InterSystems TrakCare vs. UpToDate

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

• On patient rounds (working with the medical team and providing them updates on various therapies
• Answering drug information questions (MDs questions that may need further review and response)
• Updating lecture material (ensuring upToDate data)
• Patient education utility (ensuring appropriate and up to date patient information)
• Not useful for a comprehensive clinical review e.g. writing a paper, but it is not designed for that function

Incentivized

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

Incentivized

• List relevant information on various diseases and conditions.
• Summarize pertinent information.
• Easy navigation across information and subjects.

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

• The app is sometimes a bit hard to use

Incentivized

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

UpToDate provides evidence-based, currently relevant medical information in an easy and clear method. The software has directly helped me stay up to date in medical treatments and new information on etiology of diseases. This information has directly and positively improved my care and treatments for various musculoskeletal conditions and diseases.

Incentivized

UpToDate offers a much more comprehensive tool when compared with Epocrates. Although both provide good drug references UpToDate goes far beyond the Epocrates tool in terms of clinical disease diagnostic data.

Incentivized

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

Incentivized

• Improves patient care.
• Improves provider treatment plans.
• Updates clinical standards and treatment options.

Incentivized