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athenaOne

The athenaOne Suite which includes athenaCollector a revenue cycle management solution and athenaClinials an EHR (electronic health records) recently ranked #1 in 2023 Best in KLAS for athenaClinials Ambulatory EMR for 11-75 physi...Read more about athenaOne

3.8 (836 reviews)

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RXNT

RXNT’s cloud-based, ONC-certified medical software—Billing, Practice Management, EHR, and more—improves clinical outcomes & revenue cycle management. Simple, transparent pricing includes free setup and training, free data transfer...Read more about RXNT

4.3 (428 reviews)

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PrognoCIS

PrognoCIS EHR and PrognoCIS Telemedicine have earned a reputation for fast, flexible individual provider workflow. The software package offers a full suite of highly desirable features and functions. PrognoCIS provides a cloud-bas...Read more about PrognoCIS

4.1 (288 reviews)

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CharmHealth

CharmHealth is a MU certified, cloud-based EHR, Practice Management and Medical Billing solution that helps healthcare organizations ranging from large multi-specialty groups to small independent medical offices function efficient...Read more about CharmHealth

4.3 (127 reviews)

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Practice EHR

Practice EHR, a medical practice management software, was developed to accommodate the needs of small to mid-size businesses. The platform is customizable to internal medicine practices, chiropractors, physical therapists, family ...Read more about Practice EHR

4.3 (70 reviews)

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NovoClinical

NovoClinical is a completely secure, cloud-based system that can be implemented quickly. Reports and templates can be customized with features and fields specific to each practice and/or provider. NovoClinical offers insuranc...Read more about NovoClinical

4.8 (27 reviews)

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CollaborateMD

CollaborateMD is a medical billing and practice management solution that helps practices and billing services of all sizes automate and streamline billing and coding processes. The system was designed to be both comprehensive and ...Read more about CollaborateMD

4.0 (73 reviews)

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AllegianceMD

AllegianceMD is a cloud-based medical software system that is designed to serve the needs of small and midsize practices, as well as ambulatory surgery centers. The solution includes practice management functionality for billing a...Read more about AllegianceMD

4.3 (24 reviews)

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MDConnection

MDConnection is a web-based solution for medical practice management. The system serves the needs of small practices consisting of just one physician or a small group of physicians. The core functions include scheduling, medical b...Read more about MDConnection

4.6 (26 reviews)

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Waystar

Waystar is a cloud-based revenue cycle management platform for healthcare systems. The solution is used by organizations of all sizes to manage administrative and clinical functions. Key features include insurance verification, co...Read more about Waystar

4.5 (199 reviews)

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WRS Health

More than just a cloud-based EHR & Practice Management software. At WRS Health, our commitment to helping physicians find balance in their roles, as healer, business owner, and human being, informs everything we do. That’s why ...Read more about WRS Health

4.5 (82 reviews)

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MedicsPremier

MedicsPremier supports comprehensive financial/operational/workflow management and a nearly 100% success rate on first attempt HCFA/UB clearinghouse claims with a utility for workers compensation/no-fault claims/documentation. ED...Read more about MedicsPremier

4.6 (81 reviews)

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AdvancedMD Billing Services

AdvancedMD is a medical office software suite with cloud-based, integrated physician-patient workflow solutions including: practice management/medical billing, electronic health records, telemedicine, patient engagement, practice ...Read more about AdvancedMD Billing Services

4.1 (84 reviews)

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UltraLinq

UltraLinq is a cloud-based PACS, offering a comprehensive platform for medical imaging. With all its functionality online, you can upload, view, and interpret patient imaging any time, from any location—and store it for as long as...Read more about UltraLinq

4.6 (12 reviews)

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OpenPM

OpenPM is a cloud-based practice management solution designed to help medical organizations manage billing, accounting, patient records and more via a unified portal. The platform enables institutions to streamline managements of ...Read more about OpenPM

4.7 (20 reviews)

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GEHRIMED

GEHRIMED is the leading ONC-certified electronic health record (EHR) platform specifically designed for long-term/post-acute care (LTPAC) practitioners and multi-provider, multi-location practices. GEHRIMED offers customized, ger...Read more about GEHRIMED

4.2 (22 reviews)

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Benchmark Solutions Practice Management

Benchmark Practice Management streamlines workflows and improves front and back-office operations to reduce errors, improve patient care, all while boosting revenues. This approach is made possible with a time-tested IT infrastruc...Read more about Benchmark Solutions Practice Management

4.8 (135 reviews)

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MedicsCloud EHR

Ideal for all levels of care, the MedicsCloud Suite operates as a singular solution from one vendor (ADS). Yet, the Suite's MedicsCloud EHR and its MedicsPremier financial/management segments are available separately as needed. ...Read more about MedicsCloud EHR

3.6 (11 reviews)

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Tebra

Looking to harness the full power of the Tebra platform? Our practice success platform includes a certified electronic health record solution built to empower today’s providers with robust clinical charting, streamlined documentat...Read more about Tebra

Sign In Scheduling

Sign In Scheduling is powering appointments in 200k+ businesses worldwide. With our feature-rich, accessible, and secure scheduling software, you can reduce no-shows by up to 90%. Benefit from 100+ features and find exactly what...Read more about Sign In Scheduling

Buyers Guide

Last Updated: March 16, 2023

Excellent care for the elderly, whether it be in a home health, assisted living, long-term or hospice setting, can be achieved through strong communication, information gathering and streamlined medication capabilities.

