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Yes, there is a better way to select healthcare computer systems. The ON-LINE CONSULTANT provides pre-loaded RFP questions, creates e-mail RFPs... and automatically compares vendors for you!

The ON-LINE CONSULTANT helps hospitals, physician practices, long-term care facilities, home health agencies, and other healthcare providers and payors to select computer systems. Find out why the ON-LINE CONSULTANT automated RFP (Request For Proposal) software is the most practical and efficient way for you to select healthcare applications.

The following ON-LINE CONSULTANT versions are available for Financial and Administrative, Patient Care, Diagnostic Imaging, Physicians and Dentists and Healthcare Services.

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Financial and Administrative

Hospital Information System includes: ADT & Census, OP Registration, Patient Accounting, APCs, Medical Records, Resource Scheduling, Physician Access, HIPAA, General Ledger, Budgeting, Case Mix, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Payroll, Human Resources, Technical & Support.
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Financial System / Healthcare ERP includes: Patient Accounting, APCs, HIPAA, General Ledger, Budgeting, Case Mix, Materials Management, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Payroll, Human Resources, Technical & Support.

HMO includes: Accounts Payable, Acct & Financial Rep, Premium Billing & Capitation, Precertification & Authorization, Medical Management, Benefit Plan Management, Customer Service, Group Enrollment, Leads, Usability, Reference Codes, Provider Management, Individual Enrollment, Claims Auditing, Claims Adjudication, HIPAA, Technical & Support.


Document Imaging / Management includes: Scanning, Importing, OCR, Indexing and Storage, Retrieval, Editing, Viewing, Patient Records, Electronic Signature, Printing and Fax, Workflow, Security, System Management.
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Quality Assurance includes: Quality Assurance, Infection Control, Utilization Management, Risk Management, Medical Staff Management, HIPAA, Technical & Support.

Human Resources includes: Human Resources, Payroll, Interfaces, Technical & Support.

Time and Attendance includes: Time Data Collection, Processing, Reporting, Interfaces, Technical & Support.

Transcription / Dictation includes:  Dictation, Transcription, Remote Transcription, Electronic Signature, Report Distribution, Management Reporting, Interfaces, Technical & Support.

Managed Care includes: Contract Management, Billing, Performance Tracking, Forecasting / Modeling, Utilization Review, Capitation, Analysis, Interfaces, HIPAA, Technical & Support.

Decision Support includes: Clinical Decision Support, Case Management, Finance Decision Support, Productivity, Budgeting, Case Mix, Contract Management, Performance Tracking, Forecasting / Modeling, Utilization Review, Capitation Analysis, Interfaces, HIPAA, Technical & Support.

Materials Management includes: Purchasing, Receiving, Inventory Control, Contract Management, Patient Billing, Productivity Reports, Interfaces, Technical & Support.
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Help Desk includes: Call Management, Workflow, Reporting, Knowledge Database, Inventory, Audit, General Functions, Technical & Support.

Patient Accounting includes:  ADT & Census, OP Registration, Patient Accounting, APCs, HIPAA, Technical & Support.

Resource Scheduling
includes:  Resource Scheduling, Technical & Support.

Staff Scheduling
includes:  Employee Database, Scheduling, Reports, Interfaces, Technical & Support.

  Patient Care

Clinical Information System includes: ADT, Global Requirements, Patient Inquiry, Patient Assessment, Orders, Plan of Care, Work Plan, Kardex / Summary, Flowsheets / Vitals, MAR / Medications, Critical Care, Labor & Delivery / Fetal Monitoring, Clinical Record, Reference & Reports, HIPAA, Interfaces, Ease of Use, Technical & Support.
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Laboratory includes:  Patient Registration, Order Entry, Specimen Control, Worklists, Result Entry, Quality Control, Patient Reporting, Management Reporting, Billing, Microbiology, Anatomic Pathology, Hematology, Transfusion Service, Instrument Interfaces, Technical & Support.
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Pharmacy includes: Inpatient Profile, Outpatient Profile, Med Order Processing, IV Order Processing, Outpatient Pharmacy, Drug Interactions, Inpatient Labels, Outpatient Labels, Formulary Management, Inventory / Purchasing, Inpatient Billing, Outpatient Billing, Management Reporting, Interfaces, HIPAA, Technical & Support.
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Surgery / OR includes: Case Scheduling, Supply Management, Equipment, Perioperative Chart, Anesthesia, Staff Scheduling, Logs and Reports, Interfaces, Technical & Support.
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Emergency Department includes: Registration, Triage, Patient Tracking, Status Board, Orders, Charting, Reference, Billing, Aftercare, Management Reports, Interfaces, Technical & Support.
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Computerized Patient Records / Electronic Medical Records includes:  Master Person Index, CPR Data Access, Problem List, Problem Solving, Health Measures, Documentation, Security, Confidentiality, HIPAA, Technical & Support
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Clinical Data Repository (CDR)  includes: Data Repository, Inquiry, Reporting, Security, Database, HIPAA, Integration, Technical & Support.
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Labor and Delivery includes:  ADT / Patient Database, Assessment, Orders, Care Plans, Task Lists, Kardex, Flowsheets, Medications, Charting, Interfaces, L&D Fetal Monitoring, HIPAA, Technical & Support.

