Comparison of Policy and Procedure Management Software

(according to features listed on respective vendor's website as of July 2012*)

Features
 PolicyTech PolicyStat PolicyMedical ComplianceBridge HealthDox MCN Healthcare Compliance360 MedWorxx HospitalPortal.net
General Features
Web-based ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Exclusive to healthcare ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Works with any size organization ✔
Policy and procedure content included
Implementation services included ✔
Control Over Users & Content
Custom-branded look and feel ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Standardized headers and fonts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Configurable policy areas or categories ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Customizable templates ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Bulk editing and overriding ✔ ✔
Site-wide/mass changes to headers and footers ✔
User permission levels or restrictions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Customer-defined password standards and enforcement ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Authoring & Editing
Template creation ✔ ✔ ✔
Real-time author collaboration ✔ ✔ ✔
Feedback and commenting for editors/approvers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
In-browser editor ✔ ✔ ✔
Connect hyperlinked documents ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic "track changes" ✔
Work offline ✔
Lock or restrict certain docs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automation
Metadata for expiration dates ✔
Review and approval workflows ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatic version control and archiving ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Reminders and notifications ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Escalation emails ✔ ✔
RSS feeds for policies ✔
Reporting
Usage reports ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Custom report generation ✔ ✔
Data export to Microsoft Excel® ✔ ✔ ✔
Automatically send reports to email
For End-Users
User-friendly interface ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Full-text searching – including PDF and Word® docs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Filtering or narrowing of search results ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Dashboard of "Favorites" or "Recently Viewed" ✔ ✔ ✔
Easy email sharing ✔ ✔ ✔
Printer-friendly previews ✔
Compliance
Linking to regulatory standards ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Grouping, tagging and searching by audit/standard/reference/regulation ✔
Versioning and archiving ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Change log or timeline of historical changes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Exportable, archivable audit log ✔ ✔
Required readers/staff acknowledgment sign-offs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
User comprehension quizzes ✔ ✔ ✔
User surveys ✔ ✔ ✔
Technical
Purely web-based, no hardware or software install ✔ ✔ ✔
Requires no plugins ✔
Automatic updates, enhancements, features, fixes and upgrades ✔
Data backup across multiple-location servers ✔
Data backup service ✔
Data encryption ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Integrations
Handles all document types ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Microsoft Excel® integration ✔ ✔
LDAP/Active Directory automatic user syncing / real-time authentication ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
LDAP/Active Directory automatic group syncing ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Training & Support
Consultation and planning services ✔ ✔
On-site user training (optional) ✔ ✔
Online training materials ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Online support portal ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Phone support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Copyright 2012 www.policyandproceduremanagement.com. Questions or comments? Want to add/remove your company or update your company's software features? Submit an issue on Github. Please note: Features listed on this chart were compiled using information found on the respective company's website in June 2011. If anything is missing or inaccurate, please notify us.
*Note: Boxes without checkmarks do not necessarily indicate that the software does not have the feature, only that the feature was not listed on the website in July 2012.