Many medical solution providers offer the functionality necessary to provide this level of care—these options give you a wide variety of choices, but finding the best system to fit your specific needs can be a challenge.

This buyer's guide is designed to help with that search, and will cover features, benefits and trends you should keep in mind while considering software.

Here's what we'll cover:

What Is Geriatric Software?

Common Features of Geriatric Software

Benefits of Geriatric Software

Deployment Strategies

Market Trends to Understand

What Is Geriatric Software?

Geriatric software is any solution designed to assist long-term or post-acute, home health or hospice senior care professionals. These systems may be used in senior assisted-living communities, rehabilitation centers, home health or skilled nursing settings.

Solutions for geriatric care generally include a few key functional areas—electronic medical/health records, e-prescribing and a practice management suite.

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A patient encounter screen in NueMD allows easy data entry

Similar to other medical software, geriatric software helps doctors, nurses and staff members manage clinical tasks and automate billing, scheduling of patients, tracking patient records, storing documents and prescribing medication.

Common Features of Geriatric Software

The following functional areas contain several individual features to assist geriatric care professionals.

Practice management functionality within geriatric care software can include:

Medical billing

Automates medical billing and verifies insurance coverage in real time.

Integration with EHR

Enables a connection with an existing electronic health records system to provide enhanced record management.

Code sets

Facilitates the use of universal medical codes, such as Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS), Common Procedure Coding (CPT) system and International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

Patient scheduling

Users can create color-coded schedules for patients with details about the time, date, location, patient history and needs and the health care provider.

Electronic medical records (EMR) systems function as the centralized location for patients' medical histories, storing important documents and images. This may also be referred to as electronic health records (EHR)—these terms are often used interchangeably.

E-prescribing features in geriatric software may include:

Medication selection

Allows the prescriber to choose from multiple options, such as name brands or generic versions, when using the system to search for medications.

Prescription creation

Users can create prescriptions directly from the system and send them to the pharmacy, often using order management tools to group prescriptions together and ensure pharmacies receive them.

Refill requests

Users can send refill requests to health care providers, who can approve them through the system.

Benefits of Geriatric Software

Successful implementation and training around a geriatric care solution can result in the following benefits:

Easier, quicker access to patient records and documents. With a repository of important documents in the EMR system, nurses and doctors can focus on long-term care of geriatric patients in their rehab centers, hospices or nursing homes instead of searching for paper documents.

Integration makes data sharing simpler. A primary benefit of any integrated software solution is the ease of moving data among users, avoiding time-consuming tasks of exporting or printing documents. Integration also allows the data to be utilized in various functional areas of the system—for example, billing records can easily be analyzed to generate reports.

Faster insurance reimbursement and collections. Using the EMR in geriatric software, practitioners can produce the appropriate claim documents necessary for working with insurance companies, Medicare and Medicaid.

Overall streamlined operations management. Automation in any industry makes daily tasks easier and quicker, and geriatric software is no different. In addition to the efficiencies mentioned above, the process of making notes during patient visits allows doctors and nurses to use codes to document the encounter more accurately.

Deployment Strategies

Two main methods are commonly used to deploy medical, or most other, types of software: on-premise or cloud-based, also known as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Each have pros and cons that long-term care providers should evaluate before investing in a solution:

On-premise deployment refers to software that is installed on computers locally within a medical office. This traditional deployment model gives users direct access to the system without the need for an online connection.

An on-premise deployment stores documents and images on the practice's own systems and any upgrades to the software must be done there as well. While the upfront cost for on-premise software is generally higher than cloud-based, the ongoing costs tend to be lower.

Cloud-based or SaaS deployment is the more commonly implemented type of software available today. In a cloud-based implementation, the system is accessed through a browser and no software is installed on local machines.

This offers a couple key advantages:

  1. When upgrades are needed, they can be performed over the internet, often overnight, which avoids costly system downtime.

  2. Many organizations prefer securing sensitive data on the software provider's servers instead of their own, especially if the user's location is more susceptible to theft or natural disaster.

It's also important to consider that cloud-based deployments usually require a smaller upfront cost, but may include additional maintenance or upgrade costs in the future.

Market Trends to Understand

Mobile devices add significant efficiency. Smartphones and tablets are used in several industries today, and medical software vendors are making mobile support a common feature.

These devices add significant value to the geriatric health care setting by freeing doctors and nurses from their desktop computer to consult with residents and patients wherever they are using a tablet in the facility, while maintaining the same capabilities of the full system.

Baby boomers are your newest patients. According to the AARP, 2.5 million baby boomers turned 70 in 2016, and on average, these seniors can still expect about 15 more years of life. And while medical advances will keep them healthier at this age than ever, risks such as Alzheimer's become a more likely condition as they grow older.

This new influx of patients will test the efficiency of geriatric care professionals, but new health care solutions are streamlining daily tasks to enable better care. Finding the best system for your practice can make all the difference.

Elderly care providers' hiring challenge. As a new group of elders reach the age where they need more intensive health care, industry leaders are struggling to meet the demand with enough qualified nurses and home health aides.

In addition, turnover rates of health care employees were about 20 to 25 percent on average. One aspect of the job that shouldn't be frustrating is entering patient information into an EMR or retrieving documents—modern software vendors work hard to offer a user-friendly experience so each task is simplified.