EHR AND WHICH

ONE IS THE BEST

FOR YOU
LEARNING TEAM 1 WEEK 6
LAVATUS WINDOM & MICHELE HORNICK
 EHR SYSTEMS

A functional EHR systems will improve an organizations

quality of care, safety of information and documentation.
Adopting an EHR system is an investment in the future of
an organizations success
An EHR can be designed according the the organiztions
needs and provide them with updates and ongoing
training
 EHR System
How will an EHR benefit you?
Improve patient care and coordinationof care
Improve patient participation and advocacy
Improve patient outcomes
Cost Efficient
Improve document storage
Improved security
Improved exchange of information
 EHR System
What do you need in an EHR?

Certified so that it meets MU incentives

The ability to change and update forms
Template based documentations
Mobile access to improve rounding for clinical staff
Patient portals
Interface that allows the system to link with other ancillary systems in the
hospital like radiology, pharmacy and laboratory
Manage clinical workflow
 EHR Systems
What do you need in an EHR?

Track deficiencies and release of information

Billing/Coding and abstracting capabilities
Speech recognition/ Natural language processing
Training for end users from implementation until go-live and for
updates and changes
Scheduling capabilities
Privacy and Security
 EHR Systems

After careful research and comparing your current system

Athens/ Cerner to other systems on the market; we have
found the perfect system for you to adopt
EpicCare Inpatient 2014
Certified EHR Suite
 Athens/Cerner v.s. Epic
Care
After careful research we found that this EHR is more suitable to the
needs of your organization

It is an award winning EHR

69% of HIMSS Stage 7 Hospitals Use EpicCare

Now lets compare systems ..

 Athens/Cerner v.s. Epic
Care 2014
Epic Care
Athens/Cerner 2014
Leading vendors Leading vendors

Maintains a closed system so that third parties can not build Uses a closed system but has an established relationship with
applications around the system third parties to allow for applications to be built
Features of Athens/Cerner v.s. Epic Care
(Typical Start up Package)

Athens/Cerner Epic Care

Electronic Medical Records
Electronic Medical Records

Medical Billing Patient Scheduling

Practice Management
Patient Scheduling

Practice Management
Specialties Covered in
Athens/Cerner v.s. Epicare
Athens/ Cerner Epic Care

Broad Multi-disciplinary Broad Multi-discilinary

Platforms/ Operating System in
Athens/Cerner v.s. Epic Care
Athens/ Cerner Epic Care
Platforms: Platforms on premises

Online
Operating System: Windows
Mobile
On premises

Operating System: N/a

Popularity of Athens/Cerner v.s.
Epic Care
Athens/Cerner Epic Care

Sales volume: $264 million Sales volume: $5.2 million

Lets see who measures up to the
main criteria
Athens/Cener
Meaningful Use: 2014 EHR certified
Change/update forms: N/A
Billing/Coding/Abstrating: N/A
Interfaces that link with ancillary systems: yes
Patient portals: yes
Epic Care
Meaningful Use: 2014 EHR certified
Change/Update forms: yes
Billing/Coding/Abstrating: yes
Interfaces that link with ancillary systems: yes
Patient portals: yes
 Athens/Cerner v.s. Epic Care

Both system have their pros and cons but, we feel that this system would be
the best fit for the hospital. It meets their criteria and offers the organization
additional features that will allow them to expand their system to other affiliates
to broaden their continuum of care. Epic Care also is an award winning system
that has been recognized by the Joint Commission/National Quality Forum and
CHIME for their use of Epic in initiatives to improve patient care.
Epic has also been named the #1 Overall Software Suite for 2013 by KLAS and
consistently earn high ratings for customer satisfaction, response times, and
promises kept. We feel tht your hospital will be successful in implementing this
system and patients will receive quality managed care.
Slide 2: http://mmodal.com/articles/attention-read-this-before-you-buy-your-ehr/

Slide 4: http://www.poweryourpractice.com/electronic-health-records/support-your-staff-through-ehr-process/

Slide 6: http://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2014/09/17/ehr3/

Slide 11: http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/EHR2012

Slide 14: http://mhealthwatch.com/infographic-the-current-state-of-ehr-21303/

Slide 18: https://www.epic.com/about-index.php

References
EPIC. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.epic.com/