Eclipsys PeakPractice from Bond Medical

I recently contacted Bond Medical by email and I received a very quick and complete response. I remember speaking with them a couple of years ago for a different project and they were very responsive at that time as well. Since then there have been a few changes. Bond Clinician has been renamed as Eclypsis PeakPractice and the system is now CCHIT 2008 certified.

Here is Bond Medical's reply to my questions:

Immunization Handling

We've taken Pediatrics seriously, and I think you'd find the immunizations fascinating! Immunizations are recommended within the software based on our direct work with Bright Futures to develop the guidelines for patient visits, including the immunizations. Additionally, the Supply Chain Manager portion of the software recognizes the visit type when the appointment is booked and checks to ensure inventory is available. If not, an order is generated and awaits approval from the Office Manager. Each practice can determine reorder levels and staff assignments during implementation. Lot numbers for immunizations can be stored as well--which sure make contacting patients easy in the event of a recall! Of course, immunization records can be printed, faxed, or transmitted on request. Educational materials on immunizations (and everything else) are available for printing at checkout, or for the patients/caregivers to review at home via the Patient Portal.

Immunization Recommendations

Our Disease Care Reviews set triggers in the system to do several things. If a patient arrives for a visit (perhaps a sick visit) and is behind on an immunization, the provider will be flagged during the visit so that it can be taken care of or scheduled. Additionally, the system can be set up to trigger automated emails to patients/parents or alerts to staff to call/send cards, based on just about anything--age, last visit date, etc.

Immunization Registry

We're currently connected to Florida SHOTS and Ohio's immunization registry. We'd love to add more and are pursuing as clients request this very useful integration.

As you can see, we're more than enthusiastic about our pediatric software. We won first place the last several years at the TEPR conference, an award presented by Medical Records Institute and the American Association of Pediatrics. The Supply Chain Manager product also won the Hot Products award at the same conference. We were chosen by Microsoft and the American Academy of Pediatrics to be the host application for the AAP's Pediatric Office of the Future exhibit as well. The software has received 5 stars, 5 years straight from the Anderson Consulting Group annual EHR software survey.

Ecipsys PeakPractice appears to have very good support for immunizations and for registries. Their vaccine lot support looks very robust. The ability to track by lot numbers is very critical, and I'm glad to see that their system will support a recall project.