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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Practice Fusion

    Score4.9 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $149

    per month per provider with a required annual commitment

    Sigma

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASigma Computing headquartered in San Francisco provides a suite of data services such as code free data modeling, data search and explorating, and related BI and data visualization services.N/A
    Pricing
    Practice FusionSigma
    Editions & Modules
    3 signing staff licenses & unlimited non-signing staff licenses
    $149
    per month per provider with a required annual commitment
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Practice FusionSigma
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Contact us for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Practice FusionSigma
    Considered Both Products
    Practice Fusion
    No answer on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Would buy again
    118 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    116 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    68 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    77 Answers
    Features
    Practice FusionSigma
    Billing and Claims Management
    Comparison of Billing and Claims Management features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Real-time eligibility verification10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Claims management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Coding10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Patient billing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Patient Scheduling
    Comparison of Patient Scheduling features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    5.2
    7 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Rule-based scheduling5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated appointment reminders8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated patient check-in5.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location support7.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Calendar interface1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Electronic Medical Records
    Comparison of Electronic Medical Records features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    6.4
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Charting / document management7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Templates6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Patient portal7.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile/tablet support9.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fax integration10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with other EMR and PM systems7.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow automation1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Speech recognition9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization1.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    E-prescribing5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Medical Security and Privacy
    Comparison of Medical Security and Privacy features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    7.2
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    HIPAA compliance5.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based permission levels4.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data backups and redundancy9.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local mode / networking failsafe9.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow and Scale
    Comparison of Workflow and Scale features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    2.7
    7 Ratings
    94% below category average
    Sigma Computing
    -
    Ratings
    Task tracking6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Specialty-specific workflows1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-office / multi-physician capabilities1.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    -
    Ratings
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    163 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings5.4104 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.3161 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.7133 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    -
    Ratings
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    166 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.0155 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.0163 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings7.7162 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    -
    Ratings
    Sigma Computing
    7.5
    156 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.3103 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.7130 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.0120 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.6132 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.968 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Practice Fusion and Sigma Computing
    Feature
    Practice Fusion
    -
    Ratings
    Sigma Computing
    6.8
    149 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.6147 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings5.626 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.218 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Practice FusionSigma
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.2
    (170 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (48 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (47 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Practice FusionSigma
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
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    Sigma Computing
    We were able to set up client-facing embedded reports with ease and security. The interface is not difficult to learn, although we may not be aware of or lack the necessary expertise to utilize more advanced features that would likely benefit us.
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    Pros
    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.
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    Sigma Computing
    • Allows end users to easily dive into the data without having direct access to the table in our database management software.
    • Can easily turnaround dashboards that are detailed and visually pleasing.
    • Sigma is intuitive and as new features are rolled out it is easy to adopt and incorporate them into new and existing dashboards.
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    Cons
    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.
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    Sigma Computing
    • Sigma Computing does not allow custom ordering of pivot fields in pivot tables easily
    • Sigma Computing lacks functionality for creating tables or sections that dynamically adjust to the browser window's height while maintaining a fixed height textbox at the bottom
    • Sigma Computing does not provide straightforward options for formatting totals in tables, such as renaming 'Total' to 'Average', 'Team Total', etc
    • Sigma Computing does not support searching by individual tab names within a workbook
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Practice Fusion
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    Sigma has helped us a lot and has become an integral part of our daily workflow. It would be difficult to switch to another platform and have to rebuild the numerous metrics and performance reports that we have already established
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    Usability
    Practice Fusion
    In my opinion and experience, they have a lack of customization so you have to constantly create hacks to make their system work for your practice.
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    Sigma Computing
    It has a clean and modern interface. However, it is not completely intuitive. I think it would be better and easier to navigate with more Windows style drop down menus and/or tabls. There is a significant learning curve, but that may be due in part to the technical nature of this type of software tool.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Practice Fusion
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    Yes, as long as you don’t conduct user error sigma is always up and running and waiting for you to complete your dashboards
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    Performance
    Practice Fusion
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    It depends, it loads quickly for smaller dashboards but when loading larger amounts of data it takes more time to do so
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    Support Rating
    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.
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    Sigma Computing
    They are very friendly and informative. They are quick in resolving our queries and help us understand very minute things as well. They are quick in creating feature tickets based on our custom requirements, and they would also create a bug ticket if there is any discrepancy and get that checked on time.
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    Implementation Rating
    Practice Fusion
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    Was not involved in implementation
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
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    Sigma Computing
    With Looker, to be effective, a substantial amount of coding & modeling needs to happen in LookML. Being another language to learn, users have to context switch again from at a minimum either SQL or Python into LookML. The concept of being able to source control, code review, and deploy your models is a plus though.
    Tableau is the gold standard for data visualization, no question. Power users will be able to create dazzling content that Sigma won't necessarily be able to easily match. However, since development usually happens via an extract, helping other users troubleshoot is an arduous process. Trying to re-do or un-do all the transformations and calculations that cause a certain number is very difficult.
    With Sigma, all the queries happen directly against Snowflake and you can see the query logs. The data modeling happens right in a tabular, spreadsheet-like manner, so within only a few minutes, substantial transformations can happen, with visualizations just a few more clicks away.
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    Scalability
    Practice Fusion
    No answers on this topic
    Sigma Computing
    It is a cloud service offering that is able to expand based on your usage
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    Return on Investment
    Practice Fusion
    • PRO -- I know now what I need in an EMR/EHR
    • CONS -- They have overcharged me and it has cost me money
    • CONS-- They have disregarded my legal rights which makes me unsure of keeping confidential info in their systems and it will cost me money to switch
    • CONS--They have cost me money with the time I've wasted to follow up on my own tickets that they refuse to follow up with
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    Sigma Computing
    • Monitoring health of cloud platform has allowed the company to anticipate issues before they affect customers – Sigma prompted us building a canary monitoring process that provides customer container health.
    • Customer success has used an activity report to discover customers running runaway processes that they were unaware of, creating an alert to contact the customer and prevent an embarrassing situation.
    • Customer success uses the activity report to prompt conversations regarding increases or declines in behavior that led to increasing contract limits or addressing churn concerns.
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