Hospice EMR

[Nascar nurse]

I'm looking for opinions on hospice EMR software. My company will be purchasing a program in a few months & I learned today that I ultimately get to pick what we will be using! Advice, opinions, specific companies to avoid?

[toomuchbaloney]

I have used Suncoast Solutions at two hospices, both large with 1200-1500 patients. It is very confusing and time consuming to learn, but once you get it, you got it. It might be a Florida thing, since it's owned/created by Empath Health in St. Petersburg.

What I liked about Suncoast is that the software was designed to be used specifically in hospice, not homecare software that is tweaked to work in that environment on some level.

[lpoore]

I know this thread is over 2 years old but I wanted to comment that MUMMS software sucks! The hospice that I work for is using and has always used MUMMS. It runs out of Firefox and you cannot update beyond Firefox 12 which is a security problem in my opinion. It is also very slow recently and takes support a long time to respond to a problem.

The hospice I work for is now looking into changing our EMR to either Consolo or Brightree which is why I happened upon this thread. Is it true that with Brightree you can work on an iPad?

Thanks!

Linda

[Jost930]

lpoore - Brightree staff are very helpful, we did look to switching from Allscripts to Brightree. It does run on iPad and has a lot to offer. There isn't a 'perfect' EMR out there. I have a feeling hospice is moving towards a more standardized charting process (think OASIS). You said you are using Mumms, has your agency made the move to Hummingbird? I saw a demo and it really impressed me but i haven't heard if it's live yet.

[onedayitllbeme]

We use iPads for consolo also. Through the website

[nrcnurse]

I have been using HCHB on a smartphone.You should have seen the expression on my face when I heard that! It's not so bad, though. I do A LOT of dictating. A LOT. Otherwise, I would have thrown the effing smartphone into the Gulf of Mexico!!