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ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

Paragon Clinicals is an expensive platform to maintain. We haven't had to purchase any outside...

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Functionality and Upgrades

I want to say that I would purchase this system again, but knowing where our hospital is going, I am...

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Functionality and Upgrades

When organizations are looking into new solutions, the best things for them to see are the system...

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Service and Support

I can't seem to get a clear understanding of what Allscripts' support is going to look like, because...

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Relationship

We can get a lot of information and enthusiasm for the Sunrise products, but Allscripts seems to be...

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Implementation and Training

The vendor's implementation ability depends on the knowledge of their implementation team members....

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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

We have to do a lot of workarounds with this system. Paragon Clinicals hasn't operated quite the way...

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Manager

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

Paragon Clinicals has some interoperability capabilities, but we have not purchased them....

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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

We haven't had any complaints about this system from our physicians. Our physicians like using...

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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

The end users complain about how difficult Paragon Clinicals is to use. There are a couple of areas...

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Manager

Service and Support

We let our service contracts expire. But we did have an emergency issue. We were able to reach out...

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Manager

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

The problem is that when we identify issues with the system, Allscripts is willing to fix it only...

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Manager

Service and Support

We were having reports overwriting other reports. That was a huge patient safety issue. We had to...

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Manager

Implementation and Training

Allscripts was with us the entire implementation. They were able to get the system up and running....

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Manager

Functionality and Upgrades

There is a disconnect with patient accounts. Allscripts uses third-party software for claims and...

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CIO

Relationship

I have very strong analysts and engineers. Some people would rather select a vendor that has a...

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CIO

Service and Support

Allscripts does have some problems. Fortunately, my analysts are strong. If I had to rely on...

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CIO

Relationship

Allscripts has been kind of proactive lately. They have integrated everything on the ambulatory...

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CIO

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

I am giving Paragon Clinicals some low ratings, but if I were to compare its cost to the cost of...

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CIO

Relationship

Allscripts keeps their promises, or they at least make an honest effort to. They sometimes promise...

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CIO

Future Outlook

There is some nickel-and-diming from Allscripts. They used to be awful about that, but they aren't...

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CIO

Win/Loss - Why they were selected (by current clients)

Some of our executive managers hated Paragon Clinicals; they all thought it was terrible. But when I...

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CIO

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

We are redeploying things, optimizing things, and taking features from other vendors and working...

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CIO

Functionality and Upgrades

Paragon Clinicals is the little engine that could. It does 90% of what we need it to do. It doesn't...

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Other Observations & Comments

If I paid for another EHR, it would cost a lot of money, and we would have to pay for new equipment...

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Nurse

Service and Support

I have support tickets that have been unanswered for years. Some issues are minor issues that the...

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Nurse

Relationship

I really don’t see a lot of vendor executive involvement. We get the occasional email, but I would...

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Nurse

Functionality and Upgrades

We have some capability within the product to get information. There are some scripts and rules that...

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Nurse

Other Observations & Comments

We had a very lengthy discovery process before we chose a new vendor, and we looked at what else was...

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Nurse

Service and Support

On the clinical side and for the physician utilization piece, the vendor hasn’t been very good at...

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Nurse

Functionality and Upgrades

The vendor doesn’t really nickel-and-dime. We did the first upgrade on our own, and we had many...

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Nurse

Functionality and Upgrades

We get notifications from the vendor for new upgrades, but when someone takes on the new version,...

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Nurse

Interfacing and Integration

We have integrated quite a few items with the vendor, so the product has been workable. We have a...

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Nurse

Functionality and Upgrades

We have continued to have issues with the product. Things that should be easy to fix just aren’t...

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Nurse

Other Observations & Comments

The product requires a lot of clicks, but during training, physicians don’t feel that the clicks are...

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Nurse

Functionality and Upgrades

Physician documentation is a big issue for us. The way the templates have to be built to function...

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CIO

Future Outlook

Nothing with Allscripts has gotten better. My past ratings for them weren’t wonderful, and now I am...

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CIO

Functionality and Upgrades

Allscripts is coming out with new releases to fix so many issues; it feels like things are coming...

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Director

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

I would say that Allscripts is likely more guilty of nickel-and-diming than most vendors. Allscripts...

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Director

Implementation and Training

Allscripts’ implementation was less positive than other vendors’ implementations. Ongoing training...

