Product vetting of critical features is an important strength of the MSP EHR Selector™. Other sites (particularly "free" ones) don't do EMR product vetting.
Fifty percent of the fee an EMR developer pays to have their system listed at this site goes directly for product vetting expenses. This is vetting of features NOT covered already by CCHIT-certification.
We think it's important, and believe that you also see the value.
Independently vetted items are verified by CSMed, LLC personnel, an MSP partner in the EHR Selector.
Items are chosen for vetting because they represent important features, frequently asserted by users that differentiate EMR product performance and need to be accurate.
Nearly all EMRs here have been CCHIT-certified since 2007, however certification does NOT cover all features assertable on this tool. Therefore, a separate vetting process is needed in addition to CCHIT-certification.
To our knowledge, we are the only Internet site that independently vets product features.
GEN32-CCHIT certification for 2007, 2008 and 2009 are user-assertable features found under the General Requirements Section of this tool - be sure to check them if you wish to assert them.
The table below indicates the features vetted as of 5/2009. The list is subject to change/update without notice. Vetted Items are also noted on individual criteria help screens.
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Item
Code |
EHR Selector Category Name |
Vetted Feature Description |
| GEN 24 |
General Features/Access |
Screen cues indicate if information is available in a file/section when it is closed |
| GEN 25 |
General Features/Access |
Screen cues indicate if new information is available in a file/section when it is closed |
| GEN 27 |
General Features/Access |
User can select mandatory fields |
| GEN 31 |
General Features/Access |
Screen cues alert to critical information, for example, panic value labs |
| ID3 |
Identifiers/Demographics |
System biometric identification |
| DP3 |
Data Processing/Presentation/Retention |
Has longitudinal record that can be condensed and brief, with an expanded presentation of user-selected sections |
| DP4 |
Data Processing/Presentation/Retention |
Has longitudinal record that can be expanded by user-selected sections |
| DP5 |
Data Processing/Presentation/Retention |
Has multiple, user-defined views of the patient record |
| DP12 |
Data Processing/Presentation/Retention |
System checks inputs against normal ranges, check for acceptable formats |
| DC2 |
Data Capture |
Dictation can be parsed automatically to specific fields in template record |
| DC3 |
Data Capture |
ECG is captured digitally without scanning (ECG machine is interfaced to EHR) |
| DC7 |
Data Capture |
Import of data by OCR |
| DC8 |
Data Capture |
Import of data using OCR forms |
| DC9 |
Data Capture |
Import of image by OCR |
| DC15 |
Data Capture |
Input of user-generated drawing onto preset graphics |
| DC16 |
Data Capture |
Input of user-generated drawings |
| DC20 |
Data Capture |
Natural Language Processing to convert freeform data to structured data |
| DS2 |
Decision Support/Practice Reminders |
Has exception reporting on user-defined protocols |
| DS4 |
Decision Support/Practice Reminders |
Alerts can be triggered by combinations of diagnoses, labs, etc. |
| DS10 |
Decision Support/Practice Reminders |
Alerts criticality can be assigned by user |
| DS16 |
Decision Support/Practice Reminders |
Can learn practice patterns with use |
| DS20 |
Decision Support/Practice Reminders |
Formulates context-sensitive searches and transmits to PubMed or similar resource |
| DS22 |
Decision Support/Practice Reminders |
Incorporates vendor-maintained medical knowledge base |
| DS25 |
Decision Support/Practice Reminders |
Formulary checking based on payor |
| DS26 |
Decision Support/Practice Reminders |
Procedure checking based on payor |
| IF12 |
Info Flow/Supervision/Messaging |
System data capture and signature by patients, residents or paraprofessionals with copy forwarded to physician for edit, and approval |
| IF17 |
Info Flow/Supervision/Messaging |
Patient demographic, medical and insurance data from previous encounter is displayed at each new patient encounter and can be edited or corrected |
| IF18 |
Info Flow/Supervision/Messaging |
Default filling of all identical fields from single entry for the same encounter (enter data once) |
| MEDS2 |
Med List/Rx Interactions/Allergies |
Alerts for drug-disease incompatibility (beta-blocker in asthma) |
| MEDS6 |
Med List/Rx Interactions/Allergies |
Alerts for drug-lab incompatibility or dosage requirements (renal, hepatic) |
| OS3 |
Off-Site Functions/In=Patient |
Update EMR offline with later update to server (or remote ASP) |
| PM37 |
Practice Mgmt Features/Interfaces |
E&M coding smart assistant |
| PM38 |
Practice Mgmt Features/Interfaces |
Can enter appointment from EMR |
| R1 |
Reports |
Generates common medical forms (Disability, Medicaid, Workman's Comp, etc.) from encounter information |
| R16 |
Reports |
Has internal, ad-hoc EMR report writer |
| SEC7 |
Security/Disaster Recovery |
Ability to mark individual data elements as confidential, requiring authorization to view. |
| SEC11 |
Security/Disaster Recovery |
PM (practice management) and EMR use same security system. |
| TR1 |
Training/Help |
On-line, context-sensitive help. |
