What do you dislike about eClinicalWorks?
too many to list but
- outdated UI and styling
- no boundaries on buttons so easy to click the wrong stuff
- slow, unresponsive, freezes/hangs up all the time
- so slow I cannot chart during the day seeing pts. I chart in the evening but get frequent server downs. eclinical spends no money on their servers
- clicks take 10-20 seconds
- eclinical has been sued and fined by the federal government for being unreliable after a patient died; so now they're so scared and desperate they will include messages such as:
- (when using templates): "check copied information for completeness"--if eclinical did its job correctly there would be no need for the user to check
- (when prescribing): "check med interactions when severity is major"--is eclinical saying I don't need to check mild or moderate interactions?
- nothing migrated when switching from athena. migrated charts show: nothing. labs didn't migrate. imaging didn't migrate. vaccines did not migrate. total waste of time and money. and eclinical lied all about this.
- nonsensical acronyms. DI=diagnostic imaging. well of course all imaging is diagnostic. TInj=therapeutic injection. what's CDSS? DRTLA? still don't know, or care
- no simple way to quickly identify pt's problems and medications. they're all over the place in different sections and takes multiple clicks.
- so i have to waste 1-2 minutes when a patient comes in b/c I can't tell what their problems are or what they're taking or why they are here unless I look at multiple sections of their chart
- redundant menus. same info and patient demographics displayed over and over in different areas of the screen
- too many clicks. this begins at login screen. type your username, click to continue, generates a new window, type your password.
- clicks generate more windows, up to 5 for one patient (that i have tried). windows cannot be moved or resized
- tasks must be completed within 20 seconds of opening a window, otherwise when saving EMR will claim another user is messing around so the data wasn't saved. which is bs. it'll fail to save and then just lie about another user in the chart. unbelievably dishonest
- this means that if you're prescribing something, you have to X out several times, read labs, then try ordering again
- can't compare/trend lab values unless you X out and click on a different date
- EMR loses pt's info, their meds mysteriously disappear from list. dangerous
- when reordering, EMR drops doses, instructions, etc.
- does not save data correctly so HPI gets lost all the time. happens very frequently
- EMR loses pharmacy requests and outside messages
- no smart search. that's right, in this day and age
- when prescribing, type what you want. then X out. then click medication to specify dosing. the heck?!?
- cannot prescribe two of the same meds (even if different doses) in one encounter
- with each update, EMR loses NDC codes so you can't prescribe meds. thanks!
- default med configuration is incorrect. metformin is set to daily dosing instead of bid
- no prepopulated quantity for topical meds. athena had this
- must type in dx first then meds/labs. no exceptions
- when switching b/w meds/labs/imaging, dx defaults to whatever is #1. if you need to fix the dx, order needs to be deleted then reordered under correct dx. no drag and drop.
- med interaction takes too long and checks everything against everything that was ever prescribed. even if nothing was prescribed in current encounter
- if you want do telehealth, search pt. click name. click "hub". click "new encounter." click "virtual visit." click "open progress note." then you can type.
- support is horrible. enjoy an indian tech with incomprehensible accent
- if you're an MD let me tell you: RUN!!!!!!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.