Modernizing Medicine®’s Healthcare IT Suite vs. NextGen® Practice Management Solutions

EMA is perfect for dermatology practices of any size.

Incentivized

To start, Nextgen PM is NOT well-suited for companies who are looking for a could-based product—you will be required to house this software on your own server (this will force that company to maintain their own infrastructure). The solution is great for a company looking for a PM/EHR combo that communicates well with each other. The two modules are owned by the same company and does not require a costly API/bridge to be built between the two programs.

Incentivized

• Intuitive workflows and user experience design, easing training of new staff and providers.
• Allows providers to quickly access prior diagnoses, plans, and impressions. They may even pull these forward for follow-up care documentation.

Incentivized

• Ability to save favorite phrases and templates to make charting more efficient for providers.
• Ability to interface with Question Diagnostics for certain laboratory tests.
• Ability to send and receive tasks to other user(s) on the system as well as send future tasks and reminders to yourself.

Incentivized

• Besides tasks, it would be nice to have a function where you could have reminders set - ex. "Call back patient on Friday 8/6"
• When I go to support, I end up getting a phone number for sales instead of a support line.

Incentivized

• The software requires annoying/disruptive updates.
• The software is housed on our own server. We have found that cloud-based solutions are much more convenient.
• At times, the system is a bit "slow."
• The canned reporting/BI tool is not as malleable as many of the other solutions we have used and/or trialed.
• We were able to achieve cost-savings through some other systems.

Incentivized

EMA is the superior EHR for dermatology practices.

Incentivized

NextGen was more scattered and less streamlined than either Allscripts or EPIC

Incentivized

• Nextgen did a good job of transitioning our practice away from paper health records.
• I believe that the Return on Investment would have been much higher had we gone straight to a cloud-based tool.
• By getting our feet wet with Nextgen, we have a pretty good understanding of Practice Management software. In other words, we could plug and play with most systems on the market.

Incentivized