NextGen Healthcare EHR vs. PointClickCare Core EHR Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NextGen Healthcare EHR
Score 8.9 out of 10
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NextGen Healthcare provides ambulatory practices of all size solutions along with dedicated support and professional services. NextGen® Enterprise EHR offers practices configurable clinical content, workflows, and an integrated patient experience platform that incorporates telehealth. With NextGen® Mobile, providers’ smartphones become an extension of the EHR, saving time. NextGen has its own fully integrated solutions that provide dictation, speech-to-text, direct to desktop and Ambient…N/A
PointClickCare Core EHR Platform
Score 9.8 out of 10
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PointClickCare provides their cloud-based technology for the senior care industry, the PointClickCare Core EHR Platform.N/A
Pricing
NextGen Healthcare EHRPointClickCare Core EHR Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NextGen Healthcare EHRPointClickCare Core EHR Platform
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
NextGen Healthcare EHRPointClickCare Core EHR Platform
Billing and Claims Management
Comparison of Billing and Claims Management features of Product A and Product B
NextGen Healthcare EHR
7.0
27 Ratings
7% below category average
PointClickCare Core EHR Platform
9.0
3 Ratings
18% above category average
Real-time eligibility verification9.126 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Claims management3.827 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Coding7.824 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Patient billing8.225 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Financial Reporting5.925 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Patient Scheduling
Comparison of Patient Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
NextGen Healthcare EHR
8.9
20 Ratings
12% above category average
PointClickCare Core EHR Platform
9.0
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Rule-based scheduling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated appointment reminders8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated patient check-in9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-location support9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Calendar interface9.815 Ratings00 Ratings
Electronic Medical Records
Comparison of Electronic Medical Records features of Product A and Product B
NextGen Healthcare EHR
7.9
27 Ratings
9% above category average
PointClickCare Core EHR Platform
6.5
2 Ratings
11% below category average
Charting / document management8.927 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Templates8.826 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Patient portal7.526 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile/tablet support7.419 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Fax integration7.01 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Integration with other EMR and PM systems9.018 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Workflow automation5.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Speech recognition7.718 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization9.024 Ratings10.02 Ratings
E-prescribing9.125 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Medical Security and Privacy
Comparison of Medical Security and Privacy features of Product A and Product B
NextGen Healthcare EHR
7.8
27 Ratings
6% below category average
PointClickCare Core EHR Platform
9.5
3 Ratings
13% above category average
HIPAA compliance9.127 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Role-based permission levels6.01 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Data backups and redundancy9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Local mode / networking failsafe7.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Workflow and Scale
Comparison of Workflow and Scale features of Product A and Product B
NextGen Healthcare EHR
6.9
27 Ratings
9% below category average
PointClickCare Core EHR Platform
8.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Task tracking6.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Specialty-specific workflows6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-office / multi-physician capabilities8.827 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
NextGen Healthcare EHRPointClickCare Core EHR Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(28 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(22 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
1.8
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
NextGen Healthcare EHRPointClickCare Core EHR Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
NextGen Healthcare
NextGen is very easy to navigate and simple to learn. The patient scheduling and calendars are very clear and the flexibility to customize the calendars is very helpful. When we are making patient appointments it is clear what times are available for each doctor and office which helps avoid mistakes since we have multiple doctors and offices.
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PointClickCare
PointClickCare Core EHR Platform is an excellent platform for monitoring patient data. The ability to generate customizable reports is extremely helpful when it comes to analyzing various kinds of data (e.g administration record reports, action summary reports, detailed census reports). The platform really does a great job organizing patient data in a way that is intuitive and easy to interpret.
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Pros
NextGen Healthcare
  • it is easy to create an appointment for a patient. The system is easy to use. It can easily show you when the next appoint is and also has pop up system alerts that the staff can view as to any special things that may need to be done before that appointment is created
  • Adding charges from an encounter is effortless, creates the claim and is sent to the clearing house and onto the payer. This process is all documented
  • one of the best features I like is that in the background is that NextGen documents every user's actions as to what is being done to the patient's chart. As a manager I can view what has happen over time with the patient's chart and easily repair what's needed
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PointClickCare
  • Ease of documentation for Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
  • In system Insurance Eligibility
  • In system IRM (CRM)
  • Full clinical chart that speaks to the financial application
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Cons
NextGen Healthcare
  • NextGen completely misses the mark for ASCs, especially multispecialty.
