GArangorin
11-15-2004, 02:07 PM
I purchased E-MDs in March of 2003, after growing tired of the problems and annoyances of eClinical Works. The greatest difference I have noticed between E-MDs and eCW is templates. With eCW, I had to create all of my own templates from scratch. This was unnecessary and time consuming. E-MDs came prepackaged with templates, along with the option to create my own if need be. E-MDs won me over with this feature.
The horizontal method used in E-MDs' health summary is much more pleasing than the vertical format used in eCW. With eCW the scroll list grows and grows; time is consumed.
E-MDs also features the Curbside Consult, which is very convenient and eliminates the need to ever open a book. E-MDs' progress notes are also much more professional than eCW's. eCW just separates items by commas, while E-MDs produces progress notes in a clear and coherent paragraph format.
ICD-9 codes in E-MDs are color coded. This helps prevent problems with insurance. There is no similar feature in eCW, one must know the exact codes the insurance company needs.
With prescriptions, eCW lets you state whether the patient is starting, continuing, increasing, or decreasing a prescription. However, eCW does not state to what amount the patient is increasing or decreasing his/her prescription, thus making this feature useless.
Also, don't be swayed by eCWs advertising like I was. It was all talk to make eCW sound like a great program (as one would expect from advertising) when in actuality eCW is a sub-par, and generally slow EMR. I have noticed that E-MDs seems to operate much faster than eCW on the same machine.
The horizontal method used in E-MDs' health summary is much more pleasing than the vertical format used in eCW. With eCW the scroll list grows and grows; time is consumed.
E-MDs also features the Curbside Consult, which is very convenient and eliminates the need to ever open a book. E-MDs' progress notes are also much more professional than eCW's. eCW just separates items by commas, while E-MDs produces progress notes in a clear and coherent paragraph format.
ICD-9 codes in E-MDs are color coded. This helps prevent problems with insurance. There is no similar feature in eCW, one must know the exact codes the insurance company needs.
With prescriptions, eCW lets you state whether the patient is starting, continuing, increasing, or decreasing a prescription. However, eCW does not state to what amount the patient is increasing or decreasing his/her prescription, thus making this feature useless.
Also, don't be swayed by eCWs advertising like I was. It was all talk to make eCW sound like a great program (as one would expect from advertising) when in actuality eCW is a sub-par, and generally slow EMR. I have noticed that E-MDs seems to operate much faster than eCW on the same machine.