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Group GP.1 responses in red Group GP.2 responses in green Solo GP.1 in blue Group GP.3 in black Group GP.4 in yellow Solo GP.5 in red Specialist .1 in green (with MIMS Scriptwriter)   Your system Hardware:
Windows Based PC (also use Medical Director)
Pentium 133 Win NT4 network (also use Medical Director)
Windows based PC (also use Medical Director)
Windows Based PC
Windows Based PC
pentium 133 generic
What functions does your system perform in your practice?
Billing: Yes Yes Yes
Appointments: Yes
Recalls: Yes Yes
Patient Health Summmaries Yes
Referral Letters Yes Yes
Patient records:
Prescription writing: Yes Yes
Pathology Downloading: Yes
HIC Medclaims Yes
Waiting Room Times Yes
Installation cost and ongoing costs
Rx Medical was expensive and has never quite lived up to expectation
server and 6 workstations cost $26,000 6 months ago
Rx Medical is overpriced especially when you compare it to MDW
$2000 annual support charge
DOS version now >4yrs old Cost of Windows Update still an unknown
$6000 asked
Reasonable
 
Set Up time and ongoing time
Lots of getting used to time by the reception staff for Rx.
1 weekend
Virtually none as Im very computer literate
Weeks
One Weekend
incomplete 1 year later
minimal. Off the shelf
 
Level of Support received:
RX support is expensive and fair.
OK
Excellent (perhaps thats why RX Medical is so expensive)
Very Good
Good support by phone & modem
function still below initial spec
Excellent. Very few problems, but handled quickly.
 
Functionallity and benefits
out dated now. waiting for windows version
Great Better than sliced nan
function still below initial spec
To whom would you recommend this software? Other comments.
Just about anyone
We use MIMS for `scripts
All GPs
Competitors, other developers - There are lessons to be learnt in every module, either from what it does well or from what it does poorly. As the industry standard, this product is the benchmark, even if it is readily surpassable in most areas.
Score Out of 10
Functionality

7

5

8

6

9

5

9

Ease of Use

6

4

8

7

9

5

8

Reliabilty and support

6

2

8

8

8

5

9

Value for money

4

2

6

5

7

5

8


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