A roundup of Software Products
Improve your productivity with the right software

The right software for your practice can increase productivity, improve patient loyalty, and decrease overhead expenses.

But not all practice-management software programs are created equally. They vary in features and benefits.

To help you in your search for software solutions, Chiropractic Economics asked companies to submit information about their latest, greatest, and most popular products. The products are listed in no particular order.

A reminder: Chiropractic Economics does not test nor endorse any of the products listed. This listing is only a sample of the practice-management software available. For a complete listing, visit our software directory.

E-Z NOTES DOCUMENTATION
E-Z Notes Documentation by E-Z Notes, Inc. is a computerized documentation system built for chiropractors by chiropractors. Patients can fill out the subjective portion of the SOAP note before they see their doctor to help speed up the documentation process.
The software is designed to save you and your staff time, increase office profits, promote patient compliance, avoid litigation, and provide accurate recordkeeping for HIPAA. The software is updated every two weeks.
Call 866-821-6837 or visit www.eznotesinc.com.

MIS CLINIC
Management Information System for Clinics (MIS Clinic) by DataCom Software Business Products is a specialized HIPAA-compliant software package created for the efficient operation of a chiropractic office. Developed to be easily operated and flexible, the software can be customized for your particular office’s needs. As your clinic grows, your system can be upgraded with any additions that may be required. MIS Clinic is intended to offer the required sophistication and needed flexibility to produce topnotch results for your chiropractic office.
Call 888-700-6472 or visit www.misclinic.com.

ACCOUNTMASTER CHIROPRACTIC
AccountMaster Chiropractic by AccountMaster is available in a new version optimized for high-resolution monitors. It is designed to record appointments, generate statements, prepare HCFA-1500 forms, and manage accounts receivable. Its drop-down menus make it simple to enter procedure descriptions and diagnosis codes. It allows for adjustments to printing and can work with a variety of inkjet and laser printers. The program runs on Windows 98 and XP, as well as Mac OS 9 and OS X.
Call 800-658-3899 or visit www.accountmaster.com.

RAPID EMR 5.0
ACOM Solutions, Inc.’s RAPID EMR 5.0 was developed to serve the full range of clinical notes and reporting requirements of chiropractors and multidiscipline practices. It addresses functionality, security, and interoperability for electronic medical record solutions. It automates diagnostic and daily notes with on-screen helpers, records scribed input to file directly from the computer screen, and allows doctors to create new fields within the system. It helps expedite file searches and enables instant production of outcome-assessment report options and final reports.
Call 866-286-5315, ext. 401 or visit www.acomemr.com.

DOCUMENT PLUS
Document Plus by Document Plus was created to streamline paperwork, enhance practice management, and assist in practice growth. Its automated forms and scanner are intended to produce high-quality reports.
Its forms facilitate complete documentation and correspondence by using automated doctors’ questionnaires, clinical forms, a personal computer, software, and scanner. The scanner not only reads forms, but can also act as an image scanner for MRI reports, handwritten notes from other doctors, copies of insurance cards and drivers’ licenses, etc.
Call 770-814-0230 or visit www.docplus.net.

STELLAR OFFICE
Stellar Office by Stellar Software is a comprehensive software package developed specifically for the chiropractic practice. It is a chiropractic office-management system that requires no previous computer experience to operate.
It features online help files to assure a smooth and effective transition to an automated practice; helps increase clinic efficiency and profits; prints insurance claims and monthly statements; includes an appointment book and comprehensive reporting; and features Stellar Daily Notes for documentation purposes. Updates and enhancements can be easily added to this system.
Call 870-741-4733 or visit www.stellarchiro.com.

CHIROPRACTIC NOTE SYSTEM
Beyond Software’s Chiropractic Note System (CNS) Version 3.0 is tailored to your chiropractic documen-tation needs. It is designed to help you complete your SOAP notes in a fraction of the time and comes preloaded with common chiropractic diagnosis codes, reflexes, orthopedic tests, muscles, joints, listings, and modalities. You can customize every screen to fit your specific needs, as well as designate preferred items or predefined scenarios to fill out your screen in its entirety.
Call 800-505-0925 or visit www.cnsnotes.com.

