Paragon Clinicals Commentary
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Tyson Blauer
Research Director
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Relationship
Our relationship with Altera Digital Health is still struggling. We came from an EMR where if I put...
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Operations, Product
When we started with the ambulatory side, I was a big advocate for Paragon Clinicals; I said the...
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Value
Whether Altera Digital Health avoids charging depends on what something is. For example, we have a...
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Relationship, Operations
Altera Digital Health sent out what they called a pit crew. They had people who were supposed to be...
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Loyalty, Product
We have updated to a newer version of Paragon Clinicals. In that version, we were supposed to be...
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Loyalty, Product
We changed from our previous vendor partly because the two systems, the hospital and the clinic...
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Product
I am not very likely to recommend Paragon Clinicals. We are struggling with a lot of things on the...
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Loyalty, Product
One of our patients who used to follow a provider who left a few years ago had prescription refills...
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Loyalty
Paragon Clinicals is a part of our long-term plans. We are looking at other medical records, but at...
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Relationship
The only thing I can say that we had positive with Altera Digital Health was there was a person who...
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Relationship, Product
We manage with Paragon Clinicals. I don't have any good words. Sometimes, the vendor knows that a...
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Culture, Relationship, Operations
A lot of times, the vendor will say something is fixed, but then we start testing and going through...
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Relationship
The vendor is such a big entity now, but every time we do something with them, all the people that...
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Relationship, Product
Inherently, Altera Digital Health doesn’t always listen. When people on our team notice where the...
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Relationship
Altera Digital Health has moved. The majority of the support staff used to be in our country, but it...
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Loyalty, Relationship
It seems like every time we do an upgrade or an update, Altera Digital Health may fix one thing and...
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Loyalty, Relationship
We have been on the Paragon Clinicals journey for quite some time. We started with McKesson, then we...
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Loyalty, Product
IV pump integration is not included in Altera Digital Health’s road map, partially because they are...
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Loyalty, Value
If someone were in a similar hospital doing what I'm doing today and the overall mission and vision...
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Product
Altera Digital Health has not kept all their promises about having a deeper integration between...
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Relationship
Altera Digital Health’s focus is putting users together rather than being the leader in the space....
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Loyalty, Product
Paragon Clinicals has some good things, but it has some bad things too. It has had a lot of...
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Relationship
Once Altera Digital Health gets to the point where they acknowledge that they need to help us, they...
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Operations, Value
Paragon Clinicals is cheap. Our most recent upgrade with Altera Digital Health was a lot better than...
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Product
We have had problems with Paragon Clinicals' performance, especially since the upgrade. The provider...
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Relationship
Altera Digital Health's support team does not get back to us on a problem promptly. They have a lot...
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Operations
Altera Digital Health doesn't do training. They have videos on customers' websites that they point...
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Culture
We are working with a few different integrations. Those are a little more complex than they should...
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Loyalty, Relationship
Altera Digital Health is a really good group of people. They have the best customer service...
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Loyalty, Relationship
We have a good relationship with Altera Digital Health’s leadership. We perhaps have advantages over...
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Relationship, Operations
The vendor's development and customer communication are lacking, as evidenced by the solutions...
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Relationship, Operations
Altera Digital Health’s service isn't always great. There is a disconnect in the knowledge base of...
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Relationship
Altera Digital Health is trying to engage more with users through phone calls and things. Sometimes,...
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Relationship
If we ask Altera Digital Health, they come on-site with a crew of experts and do a review process,...
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Loyalty
Altera Digital Health is changing to an Azure-based model. Instead of having major upgrades all the...
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Loyalty, Product
For hospitals of our size, Paragon Clinicals is an okay solution but not one that I would come out...
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Operations, Value
Altera Digital Health is not great at reaching out for training. If we reach out for training, they...
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Relationship
Altera Digital Health is clever enough not to make promises so that they don't have to break them....
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Product, Value
Altera Digital Health’s favorite thing to say is that the product is working as designed. They don't...
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Relationship, Product
For the systems we have to use, Altera Digital Health’s support has improved over the years. The...
