Disclosure statement Julie McHugh CME Coordinator Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners has nothing to disclose Computer software review learning objectives to provide awareness of what is available ID: 1007402
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1. CME SOFTWARE REVIEW The good, THE bad & THE ugly
2. Disclosure statementJulie McHugh, CME Coordinator Grand Rapids Medical Education Partnershas nothing to disclose
3. Computer software reviewlearning objectives- to provide awareness of what is availableTo discuss Pros & cons of current situationTo understand processes and questions to consider before purchase
4. Cme database - built in Microsoft access“our old database”The good ~ easy to use!!~ custom build~ online CME summaries~ easy to search and navigateThe bad~ built in house~ our IT support person found a new job~ labor intense (manual entry of attendee’s & evaluations)~ unable to keep electronic records~ not enough internet exposureThe ugly~ new IT person~ not familiar with Access build~ Corruption :/~ Failure
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6. CME SOFTWARE choices = LIMITED!!The good stuff Cme Tracker:Highly recommendedWeb-Based Application“CME software”PARS reportingOnline application, CME Calendar & Summaries all branded like our websiteAMBROSIA SOFTWARE:Custom buildSmartphone capableIn house training/local companyHad worked on our current database and understood what we were doing
7. The bad CME Tracker:. Expensive (approx. $35,000 which included annual fee’s ). Approx $5,000 for each year following. Located in Texas, “online” trainingAmbrosia. Not “CME” software. Small company (6 employees). Approx cost $15,000
8. The uglies Re-creating CME and how we do it Training Physician’s Responsible, Activity Organizer’s and end usersWebsite delays, our current website was being rebuilt so we needed the website banding before we could move forward with Publisher Using different browsers (ie Chrome for CME Tracker & Interent Explorer for evaluations)User friendly?
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10. CME TRACKER – USER FRIENDLY?- The training has been difficult to grasp (online training)Don’t understand how it will all work yet, still have to have training on PublisherIt’s not easy software to navigate or understand (ie; searches are difficult, one of our temp helpers said it’s really written for a programmerLOTS you can do with it, but not much that we will need to utilizeCalendar isn’t set up to calculate different RSS schedulesMore work with set-up
11. Suggestions:MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GETTING AND HOW THE SOFTWARE WORKSREMEMBER THE PERSON SELLING YOU THE SOFTWARE IS THE “SALES PERSON”. DISCUSS WHAT IS WORKING WELL WITH YOUR CURRENT SOFTWARE, AND WHAT YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUTIMPORT SOME OF YOUR DATA INTO THE NEW SOFTWARE TO SEE HOW THEIR SYSTEM WORKS AND WHAT YOUR INFORMATION WILL LOOK LIKEDISCUSS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO BETTER (IE ONLINE EVALUATIONS)UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT TERMS (EVENTS = SESSIONS/ACTIVITIES = MASTERS, ETC)TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE PRESENTLY USING THE NEW SOFTWARE, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT CME IS DONE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS
12. What CME SOFTWARE are you using?CME ManagerCME TrackerRieventCustom Build