CHIROWRITE
ChiroWrite by Softworx Solutions is an EMR/EHR software package developed specifically for chiropractors to help record patient visits/examinations and produce reports (SOAP notes, narratives, and other reports).
ChiroWrite was built to take advantage of touch-screen interfaces, such as the tablet PC, and touch-screen monitors to enable rapid entry of information. Some features include an easy-to-use interface, customizable workflows, large array of reports, and random text generation on narratives and SOAP notes. The software package’s newest feature is its “assist” modules, which help document patient complaints, accidents, and x-rays.
Call 800-642-6082 or visit www.softworxsolutions.com.

ZIPNOTES
Zipnotes by Rizzo and Jones Associates is a chiropractic documentation software program that allows you to document quickly a patient visit with a coded travel card or with an office-visit form attached to your existing system. It helps reduce the burden of paperwork, eliminates the need for dictation, and provides flexibility to describe each patient’s specific case. It is intended to help you enjoy the patient-visit experience without feeling the pressure of providing proper documentation.
Call 877-947-7200 or visit www.rizzoandjones.com.

E-NATE
e-nate by e-nate Corporation is a 100 percent Web-based chiropractic management system built to behave like a central and peripheral nervous system. It was developed to deliver a feature-rich set of business processes to enhance management effectiveness, documentation and claims, improve customer satisfaction, and provide executive insight into business performance. It was designed to help healthcare providers manage clinical operations by interconnecting doctors, suppliers, and patients through portable, secured transactional interfaces.
Call 866-362-8388 or visit www.e-nate.com.

IMSCAN FOR HUMAN RESOURCES
IMSCAN for Human Resources by Imscan Systems was formulated to deliver document management and workflow functionality to human resources (HR) departments and to leverage an organization’s HR capital and performance into a competitive advantage. It is designed to manage the diversity and volume of each day’s documentation. It helps increase productivity; provides access to documents quickly; provides an audit trail of physical and electronic documents; eliminates storage issues and document duplication; and provides a safe and secure archive.
Call 412-299-0869 or visit www.imscan.net.

G.S.R. MEDICAL BILLING SOFTWARE
G.S.R. Systems, Inc.’s Medical Billing software is a program written by chiropractors. It uses technology to provide a turnkey office-management solution for billing (both claim forms and electronic) and EMR solutions to reduce paperwork, such as scanning documents and SOAP notes. Practice-management features allow you to obtain a variety of financial reports to track your money, and an appointment book is also included. The software has been designed with many practice-building components to enable patient communication and referrals.
Call 954-680-5233 or visit http://gsrpbs.com.

CHIRO8000
Forté Systems’ Chiro8000 is a billing and practice management software for your healthcare practice. It is individually tailored to deliver outstanding performance to you, whether you are a recently graduated doctor, a seasoned practitioner, or an office director. The software is available in four different levels designed to suit small, medium, or large offices. All levels include an in-depth user’s guide complete with examples and explanations.
Call 800-456-2622 or visit www.chiro8000.com.

PDQ
The day-to-day portable note system solution PDQ by Quick Notes, Inc. is for use on a PDA with touch-screen technology. It covers all the important elements of a chiropractic note, including functional limitations, medical necessity, prognosis, diagnosis, x-ray, and goals. The software also has content for wellness visits. The update-note feature lets you use the information from the last note to create your new note.
 Call 954-680-5776 x225 or visit www.qnotes.com.

SIGN-IN ELECTRONICALLY
Sign-In Electronically is a paperless electronic signature-capture system designed to be an affordable, easy-to-use replacement for your facility’s current sign-in sheet. It is a stand-alone software program that addresses privacy concerns that arise during traditional sign-in procedures.
It converts handwritten signatures into digital images and stores them (encrypted) in day-sheet files. Currently 11 products are available to meet your specific needs.
Call 866-664-4773 or visit www.sign-inelectronically.com.

WRITETOUCH
WriteTouch is a new module for the WritePad EMR system by Addison Health Systems, Inc. WriteTouch is a full Internet-based doctor-patient connection that allows patients to fill out customizable intake screens that include such items as demographics, history, and workplace injuries. The forms are then encrypted for security, forwarded to the doctor, and automatically merged with exams (as if you inputted the information) into a report — saving time and streamlining the initial patient encounter.
Call 800-496-2001 or visit www.writepad.com.

DOCUMENTOR
EON Systems, Inc.’s Version 1.5 of the Documentor offers new features intended to make note creation faster. The chart view gives a synopsis of all previous notes, and can be customized to show only wanted data. The resume feature allows you to start on a note where you stopped, so you can come back whenever convenient for you. The addition of tables is meant to make it easy to organize your test results data.
Call 800-955-6448 or visit www.eonsystems.net.

