Compare Cerner and Elation Health - Mar 2023

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 02, 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Cerner or Elation Health?

Elation Health is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Cerner, and Elation Health is rated higher (91/100) than Cerner (78/100). Elation Health offers users more features (6) than Cerner (3).

Looking for the right Medical solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Cerner Corporation Vs. ElationEMR

Cerner Corporation: Cerner is the leading U.S. supplier of health care information technology solutions that optimize clinical and financial outcomes. Around the world, health organizations ranging from single-doctor practices to entire countries turn to Cerner (NASDAQ: CERN) for our powerful yet intuitive solutions. Cerner offers clients a dedicated focus on health c...

ElationEMR: Elation is a venture-funded healthcare startup dedicated to improving the physician-patient relationship. After countless hours shadowing physicians and watching how they use patient medical records in their practices, our team of passionate, tech-savvy individuals designed ElationEMR to be a physician’s command center - an intuitive, easy to use o...

Who is more expensive? Cerner or ElationEMR?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Medical software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Cerner and ElationEMR.

Cerner price starts at $25 per year , On a scale between 1 to 10 Cerner EMR is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Medical software. ElationEMR price starts at $275 per month , When comparing ElationEMR to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Medical software cost.

Bottom line: ElationEMR is more expensive than Cerner.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Cerner Vs. Elation Health based on some of the most important and required Medical features.

Cerner: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

ElationEMR: Appointment Management, Charting, E-Prescribing, E/M Coding, HIPAA Compliant.

Target customer size

Cerner EMR Medical Software is designed to serve a wide range of healthcare organizations, from small clinics to large hospitals.

ElationEMR is a medical software platform that is primarily designed for healthcare providers such as physicians, medical groups, and clinics.

Cerner

ITQlick rating
(3.6/5)

starts at $25 per year

CernerEMR is an integrated cloud-based and on-premise electronic medical record solution that is designed for clinicians in small and medium-sized ambulatory facilities and hospitals. The solution helps the us...

Categories: Medical.

Elation Health

ITQlick rating
(4.7/5)

starts at $275 per month

ElationEMR is a cloud-based electronic health record solution that comes to users as a suite with medical billing solution and a medical practice management solution available that are suitable for use in all d...

Categories: Document Management, Records Management, CCHIT Certified EMR / EHR, Cloud Based EMR, E-Prescribing.

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Cerner: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

ElationEMR: 6 Features

Appointment Management
Charting
E-Prescribing
E/M Coding
HIPAA Compliant
Patient portal
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ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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Cerner
ITQlick rating
3.6/5
Score
78/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$25 per year
Functionality
4
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Elation ...
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
4.6/10
License pricing
$275 per month
Functionality
27
NextGen ...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$299 per provider/month
Functionality
20
Practice...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2.6/10
License pricing
$149 per provider/month
Functionality
41
WebPT
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$3 per provider/day
Functionality
30
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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.