Dietary Management includes:  Patient Database, Menu Management, Production, Inventory, HIPAA, Interfaces, Technical & Support.

Diagnostic Imaging

Radiology includes:  Patient Database, Order Processing, Scheduling, Workflow Management, Patient Reports, Film Management, Mammography, Inventory, Management Reporting, Billing, Quality Assurance, Interfaces, HIPAA, Technical & Support.
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PACS includes: Workstations, Workflow, Storage, Archive, Database, Image Acquisition, Film Digitizers, Film Printers, Web Access, Teleradiology, Interfaces, Technical & Support.
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Teleradiology includes: Teleradiology, Interfaces, Technical & Support.

Physicians and Dentists

Physician Practice includes: Patient Information, Master Person Index, Eligibility, Authorizations, Scheduling, Procedure Entry, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Payment Posting, Provider Claims, Case Management, Management Reports, HIPAA, Technical & Support.
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See also: "Choosing a new practice management system?"

Dental Practice
includes:  Patient Database, Scheduling, Treatment Plans, Clinical Records, Patient Billing, Insurance Claims, Practice Management, Technical & Support
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See also: "Choosing a new dental practice management system?"

Physician EMR / CPR
includes: Clinical History, Chart Tracking, Case Management, Master Person Index, CPR Data Access, Problem List, Problem Solving, Health Measures, Documentation, Security, Confidentiality, Technical & Support.

Healthcare Services

Ambulatory Surgery Center includes: Case Scheduling, Supply Management, Equipment, Perioperative Chart, Anesthesia, Staff Scheduling, Logs And Reports, Dictation, Transcription, Remote Transcription, Electronic Signature, Report Distribution, Transcription Mgmt., Billing, APCs, Medical Records, Physician Access, HIPAA, Materials Management, General Ledger, Budgeting, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Human Resources, Interfaces, and Technical & Support.
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Behavioral Healthcare 
includes ADT & Census, Outpatient Registration, Eligibility, Authorizations, Scheduling, Patient Database, Assessment, Care Plans, Documentation, Medications, Order Communication, Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Utilization Review, Medical Records, Managed Care Contracts, Managed Care Tracking, Referral Development, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting, Payroll, Human Resources, HIPAA and General Ledger 

See  "Choosing a New Behavioral Healthcare software solution?"

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) 
includes: DME Management, Inventory, Billing, Patient Data, Guarantor Data, Insured Data, Physician Data, Claim Data, Collection Data, Denial Mgmt Data, Administrative Functions, Claim Search, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Budgeting, General Ledger, HIPAA, Technical & Support

Long Term Care includes:  ADT & Census, Assessment, Minimum Data Set (MDS), Care Plans, Medical Records, HIPAA, Billing & A/R, Trust Accounting, Staff Scheduling, Inventory Control, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Payroll, Human Resources, Technical & Support
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Home Health includes:
Admission / Referral, Plan of Treatment, Care Plans, Scheduling, Clinical Notes, Point of Care, Hospice, Home Infusion, Drug Database, Billing & A/R, Inventory, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Budgeting, General Ledger, Management Reports, HIPAA, Technical & Support
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Hospice includes:  Admission / Referral, Assessment, Minimum Data Set-MDS, Medical Records, Care Plans, Plan of Treatment, Clinical Notes, Point of Care, Hospice, Home Infusion, Drug Database, Staff Scheduling, Billing & A/R, Trust Accounting, Budgeting, Inventory Control, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Payroll, Human Resources, Management Reports, HIPAA, Technical & Support

