Starkey ProHear |
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Pros:
- Owned by Starkey Hearing
Instruments, a company that will not be going away.
- Starkey ProHear was one of the
originals to come out with an OMS
- Integrated with Starkey's
Programming Software - a time saver.
- Good Tech support by qualified
staff at a solid company.
- We hear that ProHear.net will be
better. (2006 release.)
Cons:
- Most expensive system.. $14,500
- Built on FoxPro, an antiquated
database. (We were surprised that their upgrade was still
based on an older technology)
- Inflexible
- Complicated -Requires way more
than the three days of training offered by Starkey. Get
ready to be close to your tech-support agent.
- Incomplete training materials.
- Like Siemens, do you really want
to be tied to one manufacturer for your OMS?
- Like Siemens, people tell us that
ProHear's
design and function has obviously been written from a
manufacturer's perspective, as opposed to an audiologist's
day-to-day viewpoint. It appears that the programmers at
Starkey have not spent much time out in the real audiology
world. (Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh, but this kind
issue is common with programmers who do not live the
day-to-day life of their users.)
Description from Starkey website...
ProHear office management software is exclusively designed to
meet all the needs of the hearing care professional. It provides
fast and accurate methods for accessing customer information,
finances, analyzing business trends, creating marketing
strategies, and scheduling.
ProHear now provides instant access to NOAH 3.0. Measure and
record a patient's hearing loss with any NOAH 3.0 certified
device using ProHear's audiogram, speech test, or loudness
scaling features. Results are then passed automatically to a
common database, for use by any fitting system from any
manufacturer. Information is then intuitively saved into the
patient's database, without any direct action on your part.
ProHear also offers products and services to help all your
computing needs, including computers, notebooks, monitors,
printers, and other peripherals, as well as the latest version
of Noah software. For more information about our full line of
products and services contact us via e-mail or call 800.869.8788
to speak with a representative.
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