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CGM Aprima EHR

Score8 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

What is CGM Aprima EHR?

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Real-time eligibility verification

    The software checks a patient’s insurance and benefits eligibility and tracks co-pay and deductible information.

    Category average: 6.9

  • Claims management

    This includes claim scrubbing, electronic claim submission, and automated claim tracking.

    Category average: 5.8

  • Coding

    The software helps users find the correct codes – whether ICD-9 or ICD-10 – for claims.

    Category average: 7

Areas for Improvement

  • Specialty-specific workflows

    The software accounts for different workflow options based on discipline or specialty.

    Category average: 6

  • Speech recognition

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

    Category average: 7.1

  • Local mode / networking failsafe

    The software provides a way to ensure that network or connectivity issues are not a work-stopping event.

    Category average: 6.6

Aprima? Yes, please!

Pros

  • Documentation of visit notes
  • Documentation of procedures
  • Tracking of billing (superbills, etc)

Cons

  • [I believe] the view of the visit note (within a chart) could be improved
  • The naming conventions used for some icons, etc. are not really clear [in my experience]
  • [I feel there are] too many icons that are too small

Return on Investment

  • None of which I am aware.

Alternatives Considered

eMDs Plus (formerly McKesson)

Other Software Used

Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Teams, Articulate 360

From the re-seller's perspective

Pros

  • Ease of use. End users adapt quickly to the format and functionality of Aprima.
  • Immunization documentation. This often-time cumbersome process is streamlined in Aprima, utilizing defaults to reduce the time needed to fully document immunizations.
  • Efficient billing tools. Aprima is a powerful billing engine that provides scrubbing tools to ensure clean claims.
  • As a vendor, Aprima listens. They respond quickly to the voice of their clients, providing upgrades that truly enhance the usability of their product. This is the primary reason they have seen such phenomenal growth.
  • Upgrades are free. This is highly unusual among healthcare software vendors!

Cons

  • The scheduling component could be improved to be more efficient in managing double booked and overlaying appointments.

Return on Investment

  • As a re-seller, we appreciate Aprima's pricing. They are highly competitive and flexible to meet the client's needs.

Other Software Used

Allscripts Practice Management, Allscripts Professional EHR, Centricity EMR