The Aprima Advantage
Aprima's revolutionary, award-winning physician office software has been acclaimed by industry leaders and physicians alike. We receive rave reviews from customers who use our technology every day. It gives them advantages they can't get from any single software solution:
- Seamless integration of robust PM and EHR functions
- Unbeaten charting speed
- Cutting-edge Microsoft .NET technology
- Superior flexibility and ease of use
- Secure portability and accessibility
- Real-time charting
- Automatic backup of patient data every few seconds
- Ability to chart from anywhere, even without connectivity
- Intuitive navigation and usability
- Efficient, template-free design automatically adapts to each physician's preferences
- On-the-fly customizations
- PQRI automation delivers usability and compliance
- Optimized for tablets with single-click access
Aprima's promise is to deliver lasting value to the physician's office. Aprima's technological mission, devotion to clients, and understanding of the medical practice will ensure continuing leadership in healthcare IT.
Aprima's Technology Advantage
| 2 Databases/ 2 Applications |
1 Database/ 2 Applications |
 1 Database/1 Application |
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| Licensing | High cost: 4 licenses required | High cost: 3 licenses required | Low cost: 1 application, 1 database license |
| Training | High cost: 2 applications for physicians and support staff to learn Separate installation and set-up required, doubling installation cost and time Doubles database administration expenses |
High cost: : 2 applications for physicians and support staff to learn Separate installation and set-up required for two applications, even though they access the same database |
Low/moderate cost: Single application, one look and feel reduces training time One streamlined installation and set-up; simplified administration |
| Interfaces | Intensive effort: Likely interface problems between applications and databases; interfaces must be constantly managed for problems | Intensive effort: Even with a single database, there are many interfaces working between the two applications (PM/EMR) | No effort: No interfaces within the application. |
| Maintenance | Intensive and costly: Twice the maintenance costs on the applications, databases, servers, and operating systems Increased IT staff concerns: additional support fees, multiple contracts, multiple interface maintenance fees, frequently non-standard technology demanding IT staff training |
Intensive and costly: Twice the maintenance costs on the applications, servers, and operating systems Increased IT staff concerns: additional support fees, multiple contracts, multiple interface maintenance fees, frequently non-standard technology demanding IT staff training |
Minimal: IT staff manage one environment; most IT groups are already familiar with latest Microsoft technology |
| Datastores (data accessibility and usability) |
Low: Data in one database or application typically not available to the other; data must be copied between databases to be shared | Low/Moderate: Data in one application typically not available to the other; data must be copied between databases to be shared | High: Total accessibility to clinical, financial, and demographic data in one application and one database, without interfaces or the need to copy or duplicate data |
| Security | Complex and risky: Security model is complex; PM and EMR security have different set-ups; complexity reduces data security | Complex and risky: Security model is complex; PM and EMR security have different set-ups; complexity reduces data security | Simplified/Highly Secure: Rights-driven data security; single set-up; simplicity increases security; use of the latest security protocols |
| Cost of Upgrades | High Risk: Vendors' shift in development plans forces costly migrations; operating system, server, and hardware required to support new releases; upgrades frequently break interfaces and create unplanned expenses | High Risk: Vendors' shift in development plans forces costly migrations; operating system, server, and hardware required to support new releases; upgrades frequently break interfaces and create unplanned expenses | Low Risk: Use of latest technology minimizes risk of OS upgrades; design ensures that program upgrades will not require reprogramming interfaces; practices can choose when to upgrade based on their own growth |
| Speed of Vendor Development | Slow: Most often on older coding languages with different coding frameworks demanding separate coding initiatives; must interface code sources between PM/EMR applications | Slow/Moderate: Most often on older coding languages with different coding frameworks demanding separate coding initiatives; must interface code sources between PM/EMR applications | Fast: Uses latest coding language for entire PM /EMR; easy to integrated new coding modules; most robust coding toolset available for rapid and accurate development |
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