Epic Cadence Enterprise Scheduling Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 9 out of 10

Score

9 out of 10

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Epic Cadence Enterprise Scheduling are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Simple and Helpful: Users find the system simple to use and helpful in scheduling appointments. Many reviewers have stated that they appreciate the user-friendly interface of the system, which makes it easy for them to navigate and schedule appointments without any confusion or difficulty. Additionally, users have found the system to be helpful in efficiently managing their appointment schedules, allowing them to easily view and organize their patients' appointments.

Prevents Scheduling Conflicts: The system prevents scheduling conflicts by avoiding situations where patients are scheduled at the same time in different facilities. Several users have commended this feature as it ensures that there are no overlapping appointments, reducing potential confusion and inconvenience for both staff and patients. By preventing scheduling conflicts, the system helps maintain a smooth operation and ensures that each patient receives proper attention without any disruptions.

Provides Comprehensive Reports: The system provides many reports that help managers maintain a smooth operation and identify areas for improvement. Numerous reviewers have mentioned how these reports assist them in analyzing various aspects of their operations, such as appointment trends, resource utilization, and patient satisfaction levels. These comprehensive reports allow managers to make data-driven decisions and implement necessary changes to enhance efficiency and overall performance.

Reviews

9 Reviews

Cadence Superiority over Centricity at BCM

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

April 12, 2017

Pros

Graphical User Interface (GUI).
Easy to program and propagate across different specialties
integration with Onbase ECM system.

Cons

Faster for users with keyboard only access if preferred.
Overall faster performance of system interface access.
Web-based application with full features.

Likelihood to Recommend

This is for large medical care facilities with 100 or more providers and multiple specialties. The cost of entry is high for mid-size.

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

EPIC- Great system for hospital based practices

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

April 4, 2017

Pros

Visually the schedule is very easy to see and you can get a great snap shot of the entire day regardless of how many providers you are scheduling for.
They also have easy to use templates for scheduling productivity.

Cons

Other systems offer a bit more support - such as easy to see patient confirmations on the schedule, calls to patients in need of follow-up appointments, saving your staff valuable time, and quick and easy reports added to your dashboard of insurances that need further authorization.

Likelihood to Recommend

It's a great system that streamlines medical practice to hospital's systems for a more robust medical record. I would say it still needs improving for office based systems.. Epic is very robust for hospital systems but needs to understand the complexities of an office.

Verified User

Manager in Professional Services (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Cadence: A smarter way to schedule

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 24, 2015

Pros

Cadence is particularly good at scheduling. It is a simple interface that allows a provider to have a diverse schedule while making sure that patients are seen at the appropriate times.
Mistakes are minimized through a series of schedule locks and customizations.
Cadence really shines in complex scheduling scenarios allowing a user to schedule a patient with multiple providers while making sure those providers are available.

Cons

I would like to see the process streamlined. Currently there are about 3 screens for the full scheduling process. I think this could be cut to one.
I would also like to see a user customizable scheduling screen for different types of appointments.

Likelihood to Recommend

Cadence Enterprise Scheduling is particularly useful in a multiple provider, multiple location scenario. It is also quite useful in situations where there are multiple rooms or pieces of equipment that need to be scheduled.

Verified User

Consultant (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

an "Epic" review of Cadence

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 23, 2015

Pros

Continuity of Care
Reliability
Efficiency
Simplicity

Cons

Easier appointment conversion for newly acquired facilities

Likelihood to Recommend

Will you, or will you not implement the whole, or at least most, Epic software suite?

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Analyzing Cadence Application

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

February 16, 2015

Pros

The system is simple to use it helps schedulers create appointments and, avoids placing patients in situations where they are scheduled at the same time in different facilities.
It has many reports that can help managers maintain a smooth operation and shows what areas need to improve.
It has a one place for all scheduling information for schedulers to see patient's appointments, especially when patients do not recall where or when their next appointments will be.
The system can be created in such a way that you can control who can make appointments and who can't.
They system when built provides warnings to schedulers helping to minimize many scheduling errors like overbooking.

Cons

I may not call it a weakness, but previously getting certification for the application was difficult.
Things have become better in providing analyst information on how the system should be built. In my early experience, I had to learn things myself seeking assistance from the technical support from Epic.
Upgrades usually comes every two years, keeping up with the things they have upgraded takes learning.
Sometimes they tend to change many functionalities for the better, but sometimes better is not good.

Likelihood to Recommend

Cadence Enterprise Scheduling is well suited when an organization would like to have one EMR system. It is not appropriate when implementing only one application.

Christie Tolentino-Chango RN MSN, MBA, HC

Senior Cadence Consultant in Information Technology at Sagacious Consultants (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

10 years of experience

Cadence at PeaceHealth quickie review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 16, 2015

Pros

Visual interface (GUI) that is better than most of the competition out there.
Integration with all other Epic modules, allowing for the entire Patient Access flow to be contained within one system.
More power and administrative roles are given to the users rather than the IT staff, providing easier maintenance of the product.