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Loyalty, Relationship
The vendor seems to be going through a lot of changes, and a lot of that probably has to do with the...
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Relationship
We have a really good relationship with the people at Altera Digital Health. There is a good balance...
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Loyalty, Relationship, Product
Paragon Clinicals is currently undergoing a lot of change. There is a lot of talk about things that...
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Value
I feel nickel-and-dimed all the time with Altera Digital Health. There is a charge for everything.
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Product
The mobile CPOE process needs some work. The vendor has a mobile version, but it needs some help in...
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Loyalty
The vendor is just coming out with their document management system. Prior to that, they leveraged...
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Product
The core of the database is great. We can do a lot of things with it. We can get any piece of data...
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Loyalty, Product
With a lot of the new technologies, we still don't have integrations or a really clear pathway. The...
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Relationship
Basically, during the whole Allscripts tenure, there was no executive involvement. Altera Digital...
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Product
Although Paragon Clinicals initially doesn't seem very intuitive, the nurses really enjoy it. The...
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Loyalty, Product
One area for improvement in Paragon Clinicals would be the dashboards. They are not as up-to-date as...
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Value
Every time the government says we need to add something, Altera Digital Health charges us for it. If...
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Relationship, Operations
The knowledge of the level-one analysts at Altera Digital Health needs to be improved. Across the...
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Operations, Product
With Paragon Clinicals, we have to do so many upgrades in a certain amount of time. Altera Digital...
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Value
Paragon Clinicals is getting there, but the vendor is very slow getting it to where it needs to be....
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Loyalty, Product
There was a lot of strategic direction on the vendor’s part to build out certain parts of the...
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Product
Paragon Clinicals has been better since Altera Digital Health took over. Our last upgrade was...
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Product
Paragon Clinicals does the bare minimum. One of the problems is the old user interface with the old...
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Product
It would be nice to get to a place where Paragon Clinicals is able to be integrated and more API...
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Relationship
The vendor's support isn't good. Altera Digital Health has been trying more recently, but their...
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Operations, Product
When I train my doctors on Paragon Clinicals, they get a little depressed. The system is really old...
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Relationship
If I had a choice and money was not a question, I wouldn't buy Paragon Clinicals again because of...
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Relationship
The vendor may keep their promises, but it might take them years to get to them. Altera Digital...
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Loyalty
We are still with Paragon Clinicals for financial reasons. It is a huge lift to change an EHR. If I...
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Value
Altera Digital Health has not kept promises in development cycles, support, and financial costs....
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Relationship, Product
Altera Digital Health’s hosting is good, reliable, and secure. The application works.
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Relationship, Product
With Altera Digital Health, there are always defects and new releases, and they are slow to remedy...
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Relationship
Altera Digital Health really works at integration. They will call us to keep us informed. Altera...
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Product
The system's ease of use is better from a physician's perspective than it is from a nurse's...
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Operations, Product, Value
Altera Digital Health’s upgrades require a lot of internal resources, and we are required to test...
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Operations
The vendor's training used to be a lot better, and the vendor used to provide dedicated time. We...
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Product
Recently, I have had some major complaints and have grumbled about getting data out of the system...
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Relationship, Product
There have been some improvements to Paragon Clinicals. I had a call with some of the upper-level...
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Loyalty, Product
The product is our EMR system, and I certainly like the solution more than some of my colleagues. My...
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Product
I like the modules in Paragon Clinicals that I use as far as the processes go. I hear concerns from...
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Value
I don't know what I would say about buying Paragon Clinicals again. Altera Digital Health charges...
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Relationship
Since McKesson sold the product to Allscripts, the support for the Paragon applications has been...
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Culture, Relationship
We have brought up concerns with the vendor about not just their technology designs but also their...
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Product
We have had some challenges with certain other solutions, but a lot of our problems occur because of...
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Value
With Paragon Clinicals, we are nickel-and-dimed or dollar-and-ten-dollared. We struggle with Altera...
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Loyalty
Paragon Clinicals is pretty consistent in its overall product quality. It has some known faults that...
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