E-Z BIS OFFICE
Version 7.0 of the E-Z BIS Office by E-Z BIS, Inc. offers new enhancements aimed to improve efficiency and office productivity. New point-of-sale features have been added, including inventory control and sales tax calculation. The “book view” printout of the appoint-ment schedule shows the day’s schedule, complete with color coding and appointment lengths. It also features a newly-redesigned patient receipt with appointment calendar. It is capable of handling the NPI and can correctly fill out the revised CMS-1500 claim form.
Call 800-445-7816 or visit www.ezbis.com.

CHIROPULSE ADVANCED
ChiroPulse Advanced V4 SQL by Pulse Software, LLC is developed to deliver the technology to manage your professional chiropractic office efficiently and econom-ically. ChiroPulse features automatic scheduling to complete paperless documentation, new CMS form and NPI compatibility, HIPAA security, privacy, insurance tracking, automated documentation, SOAP notes, clinical notes, and protocols. It also supports wireless network connectivity via 108 mpbs wireless-G networks.
Call 908-289-9613 or visit www.chiropulse.com.

CHIROSUITE
ChiroSuite by Life Systems Software integrates ChiroOffice and ChiroPad into a single unit allowing for a paperless office system. It was developed to protect you from audits by insuring that billing and documentation match. It also markets your practice to attorneys, employers, and other doctors; does e-claims; eliminates most filing; and schedules your appointments. ChiroSuite is available for tablet, laptop, touch-screen, or desktop computers.
Call 800-543-3001 or visit www.LifeSystemsSoftware.com.

ECLIPSE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Designed to change the way your office functions, ECLIPSE Practice Management Software by MPN Software Systems allows you to edit multiple patients, appointments, and services simultaneously. It can interactively handle sales tax, late charges, inventory, and similar items, and include or exclude that information from claim forms by carrier. It can handle HIPAA-compliant claims, electronic remittance, auditing, and work in conjunction with accounting functions that allow any third-party coverage to be handled, in most cases, automatically.
Call 800-966-1462 or visit www.IneedEclipse.com.

CHIROSOFT
ChiroSoft by ChiroSoft is developed to be a flexible, easy-to-use software solution that facilitates your office’s workflow. ChiroSoft offers three different ways with many options to customize the application to best fit your practice and make this software a solution for your office. Some options include storing patient information, insurance billing, practice management, marketing, inventory, scheduling, and notes and documentation.
Call 877-852-4476 or visit www.chirosoft.com.

MEDICFUSION
 The paperless practice management suite by Medicfusion is designed to seamlessly connect your front office to your clinical encounter and all parts in between. Medicfusion offers a free patient portal where patients can complete registration forms, provide case intake, make and track appointments and payments, and keep records up-to-date. It also offers a Web scheduler with automated appointment reminders and no-show recalls, integrated e-SOAP, one-click reports, automated backups, dedicated subdomain for your practice, and if you need it, a free Web site.
Call 866-494-1919 or visit www.medicfusion.com.

AS/PC PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
DB Consultants, Inc.’s AS/PC Practice Management System is a versatile software program designed to help medical professionals manage their practices. It maintains accurate and comprehensive patient records and includes support for the new CMS-1500 claim form, as well as electronic claims submission. AS/PC interfaces with other popular Windows programs, and many third-party clinical notes and scheduling programs. The autopay feature automatically posts payments from a HIPAA-compliant 835 data file.
Call 610-847-5065 or visit www.dbconsultants.com.

EMR DATACENTER SAAS
Software Motif’s EMR Datacenter SaaS (Software as a Service) is designed as an appointment-centric application for healthcare disciplines that require a heightened monitoring and management of patient appointments. It includes support for CMS-1500 printing, electronic billing, integrated appointment management, statistics, and MyEMR 2007 patient healthcare documentation software. All that is required is a broadband Internet connection.
Call 800-481-9060 or visit www.softwaremotif.com.

VERICLE
Aimed at changing the nature of the claims-processing cycle, Vericle by Billing Precision, provides an accountable approach to billing that places the practice owner in control. It includes comprehensive ASP practice-management software and full-service revenue-cycle management. Included services list insurance and patient billing; patient scheduling and personal reminders; compliant SOAP-notes management; care plans; paperless office; retail product sales; and an audit-risk tracking system.
Call 732-438-0686 or visit www.billingprecision.com.

