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Epic Cadence Enterprise Scheduling vs. Valant EHR

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    Epic Cadence

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AEpic Cadence is the company's medical scheduling module.N/A

    Valant EHR

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AValant, headquartered in Seattle, offers a Behavioral Health EHR and Practice Management Software. Valant is built exclusively for behavioral health. It is designed to increase the administrative and clinical efficiency of users' practices and includes built-in outcome measures, billing, reporting, telehealth, and clinical documentation tools, all tailored to the unique needs of mental health.N/A
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    Epic CadenceValant EHR
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    Pricing Offerings
    Epic CadenceValant EHR
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Epic CadenceValant EHR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Epic CadenceValant EHR
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Epic
    Cadence Enterprise Scheduling is particularly useful in a multiple provider, multiple location scenario. It is also quite useful in situations where there are multiple rooms or pieces of equipment that need to be scheduled.
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    Valant
    Valant is a great space for front office to use in a patient/medical setting. I think it's best used on a small scale than a large scale. I have found it challenging at times with multiple locations and with about 3000 patients to keep track. Valant is excellent at record keeping, and communicating with the client via the patient portal. However, due to size and limited functionality - this would be hard to maintain for a larger scale.
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    Pros
    Epic
    • The system is simple to use it helps schedulers create appointments and, avoids placing patients in situations where they are scheduled at the same time in different facilities.
    • It has many reports that can help managers maintain a smooth operation and shows what areas need to improve.
    • It has a one place for all scheduling information for schedulers to see patient's appointments, especially when patients do not recall where or when their next appointments will be.
    • The system can be created in such a way that you can control who can make appointments and who can't.
    • They system when built provides warnings to schedulers helping to minimize many scheduling errors like overbooking.
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    Valant
    • User Friendly - Valant is user friendly and easy to navigate
    • Record Keeping - it allows you to upload docs and files within the patient charts to keep on file at all times.
    • Scheduling - Easy to view and make/edit appointments
    • Access Management - easy to set features viewable by specific people only such as physicians versus nonclinical
    • Reporting - lots of reporting that can be used for a multitude of things from payment billing to notes, etc
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    Cons
    Epic
    • Questionnaires: EPIC seems to be very stringent on questionnaires and how may can be attached (only 1) on a Cadence level causing us to be quite inventive on how to get questioned answered on only certain visit types. One big stumbling block was the Ebola questionnaire. Currently we have a particular questionnaire for new Phy. Therapy patients which prevents us from adding the Ebola questionnaire to NEW patients. We are still struggling with this.
    • Patient Itinerates used for multiple appointments: Not very professional looking regardless of how you set up (OP visits, instructions etc: Most practices will not use the itinerary therefore adding dollars to having printing cards with the practice name on them. (the old fashioned way)
    • Building new DEP records: Wish there was a way to copy entire builds from one DEP to another.
    • Security": EPIC security is a nightmare to develop for multi faced users. RN that schedule appointments. Many of our practices are small practices that only have 2-3 people (the doc, the RN and the scheduler/biller . This creates the need for everyone to do everything from a scheduling perspective and building this security can become very cumbersome from practice to practice as each is unique.
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    Valant
    • BILLING- This is all Caps - There can be room for improvement in terms of billing efficiency
    • Automatic Reporting - this would be beneficial to set up or have as a feature
    • Billing Dashboard - to view all accounts that have matured or are outstanding
    • Batch Posting - be it insurances or specific patients. Even Superbills cannot be "chosen" by specific people - it's all clients with balances that are active or no balances and all charges but nothing that says you want statements for say these 20 people.
    • Appointment Recording - this could be more efficient versus one by one processing.
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    Usability
    Epic
    As stated earlier, it seems to be the best out there, from a built perspective as well as a user application. While some practices feel it to be time consuming (Cadence/Prelude) together others who see the whole integration thru the Epicare and Resolute systems love it. From an IT perspective, while sometimes cumbersome to build, the end results are pleasing and satisfying. We can usually accomplish what we set out to do with the practice vision in mind.
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    Valant
    It's very user friendly. The workspace is big, easy to read and navigate. Also, the resource knowledge base is great for when you have questions and there are several videos and guides for how to use or do something. I have had less than a year of using it and adopted it pretty quickly within the first 3 months.
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    Support Rating
    Epic
    EPIC has been great in their support and communication at all hours. They also openly communicate when an application TS (Technical Support) will be away and who is covering for that person. During standard non working hours - you always know what number and who to call to get resolution to issues that arise at those times
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    Valant
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    Online Training
    Epic
    EPI webinars are most informative and not a long drawn out presentation. It also offer screen shots and practice tools.
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    Valant
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    Implementation Rating
    Epic
    Use implementation team from EPIC but know what you want and make sure that it=s what you get. You can be easily swayed by lack of knowledge on the application and therefore decisions are made that are not correct and then have to be redone. EPIC including Cadence needs a great understanding of the workflows you currently have and how they will be impacted by your build. We had a great understanding of the existing workflows in the offices, however lack of knowledge on the Cadence IT side, had a large impact on what was delivered as our implementers believed that a standard EPIC workflow would suffice and did not.
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    Valant
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    Alternatives Considered
    Epic
    Centricity was limited in ability to scale and customize compared to Cadence for our environment. Also the regular updates for Cadence vs. Centricity is where Cadence really shines. Vendor support is also much better with Cadence over Centricity. We also like the robust capability of the reporting module in Cadence over other vendors.
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    Valant
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    Return on Investment
    Epic
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    Valant
    • Labor efficiency - this has been negative. Billing has had a lot of manual processes that unfortunately take up a lot of man hours - if this were improved, I could see a ROI that's positive
    • Valant has been great at certain features including the "waitlist" to capture patients and improve our chances for revenue being increased
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    ScreenShots

    Valant EHR Screenshots

    Screenshot of Includes Prospective Patient Management tools to access the integrated inquiry form, prospective patient database, and provider match algorithm.Screenshot of Billing reports enable the user to sort overdue, unbilled, and in-process claims.Screenshot of Valant's scheduler serves as a hub, allowing users to navigate to critical tasks with just the click of a mouse from any calendar appointment.Screenshot of Schedule clinical questionnaires and outcome measures - automatically sent prior to a client's upcoming appointments. Once the measure is complete, the auto-scored data and a clinically relevant narrative are automatically added into the clinical note.Screenshot of Prescribe and check patient medications in a snap with Valant's DrFirst integration.Screenshot of Valant's dashboard provides an at-a-glance view to keep the practice informed and organized. View tasks to be completed, take action on documents, appointment requests, and secure messages.