Brightree vs. PulseEHR

Brightree

PulseEHR

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Brightree	Score 6.5 out of 10	N/A	Brightree is an EMR software platform for home health care and hospice businesses. It includes a native iPad point-of-care app designed to facilitate user-friendly documentation, and ultimately, compliance.	N/A
PulseEHR	Score 6.0 out of 10	N/A	PulseEHR, from Pulse Systems in Kansas City, is what the vendor describes as a configurable EHR system meant to accommodate a specific practice's needs.	N/A

Pricing

Brightree

PulseEHR

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Brightree	PulseEHR
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Brightree	PulseEHR
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro Customer support Pro Fast and responsive	Pro Template system
Top Cons	Minus Browser compatibility Minus Cloud based Minus Remote areas	Minus Fully implemented

Features

Brightree

PulseEHR

Billing and Claims Management

Comparison of Billing and Claims Management features of Product A and Product B
	Brightree - Ratings	PulseEHR 10.0 1 Ratings 24% above category average
Real-time eligibility verification	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Claims management	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Coding	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Financial Reporting	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Patient Scheduling

Comparison of Patient Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
	Brightree - Ratings	PulseEHR 10.0 1 Ratings 22% above category average
Automated appointment reminders	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Multi-location support	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Electronic Medical Records

Comparison of Electronic Medical Records features of Product A and Product B
	Brightree - Ratings	PulseEHR 5.9 1 Ratings 23% below category average
Charting / document management	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Templates	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Patient portal	00 Ratings	1.01 Ratings
Mobile/tablet support	00 Ratings	1.01 Ratings
Fax integration	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Workflow automation	00 Ratings	4.01 Ratings
Speech recognition	00 Ratings	3.01 Ratings
Customization	00 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
E-prescribing	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Medical Security and Privacy

Comparison of Medical Security and Privacy features of Product A and Product B
	Brightree - Ratings	PulseEHR 9.5 1 Ratings 13% above category average
HIPAA compliance	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Role-based permission levels	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Data backups and redundancy	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Local mode / networking failsafe	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Workflow and Scale

Comparison of Workflow and Scale features of Product A and Product B
	Brightree - Ratings	PulseEHR 8.0 1 Ratings 2% above category average
Task tracking	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Specialty-specific workflows	00 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
Multi-office / multi-physician capabilities	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Brightree	PulseEHR
Small Businesses	athenaClinicals Score 8.4 out of 10	athenaClinicals Score 8.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Qualifacts CareLogic EHR Score 9.8 out of 10	Qualifacts CareLogic EHR Score 9.8 out of 10
Enterprises	Allscripts Professional EHR Score 9.3 out of 10	Allscripts Professional EHR Score 9.3 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Brightree	PulseEHR
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (2 ratings)	6.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Brightree	PulseEHR
Likelihood to Recommend	Brightree Billing and tracking customer's medial DME items. Not used for any other field but medical. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Pulse Systems Small clinics (less that 10 providers) would benefit from this product Incentivized Jessica Taddicken IS Specialist Read full review
Pros	Brightree Customer Support: never an issue, fast and responsive User-Friendly: no issues training staff to use the software Increased billing efficiency: easy to use and understand Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Pulse Systems The scheduling and template system Reporting Making the system unique to users Incentivized Jessica Taddicken IS Specialist Read full review
Cons	Brightree Can sometimes be slow as its a cloud service. They recently updated their website and continue to improve, this was not the case over a year ago. So keep growing and filling more of the billing and medical needs. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Pulse Systems Up to date use of the Documentation side of the EHR The patient portal side of the EHR needs to be fully implemented After updates we have issues or errors. Incentivized Jessica Taddicken IS Specialist Read full review
Support Rating	Brightree Support for this product has been good from Brightree for users and the technical side. They do clearly explain what they can and can not do and sometimes more options or customization would be nice but this would be in a perfect world idea. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Pulse Systems No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Brightree I have not seen other products but get most of my feedback from the users that use it and the ones that have seen other products. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Pulse Systems No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Brightree Impact remains to be seen, but overall simplifying billing and customer management Better communication with physicians/referral sources Scheduling is easier Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Pulse Systems No answers on this topic
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