You'll get off to a quick start with pre-loaded questions to survey your users, ability to send RFPs (questionnaires) to vendors by email, automatically upload their responses... and easily generate detailed reports and graphs that compare vendors on functionality, cost, training, support, and other important factors.

In addition to background, general and cost sections, surveys are included for the following functional areas: Case Scheduling, Supply Management, Equipment, Perioperative Chart, Anesthesia, Staff Scheduling, Logs And Reports, Dictation, Transcription, Remote Transcription, Electronic Signature, Report Distribution, Transcription Mgmt., Billing, APCs, Medical Records, Physician Access, HIPAA, Materials Management, General Ledger, Budgeting, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Human Resources, Interfaces, and Technical & Support.

Here are some sample requirements for Ambulatory Surgery Center:

► Maintain anesthesia staff profiles for scheduling purposes.

► Provide ability to schedule anesthesia staff for on-call purposes.

► Print preference cards for anesthesia staff listing supplies needed for each case.

► Support on-line perioperative charting for step-down area.

► Retrieve and use patient data already entered in scheduling module to minimize redundant data entry.

► Allow user to define perioperative data collection screen formats including placement and choice of data elements.

► Provide data capture features that minimize typing (e.g. text pick lists, code tables, selection of charting options with mouse).

► Allow user to define perioperative printed chart contents (e.g. data) and formats.

► Perioperative data to include: delay time and reason.

► Allow user to define which data elements are required to be filled in perioperative screens.

► Automatically transfer all perioperative data gathered to the post-op log function.

► Provide automatic acuity calculations based on perioperative charting entries.

► Provide ability to automatically forecast supply quantities needed based on cases that are scheduled.

► Automatically print requisitions for items that stock levels are below minimum quantity.

► Provide ability to "globally" maintain preference card data for surgeons (e.g. one command can add item "surgiclips" to all of Dr. Jones' preference cards).

► Provide unlimited space on pick lists for free form text for comments, messages, surgeon specific information, etc.

► Provide ability to print individual pick lists on demand for add-on or emergency surgeries.

► Print exchange cart pick lists listing item descriptions, item numbers, shelf locations, units, and pick quantity.

► Implant data includes: implant site.

► Provide ability to automatically post OR time charge based on recorded start and stop times.

► Support automatic reduction of inventory quantities as items are charged.

► Print report on costs per case by DRG.

► Provide ability to allocate overhead in hospital's cost per case, procedure, DRG, etc.

► Print supply usage reports sorted by surgeon.

► Print ABC (80/20) analysis report of the top 20% of items used by quantity.

► Support alternative APG units of payment methods (e.g. itemized unit of payment, visit payment, episode of illness, capitation).

► Allow bills to be reviewed and edited on-line before releasing for print or electronic billing.

► Provide comprehensive user-defined front-end coding and billing edit processes to validate coding, revenue codes, bill type, etc. to support APG assignment.

► Suspend bill printing until required data elements are present (e.g. diagnostic codes, insurance).

► Print "demand" bills for patients upon completion of services.

► Provide ability to maintain a series (or recurring) patient's master record and reflect all changes in individual visit records.

► Provide direct search and access to account transactions by date, without having to scroll through screens of transactions.

► Support on-line search for patient accounts by phonetic (Soundex) last name search.

► Allow automatic change of patients' financial class based on user-defined parameters.

► Print aged trial balance (ATB) with account number, name, dates of service and last statement, payor and balance.

► Print ATB of accounts over certain age.

► Support archival of all reports to tape, CD, or other media.

► Print or display list of account activity on demand.

► Print list of accounts with credit balances.

► Support entry of on-line collections notes for individual accounts to track follow-up activities.

► Allow on-line transfer of accounts from accounts receivable to bad debt.

► Allow automatic write-off of bad debt accounts by user-defined parameters.

► Provide ability to interface to an external APG grouper system.

► More...

These are just a few sample requirements from our Ambulatory Surgery Center RFP.  Items can be modified and weighted to reflect your unique priorities. You can also add your own requirements to create a custom RFP.

Best of all, you will not have to spend weeks evaluating bulky paper proposals... the ON-LINE CONSULTANT will do your analysis for you!

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