TheraNest by Therapy Brands vs. UpToDate

TheraNest is appropriate for clinical practice and seems well-suited for providing speech-language and other allied health services. Without firsthand experience billing, it is difficult to provide input regarding the ease of billing with this software. I have yet to see how TheraNest would work for clients with multiple insurance types. I trialed the TheraNest video conferencing near the beginning of 2020 (start of global pandemic), but the feature had glitches and I have since discontinued use of this feature.

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

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• Well-organized layout
• Syncs to Google Calendar
• User friendly

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

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• Make it easier to see if a note is linked to an appointment
• More options for making employee availability blocks
• Synced appointments still show up after client is archived

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• The app is sometimes a bit hard to use

Incentivized

TheraNest support team is great but has grown since we bought it 4 years ago. 4 years ago you could call a number and someone would assist immediately and your issue would be resolved within moments. Now when you call to support you speak to someone who tells you they will create a ticket and get back in touch, which takes 2-3 days for a resolve. We understand that this is because TheraNest is growing and cannot staff at such a large scale so quickly without needing to better structure the support process. However, it is something that has been hard to transition over to for our company.

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

TheraHelper was outdated software that was difficult to use and hard to understand. We have cut down almost 3X the amount of work it took to use TheraHelper. TheraHelper did have a better report option for accounting purposes and that is something we are hopeful TheraNest grows toward. TheraHelper also was just beginning to offer a cloud-based option that was very different from the original software they offered, but still too difficult to navigate.

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

• Saved us money!
• Saved us time!
• Helped us stay organized!

Incentivized

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

Incentivized