InterSystems TrakCare vs. Prime Suite EHR

Well suited if you have no developers and need something up quickly to let users get into patient data. But if you want to go beyond the layout, organization, or access of the application, it’s an uphill battle and doesn’t scale at all. If you want to be able to evolve the product, it’s not easy whatsoever

Incentivized

PrimeSuite is great for a practice that has knowledgeable billing staff and a hands-on approach to billing; it is not ideal for those who need something more automated. You can customize PrimeSuite to prevent posting errors at charge entry and to catch some common mistakes. However, these must be set up by someone who knows what those errors are, and as payers change their requirements, they must be updated.

Incentivized

• Quickly get a front end working into patient indexes.
• Integrates with InterSystems products.
• Works with IE well.

Incentivized

• It is a trusty software that does not crash or glitch very often
• It is very secure
• I can use it from different locations

Incentivized

• Extensibility of features.
• Custom JavaScript/HTML/CSS support is almost nonexistent.
• Source control has to rely on serialization of entire compiled package of TrakCare instead of individual edited files.
• Transformations should handle everything instead of just non system default code.

Incentivized

• Speed, it continues getting slower and slower with each new upgrade.
• Prime Suite does not use the screen space very effectively. On larger monitors with higher resolution, there is a LOT of wasted space.
• Strange errors pop up that give little to no useful information about what the issue is, and the typical response from support is to uninstall and reinstall the programs on the workstation.

InterSystems has great support, however TrakCare is a different experience and their knowledge of that product is far more limited. This is shown through the lack of documentation of the product.

Incentivized

I liked PracticeAdmin for the way it showed key metrics and the simplicity of the software. However, you get what you pay for, and PrimeSuite has so much more functionality than PracticeAdmin ever did. I prefer the reporting, the options available in setup, just the overall customization you can do with PrimeSuite to that of other platforms.

Incentivized

• Quick results for a new company.
• Costing exponentially more to maintain as we evolve the product.

Incentivized