been a frustrating experience.

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ManagementPlus was more user friendly; support staff is located in United States, and had all the modules combined. I didn't have to look to different companies for PM and EHR. EHR is customizable to the user.

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