Software Reviews

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1) CareCloud -- had an hour long demo yesterday. Web-based platform. Gorgeous

looking; if you can use an iPad, you can use this software. Truly cloud-based;

not browser specific. Easy to use. Flexible note generator. Built-in billing

platform which, though I did not thoroughly demo it, looks like it adequately

capable and really easy to use. Downsides were that the patient portal in

" coming soon. " Looks like they're trying to grow it into a mini-Facebook, where

you will be able to see who else is logged in, patients, colleagues, and connect

in real time. They intend for you to use it with their billing service, and to

do so would give you the software for free, in return for a billing percentage

(probably 5-7%). If you want to use it and bill yourself, then it is $399-499 a

month. But they also want $5K for startup costs/training/install (which I think

is a little crazy since the software as demo'ed looks completely ready to use

out of the box).

2) Looked at the beat version of Avado yesterday. Probably not quite ready for

primetime yet. It is focused more on patient interaction, rather than on EMR

uses or Meaningful Use or practice management. But they have recently added a

text-based notes generator. But it looks like it will be very powerful for this

purpose. I especially liked how you can use it to create buckets for patients to

belong to, e.g., Over 65 bucket, the Hypertension bucket, the Taking Statin

bucket, and then Broadcast messages to individuals or to Buckets. And run

reports on the same. I'm not as certain about what Avado will cost once truly

released, but I think the Patient Portal features will likely be free, to both

sides of the equation, but extras on the physician side, e.g., the EMR, will

incur a monthly subscription cost.