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Director

Interfacing and Integration

Interoperability is a pretty big struggle for us. Allscripts doesn’t play well with others. Some...

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Director

Relationship

Allscripts normally gets us what we need, but they deliver things late. We don’t often have contact...

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Physician

Technology

The product isn't intuitive, and the workflow is very difficult for people that are booking cases....

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CIO

Technology

Allscripts really hasn't done a lot with Paragon Clinicals. They have slowed down the development,...

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CIO

Functionality and Upgrades

The vendor has added some of the functionality that was missing years ago. At this point, the...

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CIO

Service and Support

The support is the worst that it has ever been. Allscripts has outsourced most of their support...

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CIO

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

Allscripts' pricing model is through the roof. Their prices for everything are outrageous. They are...

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Nurse

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

Allscripts used to be a lot better at avoiding charging for every little thing. Nickel-and-diming is...

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Nurse

Functionality and Upgrades

We have a love-hate relationship. It is nice that everybody is on the system. It has been here for a...

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Nurse

Service and Support

We have had a much better support system since Allscripts took over, although they have sent a lot...

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Director

Relationship

We feel a little abandoned by our vendor. The executive engagement has dwindled exponentially. It...

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Director

Other Observations & Comments

I wouldn't buy the product again today, but at the time, it was the right decision to make, and if I...

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CIO

Interfacing and Integration

Allscripts nickel-and-dimes. We outsource our laboratory services, and we spent a long time trying...

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CIO

Implementation and Training

There isn’t a lot of training. I have asked Allscripts for training because some of our team members...

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CIO

Technology

Allscripts doesn’t deliver new technology that meets our needs with the Paragon platform. They don’t...

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CIO

Service and Support

Allscripts is not proactive. I usually have to complain before anything happens.

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CIO

Relationship

The executives and our account executive do a fantastic job. We don’t make things easy for them...

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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

When we got the system, Paragon Clinicals seemed like a good choice for us. Frankly, it was kind of...

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Director

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

The real struggle we have with Allscripts is the development pipeline for Paragon Clinicals. The...

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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

Allscripts’ response to the system's functionality not being there is to offer up a resource to help...

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Director

Other Observations & Comments

In our road map, we want to move the inpatient side to another vendor's product. Unfortunately, with...

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Director

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

What I need most is an EHR that will allow me to be regulatory compliant and keep my patients safe....

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Director

Technology

I need a vendor to give me a product that is stable. I need a product that scales with the volume of...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Service and Support

With what we are working on with integration, the vendor is still engaged.

Mar 2020
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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

We have a bitter taste in our mouth from the vendor at this point. The vendor is not holding up...

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Director

Other Observations & Comments

Things with Allscripts are decent. We keep our eyes and ears open for other EMR vendors that are out...

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Director

Other Observations & Comments

If we were to start over, I would guess that we would select another system over Paragon Clinicals....

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Director

Service and Support

Allscripts sometimes delivers on promises, but they are very delayed in what they promise. If they...

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Director

ROI / Cost (care and feeding)

Allscripts bundles their nickel-and-diming into big purchases, so they don’t necessarily...

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Director

Interfacing and Integration

Allscripts could definitely do more around integration. Allscripts doesn’t work with a lot of...

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Director

Other Observations & Comments

Paragon Clinicals' ease of use depends on whether the end user is a computer-savvy person or not. If...

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Director

Other Observations & Comments

It would be nice if Paragon Clinicals had the functionality to do more single sign-ons to help with...

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Director

Service and Support

Allscripts has moved their support overseas. The people we talk to don't even have a basic...

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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

The development of the product has been so bad. I don't think that Allscripts does any QA. We are...

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Director

Relationship

The executives are nonexistent. The only time they come around is to sell us something. They have no...

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Director

Interfacing and Integration

The support aspect of the product has been different since the vendor became Allscripts. The product...

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Director

Sales and Contracting

The vendor is trying to make their support better. They have really listened to us and have worked...

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Director

Other Observations & Comments

We are going to be exploring the use of a single sign-on platform so that our applications require...

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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

The application could do a better job with printing and integrating with the printers. That would...

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Director

Functionality and Upgrades

From what we know about the product, it is good, and we would purchase it again.

Mar 2020