ICANotes Features

- the customer service was within the product and relatively immediate in response. This is helpful as you will need them a lot.

- ICANotes is noticeably slower relative to other EMRs and other computer programs. - There are places where you can get stuck and can't move. For example, creating a patient chart that does not have all the required information gives you an error message. - The actual look of ICANotes is grainy and unclear. It is a difficult program to look at throughout the day. - Scrolling is too fast. The windows...

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The organization of the working from left to right.

The selection of the drop down choices tend to be more pathalogicall then the clients I see therefore I end up typing more than I would like.

Loved the ease of downloading to my computers and finding video instruction for using the program. The support staff has always been extremely helpful and friendly. I like the features that allow me to tailor my progress notes to the way I focus on treatment issues. Progress notes can be completed very easily and quickly. Appointment book and patient account features are easy to learn and use.

The billing on HCFA forms will only print one service per form and I would like to be able to print and bill weekly or monthly with several charges on one form. If you subscribe to clearinghouse for billing this is not an issue.

Button driven narrative note is fast, easy and secure. Supports multitude of symptoms + adult and child population. Program scores and delivers valid E/M code specific to inpatient (and outpatient) setting. Can pull up any note 24/7 from any computer anywhere in the world with internet connection. Progress note can be constructed in two minutes. Supports practice management...

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There are no cons. ICANotes is a "must have" for any behavioral health practioner, outpatient or inpatient.

-Excellent customer support -Constantly updated and improved -Easy to use -Easily customized to my needs as therapist -Set for a wide range of healthcare providers -Integrated billing process -Quick notes that touch on all important aspects of visit -Economical, especially in light of how much you receive for the monthly fee

There are really very few cons that I would downgrade ICANotes about.

We appreciate the versatility with creating initial assessment or progress notes (i.e. tabs, buttons, etc.).

We have had consistent troubles getting claims correctly prepped. Information will be dropped or added incorrectly. Current example with ticket #: 104307

Ease of Use Great customer service even late at night when learning to use the program. Specialized help to create billing profiles for different insurance companies. Shortens the time I spend working on notes. Mobility-information can be accessed from my IPhone if I need information and am not at the office.

None I can think of, it has been a great program so far!

Know that my best choice was to throw in the towel and cut the losses.

After 8 months of endless problems and little support from technicians, we discontinued using the software. The extra expense of paying for mistakes made by a poorly conceived and slow-running program, for which the technicians and management would not and/or would not remedy, is unfortunate. The vendor refused to compensate for lost revenue due to poor programming.

Using ICANotes is very easy to navigate. Mistakes are easily corrected and functional steps are very easy to follow. The support team are very patient and knowledgeable about the software. The trainers are very good. My training experience with our rep has been so helpful and supportive. I will recommend ICANote any time.

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This software has highly impressive features such as creating mental health forms such as screening questionnaires, creating treatment plans with measurable objectives, and very thorough mental health assessments. The case notes are very easy to create and include a comprehensive mental health status examination. Also, you can link your treatment plan to your case notes so that you can address the progress made in treatment when writing a case note. It has a comprehensive list of all psychotropic medications.

It is easy to integrate into your practice because it has all the necessary features for mental health providers, for example, CPT codes, assessment forms, consents, a fully integrated calendar with automatic reminders for the patients, and more importantly the capability to connect with a clearinghouse to submit electronic billing. It also has a patient portal. Very functional and extraordinarily helpful to create clinical notes. It has a telehealth platform too.

The program does everything we need. All tasks can be completed with the features encompassed in the program.

Minor issues...... 1- I find the appointment book is extremely slow. I was told it would improve several months back but, the staff reports this most often and is the most reported issue that becomes time-consuming for staff scheduling and is frustrating for clients waiting on the phone. 2- Populating the Treatment Plan - when completing a follow-up treatment plan it populates every treatment plan...

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ICANotes offers all the necessary features to document clinical notes and asessments and at the same time to be in compliance with regulatory mandates by insurance companies and the government.

A dasboard to track documented and unducumented sessions that would allow to track any undocumented session. Also,

I have found it very easy to use and learn very quickly. I was able to complete almost all my notes during visits with patients by the second day of use. I also found that typing personalized information was actually easier than handwriting notes .As I see a fair number of Workmans Comp patients it insures legibility and makes for a more refined note which has to be submitted with claims. I have not...