Cons

Better reports.
Better ability to customize the schedules.

Likelihood to Recommend

How big is your practice? Are your schedulers centralized? What are the role definitions of users at the practice site?

Maxim Galkin

Consultant - Epic Ambulatory, Cadence, Prelude Analyst in Information Technology at PeaceHealth (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

7 years of experience

The Power Of Scheduling

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 11, 2015

Pros

Templates are much easier to build now in EPIC 2014. In some of our practices, Prior to Cadence, one of our largest practices (averaging 250-300 pts per day) would build out templates in their old systems and only publish one month in advance since their templates were so hard to change. With Cadence they now publish 1 year in advance because template changes are the fly are so easy to do . Patient satisfaction has grown tremendously as well since now patients are given "real" appointments not told to call back next month when the schedules open up
Recalls: Recalls have been a tremendous asset to many of our practices. Our Cardiology practice utilizes recalls and we have built out a custom access data base that is accessed the first day of each month which prints out patient labels based on month of recall to put on postcards that are mailed to patients. Postcards state that your 6,9, 12 month recall is due, Please call the practice to schedule. Patients love it.
Access to schedule Appointments thru My Chart" For some practices we have built time slots in Cadence for self scheduling. This is mostly in our Primary Care departments for physicals.
DAR ( Department Appointment Report ) - everyone absolutely loves customized DARS. We have been able to add so many "at a glance" things to the DAR. We recently pulled in an abstract icon to the DAR to alert new practices as they come up, that charts have been abstracted prior to the appointments, saving time for the Med. Assistance doing this from scratch with the patients there. This saves the patient so much time as well as the practice. On time performance has improved. Two days prior to a scheduled appts, the DAR is accessed and at a glance, anyone without that icon, will need to have a paper chart pulled, and abstracted prior to the patients arrival.
Auto Confirmation: We have contracted with a EPIC recommended service, to auto confirm appointments set on a standard criteria for some large practices saving staff time and monies.

Cons

Questionnaires: EPIC seems to be very stringent on questionnaires and how may can be attached (only 1) on a Cadence level causing us to be quite inventive on how to get questioned answered on only certain visit types. One big stumbling block was the Ebola questionnaire. Currently we have a particular questionnaire for new Phy. Therapy patients which prevents us from adding the Ebola questionnaire to NEW patients. We are still struggling with this.
Patient Itinerates used for multiple appointments: Not very professional looking regardless of how you set up (OP visits, instructions etc: Most practices will not use the itinerary therefore adding dollars to having printing cards with the practice name on them. (the old fashioned way)
Building new DEP records: Wish there was a way to copy entire builds from one DEP to another.
Security": EPIC security is a nightmare to develop for multi faced users. RN that schedule appointments. Many of our practices are small practices that only have 2-3 people (the doc, the RN and the scheduler/biller . This creates the need for everyone to do everything from a scheduling perspective and building this security can become very cumbersome from practice to practice as each is unique.

Likelihood to Recommend

I find Cadence to be an extremely useful tool and an asset for any practice (large, small or hospital based department). I do not believe there are any arenas that it would not be suitable for considering that it can be tailored to the needs of the practice or department. AS stated, we have practices with various sizes (employees and patient loads) . We have customized Cadence to fit each need (limiting visit types, questions, etc) to fit the needs of each In all the avenues where we have installed Cadence, the feedback is "the gift that keeps on giving".

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Fair integration with clinical documentation products

Rating: 7 out of 10

February 11, 2015

Pros

Integration with other medical records products.
Easy, intuitive registration process for end users.
Only one day of training required.

Cons

Currently not integrated with patient self-scheduling at our organization.
Difficulty of accessing registration information from the patient medical chart.
Complicated payment process.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Cadence Enterprise Scheduling is well suited for integration with other Epic products. It provides a scheduling process that is outside of the patient chart but is also connected and communicates with the patient chart. I do not know how it performs for other types of scheduling (inpatient, procedures, etc) as I largely work in an outpatient setting.

Verified User

Analyst in Quality Assurance (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Communication is Key

Rating: 8 out of 10

February 10, 2015

Pros

Identifies patient popualtion
Tracks referral, orders, etc.
Tracks Meaningful Use measures.

Cons

Providing specific details about what certain measures mean.
Its layout could be clearer.
Organization of topics

Likelihood to Recommend

The program is great and it really helps my job to be easier; the fact that it has a quick search option makes the layout less of a problem. It is quite accurate. If you will be using this program think about what you need it to do for you and who will need to use it and for what.

Jesus Elizalde-Lindgren

Data Quality Specialist in Quality Assurance at Swedish Medical Center (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience