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Altera Paragon

Score5 out of 10

7 Reviews and Ratings

What is Altera Paragon?

Paragon is an HIS (hospital information system) solution for smaller hospitals formerly developed by McKesson, supported by Allscripts since late 2017, and now from Altera Digital Health since 2023.

Categories & Use Cases

Allscripts Paragon is a sinking ship

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Allscripts Paragon as our Hospital EHR until this month. We also used it our finance system and payroll system.

Pros

  • Payroll

Cons

  • Fix key software issues
  • Off shore support
  • Keeping the product up to Healthcare standards

Return on Investment

  • ROI in the beginning, but as time passed we risked losing a lot
  • Support costs are low compared to others, but you pay for what you get
  • Couldn't continue to use it

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Exchange, Multiview Financial Software, Epic and Imprivata OneSign

Other Software Used

Epic, Microsoft Exchange, Imprivata OneSign