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It was a little difficult to be able to upload patient data - not because of ICANOTES but because other systems do not setup data to enable conversion to excel or csv files (Therapist Helper, for example). I also found that prescribing systems do not share information either (Allscripts). I fortunately did have enough data from my scheduling program(Scheduleview) to get the baics put in. I was getting a little panicked at the thought of having 700 patients entered manually. The scheduling program in ICANOTES is a little underpowered as I would like to see it have the capacity to send out reminders which I understand is being investigated.

It is easy to learn to use. First day I used it, I was able to keep up with notes throughout day. E prescribing is integrated with Dr. First which makes for easy record keeping and taking care of renewals. Icanotes is also customizable by creating buttons which will insert appropriate language where needed.

Initially, there were some quirky things about navigating , which have since been corrected.

Hi Michael, thank you so much for your feedback and thank you for being a long-term customer! We really appreciate the review and we're looking forward to serving you in the future.

Built from the ground up for psychiatry needs, and quite customizable. Allows the quick creation of patients notes without the need for much typing. Integrates EHR with billing and calendaring to provide a complete solution for individual providers or small to medium practices.

Visual interface is dated, some tasks take many clicks to accomplish. However, both of these are being worked on by the company.

Overall it is simple to train new Mental health techs for our Mental health rehab ( community based services) It is easy to access from the field, but clicking is difficult because of the way you must click when using it on a tablet or smart phone. The system is relatively easy to use for those new to the industry. It is less expensive than many of the other integrated programs, BUT once you realize you now pay for the ehr/billing program and now you are gettiing a seperate bill for the clearing house and you are having to pay a monthly fee for each mental health tech and each licensed person both to icn and to a clearinghouse, it is suddenly much more expensive than using a high end integrated service.

The billing software is a horrible, with repeated problems and errors, very limited audit trail, very limited ability to speak with the best clearing houses, relegated to smaller, less advanced clearing houses, lots of lag, slow at times, notes that are saved disappear, lots of weird glitches that tech support has no clue on how to resolve the issues. It is too busy to look at, if you are dealing with...

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I shopped for months to find an affordable and adequate program to assist me with keeping my documentation up to date. When I found ICANotes I was very pleasantly surprised to find it has exceeded my initial expecations. Once I got caught up with documentation, I found it takes only minutes to document after each session, adding the individual's unique comments and my observations easily to the appropriate sections allowed in the format. So easy to edit, save and print. I am a very grateful therapist!

Since I am one who does not enjoy reading manuals, I was happy to learn from videos provided by ICANotes. However, I would have preferred to have just "explored" the software and figured it out, I did sit through a few hours of video training to discover how to do what I needed to do. (I must admit I am happy to have those videos available for swift research, when needed.)

So many things but the biggest pro for me as an individual provider is not having to type and still reach the highest medically correct billing. The ability to auto post payments from the clearinghouse right into ICA Notes is worth gold to me.

The only con to this program is it does yet have the ability to let customers self schedule or reschedule but I think this may be in the works.

My mental health providers that have been on this software for a long time really like it. They are very fond of the EHR and feel like it works best for them.

I don't like a lot of things about this software. It is very slow, there is not enough RAM to run the software through their "web based" rdp connection. Terrible customer service, no ability to reach anyone, when you do they are not helpful and never provide solutions. Trying to create an integration with their "preferred" partners is an impossible task. They want to charge for services that no one else charges for and do not respond for months at a time even after following up weekly. Running reports is almost comical. Something that would take seconds in another billing system takes hours or even DAYS to complete in ICANOTES. We have a special computer that only runs reports on ICANOTES because they can take anywhere from 8-24 hours to run and then "export."

The appointment reminders to patients....

Support is not helpful. Server Crashes. System takes too long to load. Hard to navigate. Screens repeat themselves. Takes to long to navigate between calendars for different providers. Telehealth doesn't work the way it should. Notes are repetitive and not individualized.

Charting is simple and flows well

Slow to respond Billing features lacking auto post is not consistent and does not post in an organized manner, making your accounting confusing.

When it works, it has good features that make charting faster and easier.

It has issues 5 out of 5 days a week. It is impossible to go directly to the chart room so that starts the day off totally wrong since that is where you are most likely to go to get your patient chart. Then when you can get the chart it decides when you can actually document in the chart . I wait a long time for a blue ring to stop going round and round and I also wait a really long time for something that says a find is in progress and processing inquiry. I get a coffee cup with steam several times a day as well and I have no idea what that icon means. Does mean, your patient will wait while you go get a coffee of coffee and we get this software working?

I really liked how easy to use this was for scheduling patients and for records.

It would often mess up for one reason or another and the entire system would be down and unusable.