About Cerner PowerChart Ambulatory EHR












Cerner PowerChart Ambulatory EHR pricing
Cerner PowerChart Ambulatory EHR does not have a free version. Cerner PowerChart Ambulatory EHR paid version starts at USD 25.00/year.
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Cerner PowerChart Ambulatory EHR Reviews
Feature rating

- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 1,001-5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Excellent
Less paperwork, less patient waiting time, efficient and accurate management of samples through the use of barcode system within the software.
Pros
I have been working with cerner powerchart since 2016 and it has been very helpful with managing patient orders specially with regards to clinical laboratory test orders. It is very organized and all clinical orders are separated by classification. It has decreased the patient waiting time and processing time for the lab where I am working. Overall its very helpful to medical professionals like me.
Cons
There is really no cons for this software. Occassional downtime, updates and server problems but those were just minor technical difficulties. And are always adressed by the support team efficiently.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 1,001-5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Makes things easy
It is a great place to compile all records and look up patient information when needed. It has helped me stay on track with clinic notes.
Pros
I like that Cerner is transparent enough so that nothing is too hard to figure out. I am able to find patients easily, write clinic notes easily, and view past records easily.
Cons
You can only see up to 500 records before things start to disappear. I do not like this. Additionally, it can be hard to find certain records, perhaps a search bar within the records would make things easier.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 5,001-10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Not as user-friendly as EPIC
I prefer EPIC over Cerner.
Pros
Cerner is a good EMR program with the basic features of patient appointments, documentation, outside records, lab results, etc.
Cons
Cerner is not as user-friendly as EPIC's EMR. It takes about a month of daily use to get the hang of where different files and information are located in the patient chart. I wish its search feature could search more in-depth within the patient chart like EPIC does.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 1,001-5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Tough to use for physical therapists
The software is an electronic medical record software that leaves a little bit to be desired especially compared to some of the other EMR choices out there. It is clunky, and a bit disconnected especially between departments which leaves communication gaps which can be dangerous in the hospital situation.
Pros
I understand where everything is located, and the multi-patient task list makes things easy to find in the course of my day.
Cons
I find that this software is not oriented towards the physical therapist, and it is very tough to integrate information between departments in the hospital. I do not like that my patients will "fall off" My list if they are off the unit or floor, which makes it very easy to miss people. I do not like that you can't see the orders for the patient right away and you need to click on each chart to get more detail which makes it cumbersome to schedule. I wish that you were able to use smart phrases similarly to Epic In order to make documenting more efficient. I also dislike the amount of clicks and grids that a physical therapy note requires. It takes a lot of time to document.

- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Organized, but repetitive.
Overall it wasn't a hassle and made each day better with it's ease of use. Some days you feel like there's just so much to be done through it and you wish it didn't exist but that's part of what you sign up for in nursing!
Pros
I liked the ease of use and how it allowed for enough tabs for all my patient's charts during any shift. IT allows for most of the required charting to be done just with clicks via the mouse and not too much typing which saves time. It would help generate scores for certain diagnostics which also aids time management.
Cons
A lot of it was repetitive and sometimes the options for a certain part of an assessment didn't quite exactly meet what was assessed. It also times out after a while, which was unfortunate for those days when charting seems to take forever and you leave your desk by a patient or coworker and if not promptly resumed you lose what you were working on, had it not been saved. Makes you really want to get friendly with the save button.