Vendor Evaluation Matrix Instructions

Vendor Evaluation Matrix
 
 
 
Instructions: Score each vendor on a scale from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) on each of your prioritized items. Total up your ratings for each vendor to help make your comparisons. Write the names of the vendors you are comparing in the watermark space provided in vendor columns. Use the blank rows at the end of the worksheet to ask your own questions.
 
Functionality/Usability
 
Priority
 
VendorA
 
VendorB
 
Charting
 
 
 
 
Can the system accommodate (and potentially improve) my workflow?
 
 
 
 
Can I easily build and/or customize off-the-shelf templates?
 
 
 
 
Does the system offer a variety of data entry options, e.g., dictation, voice recognition, structured notes, etc.?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prescriptions
 
 
 
 
Can I complete a prescription within a few clicks?
 
 
 
 
Can I look up medication information, and is this information valuable?
 
 
 
 
How extensive (and how sensitive) is the systems interactions-checking capability, e.g., drug-drug, drug-allergy, drug-food?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lab and Results Management
 
 
 
 
Can I complete a lab order within a few clicks?
 
 
 
 
Can the system send lab orders electronically to laboratories, hospitals, etc. in my local market?
 
 
 
 
Can I pull up and review lab results within a few clicks?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Decision Support
 
 
 
 
Does the system utilize clinical information from all parts of the chart to provide decision support?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Disease and Population Management
 
 
 
 
Assuming good data entry for all patients, can I query the system and identify patients that have a particular condition, are on a certain medication, etc.?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Health Record Management
 
 
 
 
Can I look up a patient by a number of different criteria, e.g., name, MRN, SSN, etc.?
 
 
 
 
Does the system provide a summary view of a patients health status?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Clinical Tasking and Messaging
 
 
 
 
Can I access and manage various tasks, e.g., sign progress notes, review labs, etc. within a few clicks?
 
 
 
 
Can I task or message someone else in the practice and do it with a few clicks?