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Meditech Electronic Health Records

Score8.8 out of 10

7 Reviews and Ratings

What is Meditech Electronic Health Records?

Meditech, headquartered in Westwood, MA offers EHR software.

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • HIPAA compliance

    The software helps providers comply with the privacy standards established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

    Category average: 8.6

  • Role-based permission levels

    Users have different permission levels based on their roles to protect patient privacy.

    Category average: 7.2

  • Multi-office / multi-physician capabilities

    The software can manage and coordinate multi-office or multi-physician instances.

    Category average: 7.1

Areas for Improvement

  • Integration with other EMR and PM systems

    The software can integrate with EMR and PM software to allow practitioners to coordinate care with other providers such as hospitals or specialists.

    Category average: 6.7

  • Speech recognition

    The software integrates with the speech-recognition capabilities of Dragon software, allowing practitioners to take notes verbally.

    Category average: 7.1

  • Automated appointment reminders

    Patients receive automated reminders via text, phone or email in advance of appointments to help decrease the number of no-shows.

    Category average: 7.8

Meditech EMR Systems

Pros

  • Clean interface, easy to see alerts
  • Light footprint on computers, quick to load
  • Good organization of clinical material on the toolbar

Cons

  • Poor reporting
  • Difficult to view grid data, such as complete medication history
  • A lot of interfacing with its own product due to code differences

Return on Investment

  • Like all EMRs, likely a slight negative impact

Great flexibility in an affordable system

Pros

  • Very adaptable to our needs
  • Updates are managed well
  • Easy to maintain with limited staff

Cons

  • Still not fully featured - requires several third-party add-ons
  • Migration from earlier versions is challenging

Return on Investment

  • Enabled the hospital to keep up with modern compliance demands