Kareo Engage vs. Practice Fusion

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kareo Engage
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Kareo Engage (formerly Kareo Marketing, based on DoctorBase, company Kareo acquired in 2015) provides practice marketing and patient communication solutions for healthcare providers. The solution provides doctor websites, search engine marketing and reputation management, online scheduling, appointment reminders, patient recall/re-care marketing, and mobile secure messaging.
$0
Practice Fusion
Score 6.3 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Pricing
Kareo EngagePractice Fusion
Editions & Modules
Cub
$0
Professional
$300
Managed Services
$500
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Kareo EngagePractice Fusion
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details——
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Kareo EngagePractice Fusion
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Kareo EngagePractice Fusion
Billing and Claims Management
Comparison of Billing and Claims Management features of Product A and Product B
Kareo Engage
-
Ratings
Practice Fusion
10.0
3 Ratings
26% above category average
Real-time eligibility verification00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Claims management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Coding00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Patient billing00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Financial Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Patient Scheduling
Comparison of Patient Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Kareo Engage
-
Ratings
Practice Fusion
8.3
6 Ratings
4% above category average
Rule-based scheduling00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Automated appointment reminders00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Automated patient check-in00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
Multi-location support00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
Calendar interface00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Electronic Medical Records
Comparison of Electronic Medical Records features of Product A and Product B
Kareo Engage
-
Ratings
Practice Fusion
8.1
6 Ratings
11% above category average
Charting / document management00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Templates00 Ratings6.25 Ratings
Patient portal00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
Mobile/tablet support00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Fax integration00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Integration with other EMR and PM systems00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Workflow automation00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Speech recognition00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customization00 Ratings5.15 Ratings
E-prescribing00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
Medical Security and Privacy
Comparison of Medical Security and Privacy features of Product A and Product B
Kareo Engage
-
Ratings
Practice Fusion
9.8
6 Ratings
16% above category average
HIPAA compliance00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
Role-based permission levels00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Data backups and redundancy00 Ratings9.84 Ratings
Local mode / networking failsafe00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
Workflow and Scale
Comparison of Workflow and Scale features of Product A and Product B
Kareo Engage
-
Ratings
Practice Fusion
10.0
6 Ratings
24% above category average
Task tracking00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Specialty-specific workflows00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
Multi-office / multi-physician capabilities00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Kareo EngagePractice Fusion
Small Businesses

No answers on this topic

athenaClinicals
athenaClinicals
Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies

No answers on this topic

Qualifacts CareLogic EHR
Qualifacts CareLogic EHR
Score 9.9 out of 10
Enterprises

No answers on this topic

Epic
Epic
Score 8.4 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Kareo EngagePractice Fusion
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
7.1
(7 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
3.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Kareo EngagePractice Fusion
Likelihood to Recommend
Tebra Technologies, Inc (Kareo + PatientPop)
The features Kareo marketing offers are great, however, they need to be worked on to make sure they are functioning correctly. It should not take over 3 months of working on the issue to still not have an answer or solution.
Read full review
Practice Fusion
The best scenario is a small non-profit clinic who needs a great EMR but cannot afford one like EPIC. I might also recommend this to colleagues who are starting a small business because I think PF would be a good, easy, and more affordable to get up and running. I think this EMR makes less sense in the setting of large academic institutions who need lots of easily manipulable data and a huge amount of support.
Read full review
Pros
Tebra Technologies, Inc (Kareo + PatientPop)
  • Patient communications: being able to send patients text messages has been a great benefit.
  • Kareo sends out appointment reminders for us which saves our employees time.
Read full review
Practice Fusion
  • Document storage- You can upload documents and attach them to specific patients. As well as flag documents that need to be signed, and assign them to specific doctors.
  • Charting- Very detailed integration for charting.
  • Reporting- We really enjoy the reports we can pull from within the software.
Read full review
Cons
Tebra Technologies, Inc (Kareo + PatientPop)
  • There are currently some issues with the survey feature that we have not been able to open, view, or publish the survey. This has been going on for 3 months and there has been no resolution.
  • It would be nice to be able to filter who is receiving a survey so patients do not get them every time they have a visit.
Read full review
Practice Fusion
  • Have Physician Assistant as a provider status.
  • Make the notes section of each patients account displays towards the top of page and not the bottom.
Read full review
Support Rating
Tebra Technologies, Inc (Kareo + PatientPop)
Other than speaking with someone about the issues we have had, I don't believe that anyone is actually working on a fix for our problem. If I can not open, view, and publish surveys when we receive them then part of the software is not working. They don't mind charging me every month for a service that is not functioning correctly.
Read full review
Practice Fusion
We always get a return call within the time stated. There are many available topics on the forum and it is often easy to find the issue you are seeking more information on. When we have tried the live chat feature we have been satisfied with the timeliness and response.
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
Tebra Technologies, Inc (Kareo + PatientPop)
We were very satisfied with Demand Force but switched to Kareo because of the price. and it put all of our platforms with one company. I would say Demand Force was a better product, however, for the price, Kareo is a great option if the engineers could work the bugs out.
Read full review
Practice Fusion
NextGen is hard to use as far as medical records. Practice Fusion is user friendly. There is a great knowledge base for questions asked. Practice Fusion takes all the guess work out of the day.
Read full review
Return on Investment
Tebra Technologies, Inc (Kareo + PatientPop)
  • We have not been using it long enough to know an answer to this.
Read full review
Practice Fusion
No answers on this topic
ScreenShots