Rehab includes:
Authorizations, Scheduling, Patient Database, Minimum Data Set (MDS), Assessment, Assessment LTC, Care Plans, Documentation, Medications, Order Communication, Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Utilization Review, Medical Records, Managed Care Contracts, Managed Care Tracking, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Budgeting, Fixed Assets, Inventory Control, Payroll, Human Resources, General Ledger, Technical & Support

Physician Access
includes:  Physician Access, Technical & Support

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Read what others are saying about the ON-LINE CONSULTANT:

"The ON-LINE CONSULTANT put us on the fast track in our pharmacy computer selection. I have recommended it to other departments at Stanford and to other hospitals."

Michael Fox 
Manager Pharmacy Systems
Stanford University Hospital

"The software helps our end users think about what they really want in a new system. They’ll see items in the surveys and say, "I never thought of that," or "That’s something we absolutely need."

Bill Johnson, CIO
Fauquier Hospital 
Warrenton, Virginia

"The ON-LINE CONSULTANT saves an incredible amount of time. You send vendors the RFP, they type in their answers and send it back. You upload the responses and poof! Within an hour I had a graph of vendors and how they stacked up against our requirements."

Gina Dube, Systems Analyst
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Long Beach, California


"The ON-LINE CONSULTANT helped us out tremendously and was extremely easy to use. I’d estimate it saved us a good hundred hours of time. It was definitely worth the dollars."

Ted Hartke, Director of MIS
Wood County Hospital
Bowling Green, Ohio


"The ON-LINE CONSULTANT was a great help with the RFP process. The graphic representation really told us the whole story--who was winning and who wasn’t. It helped us make a more effective decision."

Frank Gomez
Director, Information Services
Victory Memorial Hospital
Brooklyn, New York


See the ON-LINE CONSULTANT flash movie to learn how the automated RFP process can help you create and evaluate RFPs for any healthcare system!


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ON-LINE CONSULTANT articles and reviews...


Do-it-yourself EMR/PACS selection: using an automated RFP product

By Susanna Guzman

Any radiology department looking for a RIS or PACS will eventually create a request for proposal document. Before creating the RFP though, the organization must identify and document functional system requirements. That process can take as long as a month, according to Mike Serum, an Information Systems Business Analyst with Olathe Health Systems in Olathe, Ks. Also, said Serum, making sure the list of requirements is complete is anything but easy, especially when you're starting from scratch.

For a little more than 11 years, On-Line Consultant Software has been building software that automates the RFP process for radiology departments and hospitals...  (read more)


Your best solution to creating and evaluating an RFP.

Software aids the selection process

from Technology in Practice  

Creating a concise request for proposal and then comparing competing vendor responses are two of the most difficult chores in picking a practice management software vendor. The first requires a clear vision of what a practice needs. The second requires the tenacity to sort through—and compare—vendor proposals. 

Faced with these difficult tasks, Trish Owens turned to On-Line Consultant Software, a Roseville, Calif. company that has carved out a peculiar niche. Its application targets businesses looking to buy software for human resources, manufacturing and accounting purposes. In addition to physician practice management, its health care "RFP software" helps purchasers choose among hospital, radiology and pharmacy information systems. 

Intrigued by On-Line Consultant’s promise "to objectively compare an unlimited number of vendors," Owens (purchased) the software, which creates an electronic RFP that a practice can send to potential vendors. It was money well spent, says Owens... (read more)

Your best solution to creating and evaluating an RFP.

Instant RFP Generator
from Info-Tech Research Group

Handling requests for proposals (RFPs) can be a daunting task, unless you get some help from software. On-Line Consultant Software provides you with editable, pre-loaded questions for vendors. Once the vendors answer, the software graphically and automatically compares vendor results against your needs definitions. Other information sent to the vendor(s) includes

Background section: your project's schedule, contact information, and profile.

General questions
to the vendor about their software, support, operations, etc.

Functional surveys
about the vendor's product tailored to your requirements.

These RFP responses include costs analysis, vendor evaluation, and weighted scoring.


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