MSP EHR Selector™ Uniqueness

We believe the MSP EHR Selector™ is a unique product, not because there aren't other solutions that offer some of the features of the EHR Selector, but because none offer ALL of them. You are welcome to compare us to alternatives on the points below and we welcome user suggestions on how to make the MSP EHR Selector™ even better.

EHR Selector Feature Summary	Description	Why It's Important
FAST, NO WAITING Real-time, no waiting for e-mailed reports; Return to EHR Selector	Users interact directly with the EHR selection software, not simply fill in a form, submit it and wait for an email. With the EHR Selector, all reports are instantaneous.	It's not convenient to run scenarios or work with selectors that don't provide immediate feedback.
EMPOWERS NOVICES Global Profiles allow even novice users can make expert assertions in two mouse clicks! User-defined Profiles allow users to model current and future EHR needs, and easily switch between them. Return to EHR Selector	Global profiles available for some practice specialties, for deployment preference (web-based vs. in-office) for GUI preference and more, allow users novices to make expert assertions of multiple criteria in one click. User-defined profiles allow you to select an EHR based on today's needs, and then check to see if the product selected will be flexible enough to meet tomorrow's needs as well.	It takes time to get up the EHR 'learning curve', but the even a novice can immediately make expert assertions using the new Global Profile feature.
ACCURATE, VETTED DATA Based on data independently vetted by CSMed, LLC. Return to EHR Selector	Almost 40 KEY features of all EHR solutions are independently verified before any EHR vendor profile goes live. This results in better selection accuracy and minimizes 'vaporware'. For a list of the individual vetted items on the EHR Selector -  Click Here	Independent 'vetting' of EHR developer claims is unique to this product. This is in addition to CCHIT-certification of EHRs.
COMPREHENSIVE CCHIT-Certification plus 374 other user-assertable criteria; Return to EHR Selector	In addition to CCHIT certification, there are 374 other, practical criteria useful in picking successful EHRs. These are determined by our founder, Dr. Caroline Samuels, a practicing physicians and our partner organizations, like AGA and others.	The EHR Selector leverages the experience of many clinical practices that have already deployed successful EHR solutions.
SUPPORTS MOST SPECIALTIES Supports 19+ practice specialties, and growing! Return to EHR Selector	Supports the needs of most practice specialties, including 19 specific ones, and and other specialty category. The number of practice specialties is being increased to 39 in the next software release.	No matter what our specialty, this tool will help you select and EHR that fits your needs.
INDEPENDENT No Entanglements! We DON'T sell EHRs, take EHR 'finders fees', do EHR consulting or receive hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from EHR developer booth fees! Return to EHR Selector	Our revenue model is simple, a user pays a small subscription fee, and an EHR developer pays a small vetting fee. That it. No kickbacks from EHR developers if you select their systems. No other revenues support the MSP EHR Selector. MSP is not a paid agent of any EHR developer. Some competitors offering 'free' EHR Selectors are.	No conflicts of interest here. You can trust MSP, just as our partner organizations do! In fact, that is why several of them choose to partner with us.
USER-TRANSPARENT SELECTIONS Our 'Vendor Magnifier' will show users ALL vendors matching every individual criteria even before you submit! Our 3-vendor side-by-side summary clearly shows how one EHR system compares to another. Return to EHR Selector	We use an honest, verifiable, direct-match selection algorithm, and don't believe in 'matrix weighted' approaches. The problem with matrix weighting is that it biases the position of one EHR developer over another, when BOTH meet all of the user-specified conditions asserted. Who determines the weight of each vendor's features? Often its the EHR developer and the EHR Selector vendor, who may also takes a 'Finder's Fee' if their Selector picks certain vendors. You never really know if the selection is fair, because you don't know what money is changing hands based on the EHR developer selected.	Even if matrix-weighted systems were impartial, they would base a selection on hidden information and assumptions about what is important, that the physician would not be aware of. That would make them unverifiable by the Selector user. It also makes EHR developers unhappy, because no user calls the developer first whose 'weight' put them at the bottom of the list, even though they meet all the same criteria as the developer at the top of the list.
SUPPORTS ALL EHR APPROACHES Fits the EHR Selection needs of 90% of physician practices (and some Hospital departmental EHR needs as well). Return to EHR Selector	EHR Solutions available include: ASP (web-based) or in-office deployment; template/picklist, dictation/voice recognition, handwriting/recognition, scanning/OCR/ICR approaches supporting a wide range of practice sizes, number of offices & budgets.	We encourage EHR developers of all persuasions to subscribe their EHR solutions to the MSP EHR Selector. Several developers subscribe more than one of their EHR solutions to the Selector.
INSTRUCTS (Excellent Learning Tool) Helps you learn the EHR concepts, buzzwords, standards and lingo; Return to EHR Selector	Many physicians find the "E"-HR word to be unfamiliar and scary. The criteria we have included on the EHR Selector will help those picking an EHR to get up the learning curve because we have included numerous Help screens and an integrated IT Terminology Glossary & links to other web-based supplemental learning resources.	None of the information is unique, but if not wasting time exploring other webs sites all over the Internet is important to you, this is a good place to start because we have consolidated a lot of the information you need and provided links directly to it (from the Glossary)
INCLUDES CONTRACT ISSUES Covers important acceptance testing, training, support and other contract issues. Return to EHR Selector	Getting the EHR Purchase Agreement & Terms right is also important. The EHR Selector includes SOME of the key issues and helps identify others that you will have to negotiate with the EHR developer separately.	Purchase Agreement Terms are always unique. Start with a good boilerplate then PRINT the EHR EHR Feature Summary from your final EHR selection and append it to your RFQ or Purchase Agreement as a set of functional requirements that your EHR must provide.

This is just a SHORT list of some of the more important features of the MSP EHR Selector™ we had space to highlight. This tools was conceived and envisioned by Dr. Caroline Samuels, a practicing physician. The key word is practicing. We also are guided by the experience of the physicians from our partner organizations that have already deployed EHRs successfully (or unsuccessfully) and have the wisdom of what's needed based on their experience. This is a serious tool, which is why we charge everyone a fee to subscribe to it. There are NO FREE TOOLS in spite of what our competitors say. If it's free, ask yourself who is paying to collect and maintain the information and enhance the tool, because SOMEONE is. Developing ACTIONABLE business intelligence is the only thing MSP does, both in the EHR market space and in the hospital medical device & information space. To learn more about MSP - Visit www.medsp.com or                                     

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