  • NextGen EHR constantly struggles with UDS reporting based on the EHR documentation.
  • NextGen EHR struggles to compete because of automation. Most practices want to be dexterous, but it's not sustainable as we look to AI and automation.
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PointClickCare
  • It would be interesting to allow for a "post cash" aging view, whereby those who post cash can see what the aging will look like once a cash batch is posted. Otherwise, I have no immediate items which could benefit from imporvements.
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Usability
NextGen Healthcare
I gave this rating because it is truly a system that flows data extremely well within the NextGen ecosystem. Many times you will find systems that do not want to talk to each other from a data perspective, let alone from a capabilities lens. NextGen Healthcare EHR delivers on this data flow without aggregation to where you are deciding on what not to bring into the chart rather than worrying if it is in available.
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PointClickCare
Overall great product. Reporting could be much better and they are working on that.
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Reliability and Availability
NextGen Healthcare
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PointClickCare
I have implemented PCC in over 100 buildings and have used it for almost 5 years. I can count maybe 2 times in 5 years when PCC downtime caused an issue for our facilities. I would say their availability rating exceeds a 10 compared to other software systems.
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Performance
NextGen Healthcare
Pages load quickly and reports are uploaded quickly. It just takes far too many clicks to get anything complete in this program. If a patient wants to pay for something after we have checked them out of their appointment, or wants to make an appointment it is not efficient. In a busy practice like ours efficiency is key and we need to keep the flow going
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PointClickCare
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Support Rating
NextGen Healthcare
Tier 1 support is useless. They gather details we've already provided and have no idea how to help us. Techs just call rather than scheduling an appointment which means we are in the middle of something else and our internal IT is unavailable to provide appropriate connection. Webex details aren't provided in advance of the call so it's difficult to get connected timely to have a conversation in real time during the support session. Many issues drag on for months and tickets get closed without resolution. It's a "known issue" is the most unhelpful response to a recurring problem. UGM Learning Lab is perfect because the issues based experts are there! It would be ideal to always be connected like that in real time
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PointClickCare
If by "overall support" you mean "customer service," only once were they unable to provide the assistance I needed--but it wasn't an important element of my job so no matter.
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Implementation Rating
NextGen Healthcare
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PointClickCare
Have already stated. People learn differently and PCC needs to adapt to that model instead of all eLearning. Offer the client different learning packages.
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Alternatives Considered
NextGen Healthcare
NG is like no other software I have ever used. I thought if you used one software they are all alike. Not this software, it is totally different but let me tell you very thorough and it also can track anything that anyone has done in a work day. Good auditing system.
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PointClickCare
PointClickCare Core EHR Platform was selected because it is organized much more cleanly than MatrixCare. In PointClickCare Core EHR Platform, patient EHRs are laid out in such a way that accessing different kinds of information is a lot quicker than it is in MatrixCare. In PointClickCare Core EHR Platform, all of the tabs (profile, census, DX list, progress notes, assessments, etc.) are easily accessible with just one click. In MatrixCare this is not the case, as you must first click into another menu before being able to access other tabs. Also the overall look of PointClickCare Core EHR Platform is more professional and streamlined.
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Return on Investment
NextGen Healthcare
  • While in some cases, NextGen Healthcare EHR improves efficiency, most practices are not able to reduce staff, they usually have to actually have .5-1 more employees per physician or midlevel provider. These employee roles change and shift throughout the implementation and into the adaptation process. Those staff generally slowly transition to where they are needed next.
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PointClickCare
  • The platform has helped to increase productivity within our organization.
  • Increased workflow efficiency leading to less hours spending time compiling data.
  • Allowed our organization to expand the number of business opportunities -- the increased workload is manageable due to PointClickCare Core EHR Platform's usability.
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ScreenShots

NextGen Healthcare EHR Screenshots

Screenshot of NGE Practice Management - a patient chartScreenshot of NextGen Healthcare's Ambient AssistScreenshot of the Patient Experience on a mobile deviceScreenshot of the Patient Experience Dashboard