Cloud 9 Software vs. Dentally vs. DrChrono

Excellent for orthodontic practices. We have 3 locations, and this software works well for us! We are able to access patient info quickly and simultaneously no matter which location we are at. The support staff is just a click away online. We switched from OrthoTrac and love the Cloud based software with no nightly back ups and ease of using the software from checking in with just a click to scheduling in just one easy step! Chris and the team were amazing in getting us changed over, and the support team is always available for any questions along the way!

Templates are customizable and you can take pictures directly into a patient's chart. DrChrono is less appropriate for this reason: they have been working on enrolling my company for Medicare electronic billing for [seven months]. [As a result], I have been unable to bill for any Medicare patients for [seven months]. The only person I have talked to was in India [and] ([the] email address ended in .india). I have had to call Medicare to try to figure out how to complete the enrollment process, [and I ended up with this response from Medicare: "DrChrono needs to [stop being lazy and do something]!." I lost [a] significant [amount of] money. [...]

• Customer Service rarely has any hold time, which is seriously important.
• Cloud 9 cloud-based software makes rescheduling from home, or accessing patient records to triage emergencies a must-have in 2021.
• All printers and scanners can be easily accessed from any computer.
• Without networking/servers any computer can be easily replaced without paying an IT to set it up.
• Tablet-Friendly.

• Documentation Template Customization

• Add more icons
• Have a tab that you can leave notes for yourself
• Add an IPR tab to the chart, not just in the aligner tab

• [Onboarding] trainers and tech support do not know the program.
• [All] DrChrono calls are from blocked, [unknown], or their personal numbers. [Looking] at [each] caller ID, you have to answer every call because they do not register as DrChrono.
• DrChrono [uses] [Google] phone and [I could] not understand what [a] trainer [said] [when I called them]. [I could not hear what the trainer said] over the noise of other conversations on [Google] phone.
• [I] [had] absolutely no way of talking to tech support in person.
• [Tech] support tickets [are] unanswered.
• [They] do not know how to enroll providers to bill Medicare electronically.
• [There was] absolutely no accountability.
• [The] platform was constantly down [and was very frustrating].
• [There was a] consistently, delayed submission.
• [Every] day, [I got] an email about a problem that they are working on.
• [Weekly] issues for platform [was] addressed for slowness.
• Tech support needs [to have professional people answering tech problems, needs to be reliable, and be responsive whenever someone has issues].
• [The] tutorial videos [for DrChrono] are from several years [ago] and no longer apply to the [most] current platform layout.
• [The] help browser [is] nonfunctional.
• [Tech support is not well trained. You can not talk to anyone in person and they often do not answer tech tickets. Onboard trainers do not know their system. Customer often figures out the answers before the training rep. Between the accent and the noise of Google phone, my entire training session was asking her to repeat what she said. When they are rated lowest of the group for tech support, it is for a reason].

Easy to use!

DrChrono has resulted in revenue loss

Easy peasy! Easy to navigate and start using from day one!

If you don't want to do anything custom, the platform is pretty easy to navigate.

I am glad I am not always affected by the platform problems. You get daily emails notifying you they are working on slowness, ERA submission problems etc

For the most part, the program slowness has not affected me directly.

I have spoken to several support members along the way, and everyone is super helpful and exited to find a solution. Everyone is courtesy and patient. I had a problem that I could not figure out on my own and just with my description, I was given clear step by step instructions to get it solved!

Their tech support is not well trained. You can not talk to tech support directly. You have to submit work tickets, which have gone unanswered

When being trained on the billing program, rather than start at the beginning and "TRAIN HOW TO USE THE PROGRAM" the trainer kept asking me what questions I had. I kept saying I don't know what I don't know. Her response was, ok, were done then. You don't have anymore questions. The only thing I could think to do was ask her to explain each item in each drop down box, but she would just read out loud the drop down choices and ask what questions I had. This pretty much sums up their training.

Better training/trainors

If you have used other EHR and programs, over time you will be able to self train for DrChrono

Focus orthodontic software has a lot of similarities. Now that Cloud 9 purchased the Focus Orthodontics software they have made some changes, but both are really well organized. Easy to navigate through. I enjoy Cloud 9 the most. I continue to learn new features with the software. I look forward to all the updates.

TheraOffice has the best tech support and onboarding training. WebPT is also good, but their charting templates lack customization. RehabOptima and Casamba are straight forward and reliable. I am currently stuck with DrChrono.

The platform is often being worked on for slowness.

• A positive impact is it runs smoothly and fast for our fast paced office.
• I have the tools to run reports to keep up with patients that need scheduling or patients that have been placed on a recall with no appointment.
• A negative impact for me is the clicking of the mouse. I use it a lot more than before.

• Negative: I have lost reimbursement due to the time for tech support to address ticket and the max claims submission time.
• Negative: I have [not had any medicare revenue for seven months] due to DrChrono not knowing how to enroll for Medicare Electronic Billing. This issue still has not been resolved.
• Negative: Lost time due to the platform being down or running slow.
• Negative: Slow claims processing.
• Negative: DrChrono needs [qualified] tech support, [quality] [for] onboard training, [timely] response to technical issues, [and timely] response to billing issues.