PRACTICESTUDIO.NET
MicroFour, Inc.’s integrated software suite, PracticeStudio.NET, consists of Chart Power and PracticeWizard. ChartPower, the EMR portion of PracticeStudio, allows entry of chart notes via desktop touch screens and tablets.
PracticeWizard is the practice-management portion, allowing control and management of all claim and billing requirements. The suite also features an appointment scheduler to automate the scheduling portion of the clinic with recurring appointments and open slot searching technology, practice statistical analysis reports, and management reporting tools.
Call 800-235-1856 or visit www.chiro.practicestudio.net.

DC-POWERNOTES
Claken Software, LLC’s DC-PowerNotes Version 7.0 is intended to bring new tools tailored to help your office documentation needs. New features include navigation tools within your personalized templates to allow for movement within the template, customizable default values for user-defined template variables to speed entry of normal or common findings, rewritten security to include a universal code which will never change, and estimated treatment and goal expectation reports that can be given to patients.
Call 800-835-3217 or visit www.claken.com.

AUTO-DOC
Developed to provide customized documentation solutions for offices big or small at an affordable price, Auto-DOC from Anywhere MD, Inc. can be used on a vast array of technologies including touch screens, wireless tablets, and hand-held computers. It can produce daily SOAP and comprehensive exam notes quickly, and also features narratives, reports, physician letters, patient letters, and managed-care forms at the click of a mouse.
Call 800-381-3001 or visit www.auto-doc.com.

PLATINUM SYSTEM
Marketed as a complete practice-management solution, Platinum System by Platinum System C.R. Corp. is designed to enhance your freedom while improving profitability and efficiency. It automates many steps related to the patient visit by eliminating paper travel cards with electronic travel cards (giving you instant access to your patient’s health file from any computer in your clinic), and reducing repetitive tasks and avoiding important errors with automatic billing, multiple appointments function, and the complete financial care plan management.
Call 866-235-3284 or visit www.platinumsystem.com.

INPHASE
The practice-management software package, InPhase by InPhase Technologies Group, Inc. is designed and developed specifically for the chiropractic office. This system is meant to handle the management of the front desk, appointments, billing, marketing, retention, and communication with speed and ease. It is also intended to assist in tracking patient retention and billing.
Call 800-490-3780 or visit www.inphasetech.com.

CHIROPRACTIC ADVANTAGE SOFTWARE
Chiropractic Advantage Software by Compulink Business Systems is marketed as a totally integrated, fully customizable, completely affordable practice management solution. It includes such functions as scheduling, billing, medical records, reporting, inventory, and more. There are no duplicate entries and very few keystrokes are needed. Charges will post automatically from the medical records.
Call 800-456-4522 or visit www.AdvantageSoftware.com.

QUIXOTE SOFTWARE
Quixote Software distributed by PPT4Drs has now combined its .Net (dot.net) programming environment with the new Vista operating system. Quixote Software is designed to create efficient work-flow systems, move repetitive administrative tasks on to the technology side, and make scheduling, billing, and SOAP notes simpler and more comprehensive. The Quixote server, Q-Boxx, continually looks for updates, fixes, or new features seamlessly and automatically performs backup every night (transmitted encrypted and stored encrypted).
Call 866-778-4377 or visit www.ppt4drs.com.

MODALUS
Designed specifically to meet chiropractors’ unique business and practice needs, ProVolve Solutions, Inc.’s Modalus is a fully Web-based healthcare business management system. It is intended to streamline patient flow, provide accurate documentation, quickly generate and submit electronic claims so you get paid faster, and with its workflow engine, you no longer have to worry about lost claims or, more importantly, lost patients.
Call 888-465-5645 or visit www.provolvesolutions.com.

TPM
Intended to have all the functions needed to take a patient through an episode of chiropractic care, TPM by TPM Billing offers scheduling, billing, treatment tracking, and customizable SOAP notes. The application is organized so you can enter data without having to jump from screen to screen and is designed to add patient demographics, insurance information, and perform the complete billing process within minutes. It also comes preloaded with your office’s procedures, diagnosis codes, prices, and provider information.
Call 630-968-0555 or visit www.tpmbilling.com.