PowerDMS is a great solution for accreditation!
May 01, 2017

PowerDMS is a great solution for accreditation!

Laura Whitney | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with PowerDMS

We use PowerDMS for our accreditation process and also to house all of our policies, procedures, and protocols. We recently started using it to track onboarding training and will use it more for training in the future. We had trouble when going through the accreditation process making sure that papers floating around were the latest version and PDMS has solved that issue because documents can be updated and printed directly from the site - the most up to date version is the published one. Our entire organization uses it, but most staff do not log on every day (I personally do). We are trying to get more staff input and have them use it more. It has made the accreditation process a lot easier; instead of pulling out binders and binders of P&Ps, the surveyor just logs into our DMS site.
  • Having the accreditation standards handbook on the site is definitely the biggest pro of PowerDMS
  • Ease of use
  • Author (the editing function of PowerDMS) is not compatible with our environment so only a few people are able to edit documents - this defeats the purpose of having the functionality all online since we have to share documents using additional software.
  • Adding Adobe Presenter (or the ability to add SWF interactions) on trainings; right now trainings are particularly boring when done through PowerDMS since they are only PowerPoints.
  • Better and easier accreditation cycle
  • Ability to track training certificates
  • Less paper!
Unless you aren't an accredited body or seeking accreditation, I can't think of a reason NOT to get PowerDMS. I think it's a great tool that can help any organization. We are specifically in healthcare within higher ed, but I have connected with law enforcement organizations that find it just as useful.