Having to choose an EHR software in today’s highly competitive market with a plethora of choices can be a tough call to make. This difficulty increases two folds when it comes to opting for an EMR system for a specialty practice. As specialty practices have their own unique sets of challenges, requirements, and modes of treatment, it is necessary to have an EHR system on board that’s well-equipped to live up to the task and help the practice grow in the process.

When it comes to searching for a Nephrology EHR, knowing your requirements and what features you require can significantly ease the process.

For a nephrologist, CT scans, MRIs, scintigraphy images, and ultrasounds are crucial diagnostic requirements to monitor the patient’s progress. Considering these requirements, a Nephrology EHR should have the ability to integrate with several third-party devices apart from having in-built templates on kidney diseases and treatments.

The EHR system should be able to process and analyze the bulk of data for each of the patients. There are different workflows involved depending on the nature of the treatment, and the EHR software must offer enough flexibility to deal with them efficiently. You may also require an EHR software with proactive reminders and an alert feature to efficiently notify you in case any patient data requires your immediate attention.

We have reviewed several products currently available on the market and picked out two of our top picks for nephrology EHR software to help you make the right choice for your medical practice.

eClinicalWorks EMR

Entrusted by several famous Nephrology medical centers, eClinicalWorks has proved itself to be an asset for nephrologists across the U.S. EClinicalWorks EMR platform offers aid in analyzing clinician data and continuity of care provision, enabling practitioners to access critical information at the point of care. ECW comes with many flexible features and functions, including Care Coordination, patient engagement, telehealth visits, health and wellness tracking, financial analysis reports and more. With its versatile Patient Hub, users can access every aspect of the patient charts such as billing, patient demographics, previous and upcoming appointments, and outstanding items.

The new eClinicalWorks v11 offers providers access to a virtual assistant, Eva that helps them retrieve patient history records, draw present and past comparisons of progress notes as well as offer interoperability to enhance care coordination. eClinicalWorks Patient Portal facilitates secure, two-way communication between providers and patients. It also supports credit card payments.

Eclinicalworks Pricing: eClinicalWorks pricing for full feature EHR is $499/provider/month, and for EHR+PM, it costs an additional $100.

Eclinicalworks reviews: eclinicalworks has received an average rating of 3.5/5 on leading software review sites such as Software Advice, Capterra, and Software Finder.

Key Benefits:

24/7 support

Mobile app

P2P

Maintenance

Disaster recovery/nimbus

Unlimited free videos/webinars

Prominent Features:

Electronic Health Records

Patients portal

Referral management

Patient Engagement

Population Health

Tele-Visits

Meaningful Use Dashboard

Registry Reporting

e-Prescribing

Formulary Checking

AdvancedMD EHR

AdvancedMD is an all-rounder with consistently highest provider satisfaction rankings over the years. It offers a powerful integrated cloud-based suite that incorporates electronic health records, practice management, telemedicine, rooming, patient engagement, reputation management, business intelligence reporting, and financial analytics, all working seamlessly together in a unified system. AdvancedMD EHR guarantees the highest data security levels on all platforms alike, including Mac, Windows OS, and various other devices through the cloud.

AdvancedMD comes with Meaningful Use, MIPA, MACRA, HIPAA compliance with all the required regulatory guidelines. It also supports electronic labs (orders and results), radiology, and several different healthcare information exchanges (HIE). The practice management side of the software comes with ICD-10 compliant billing and coding functionality as well as features like patient statements, electronic faxing, online insurance verification, patient reminders, document management, text alerts, scanning and performance reporting making it a perfect fit for specialty practices.

AdvancedMD Pricing: Offers multiple pricing models such as monthly subscription and encounter-based pricing.

Key Benefits:

Customizable health plans

Clinical decision support

Secure document exchange

Electronic-faxing

iOS Mobile Apps

Prominent Features:

High-priority checkbox

E-prescriptions

EPCS

Patient portal

Physician dashboard

ONC-ATCB compliant

Customizable reports

Customizable templates

Immunization Reporting

Clinical charting

Automatic reminders

Parameter-based triggers

Handwriting recognition