MSP EHR Selector™ Uniqueness

The MSP EHR Selector™ is included in the MSP ESP™ Portal, a site designed to help physicians understand and manage the process of planning, selecting and deploying an EMR. It is not just about comparing EMR products, although that is what the MSP EHR Selector™ that is embedded in this site does. The site however has independent contractors. lawyers, I.T support personnel, consultants, and other professionals who can help with paper chart conversion, negotiating legal terms for purchase or ASP licensing, information on contracting topics, an EMR Talk Discussion Forum, KLAS Research EMR vendor assessments, help on learning the process (Successfully Choosing Your EMR: 15 Crucial Decisions). In fact you will find most things here that you need to manage the process of selecting, contracting for and deploying your EMR solution.

There are also links from within the EHR Selector to practice readiness questionnaires and other questionnaires you will need to organize the process. Chapter summaries from the book are being added as well, for those who are working through the book and using this site to capture their decisions. Below are some points of comparison. We welcome your user suggestions to improve the MSP EHR Selector™.

MSP EHR Selector™ Feature Summary	Description	Why It's Important
REAL TIME INFORMATION No waiting for e-mailed reports; Return to EHR Selector	Users interact with this tool, with results provided immediately in real-time.	Explore alternative scenarios such as: current vs. future needs, in-office vs. web-based deployments, speech recognition vs. structured selection list approaches.
EMPOWERS NOVICES Predefined Global Profiles empower novices to select like Pros, asserting dozens of criteria in 2-mouse clicks - to obtain complex results quickly! One of 3 ways of using the EHR Selector. Return to EHR Selector	Global profiles save time hunting through 500+ individual criteria. User-defined profiles allow you to easily save your work and reassert it in a different (later) session (no re-entering of previous assertions required).	MSP gets you up the EMR learning curve quickly. User-defined Profiles, Global-Profiles, Glossary of Terms, Help Frames, Weblinks to secondary resources. It's all here!
ACCURATE, VETTED DATA Based on data independently vetted by CSMed, LLC. Return to EHR Selector	The most difficult and critical features of all EMR solutions are independently verified before any EMR vendor profile goes live. Each vetted criteria is clearly marked, improving confidence and minimizing vaporware. To see vetted criteria -  Click Here	Independent vetting of EMR developer claims is unique to this website. Vetting goes beyond simple CCHIT-certification.
COMPREHENSIVE CCHIT-Certification plus over 500 other user-assertable criteria; Return to EHR Selector	In addition to CCHIT certification, choose over 500 additional features not covered by CCHIT. Features available chosen by Dr. Caroline Samuels, a practicing physician, other users and suggestions from our partner organizations.	The MSP EHR Selector™ leverages the experience of many clinical practices that have already deployed successful EMR solutions.
SUPPORTS OVER 40 SPECIALTIES including smaller ones overlooked on other websites! Return to EHR Selector	Supports the needs of most practice specialties. The number of practice specialties is being increased to over 40 in the next software release.	No matter what your specialty, this tool helps you select the EMR that fits your needs.
INDEPENDENT No Entanglements! We DON'T sell EMRs, take EMR finders fees, do EMR consulting or receive hundreds of thousands of dollars a year from EMR developer booth fees! Return to EHR Selector.	Our revenue model is simple, a user pays a small subscription fee, and an EMR developer pays a small vetting fee. That's it. MSP is not a paid agent of any EMR developer - some competitors offering "free" EMR 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 shows ALL vendors matching any criteria even before you submit! Our 3-Vendor Side-by-Side feature summary demonstrates how systems vary for non-asserted features too. Return to EHR Selector	We use an honest, verifiable, direct-match selection algorithm that we believe best serves EMR developers. Here each vendor that meets your criteria has an equal chance. Weighting biases the position of one EMR developer over another, even when BOTH meet all of the user-specified conditions asserted. That's why we DON'T use them.	MSP Uses DIRECT-MATCH selection only. In contrast, weighted selection algorithms are difficult to understand and verify. Whoever determines the weighting, determines which vendor is chosen. What bias exists in that process?
SUPPORTS ALL EMR APPROACHES Fits the EMR Selection needs of 90% of physician practices (and hospital departmental EHR needs as well). Return to EHR Selector	EMR 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 EMR developers of all types to subscribe their EMR solutions to the MSP EHR Selector. Several developers subscribe more than one of their EMR solutions to the Selector.
EXCELLENT LEARNING TOOL Helps you learn the EMR concepts, buzzwords, standards and lingo; Return to EHR Selector	Many physicians find EMR terms to be unfamiliar. This tool will get you up the EMR learning curve quickly because there's an integrated Glossary of EMR & IT Terminology Glossary, with weblinks to other sites that elaborate on each term.	You can find all you need here, from help selecting to help writing contracts, to help deploying and converting paper records into electronic format.
INCLUDES CONTRACT ISSUES Covers important acceptance testing, training, support and other contract issues. Return to EHR Selector	Getting the EMR Purchase Agreement & Terms right is also important. The MSP EHR Selector™ includes key issues that you will need to negotiate with your chosen EMR developer. You will links to legal and other resources off the home page or click here to go directly to the LeClairRyan EMR Legal Services webpage.	Purchase Agreement Terms are specific to the type of EMR and your practice needs. Avoid boilerplate agreements, contact one of the law firms listed on this site to help craft your agreement together. Print the Feature Summary from your final EHR selection and append it to the RFQ or Purchase Agreement to document functional requirements.

Brief Description of selected MSP EHR Selector™ features. The MSP EHR Selector™ was 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 who have already deployed EMRs successfully (or unsuccessfully) and share their wisdom for what's needed based on their experience.

WARNING There are NO FREE TOOLS. Someone is paying to collect information and enhance any EMR site. If there is no fee to use an EMR selector site, perhaps the site is selling your name to EMR vendors, who are paying to maintain it!

Developing actionable business intelligence is the only thing MSP does, both in the EMR and hospital medical device & information space. To learn more about MSP - Visit www.medsp.com or Return to EHR Selector Home page