Amazing Charts expert ?

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I'm looking at using AC for a practice with 5 providers and wonder if

those of you using it would be willing to share some expertise?

We are a native clinic that will eventually hook-up to the mother ship

once they pick an EMR system for the hospital. It's a couple years

(at least) away. I'm hoping to use AC to begin the transition from

paper to electronic. I figure that if we are successful with AC then

it will be easier to make the transition to the next EMR. It might

even work out that we don't need to change; rather simply interface

with whatever EMR the hospital chooses.

From what I understand, AC is easy to learn and we could simply start

using it for visits as of a certain date and add problem lists,

histories, etc as we go along.

Does this sound at all realistic?

Thanks,

Tim Scheffel, D.O.

Alaka

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Well AC is a very good product in many ways and for the most part we love it. But I just recently posted a causionary tale about how Jon Bertman has added a "kill switch" and the EULA still speaks of having to remove all copies of AC from all machines if and when you terminate. Not too good. So should you want to continue to use AC in your after transisition to new EMR then you will have to continue to license you way thru forever. You don't really own it like a program that you purchase, you own that copy, version forever, instead it really is a lease but AC still promotes it as a purchase, not a lease. The lease part is only mentioned deep in the bowels of the EULA and never called a lease, it is spoken of only in terms of the purchased support, annual renewal, and termination clauses. Not too

honest and up front to me. I would say it is a great product for a small office that needs a good inexpensive full featured EMR, it certainly does a lot. If you plan to stick with it long term then you should be fine. But as a transistion product, between the kill switch and all the mumbo jumbo, I'm no too sure...

Amazing Charts expert ?

I'm looking at using AC for a practice with 5 providers and wonder ifthose of you using it would be willing to share some expertise?We are a native clinic that will eventually hook-up to the mother shiponce they pick an EMR system for the hospital. It's a couple years(at least) away. I'm hoping to use AC to begin the transition frompaper to electronic. I figure that if we are successful with AC thenit will be easier to make the transition to the next EMR. It mighteven work out that we don't need to change; rather simply interfacewith whatever EMR the hospital chooses. From what I understand, AC is easy to learn and we could simply startusing it for visits as of a certain date and add problem lists,histories, etc as we go along. Does this sound at all realistic?Thanks,Tim Scheffel, D.O.Alaka

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This is a really, really bad thing the Jon has done. I don't even see the sense in it as a business decision. Worse, I believe that I know someone who has AC and has never paid the tech support fee. Now this means they don't get any. But also, it means that even if they went to another program, they could still use AC. But someone who has been paying him fees for the last several years can't? Because they paid him fees?

[Practiceimprovemen t1] Amazing Charts expert ?

I'm looking at using AC for a practice with 5 providers and wonder ifthose of you using it would be willing to share some expertise?We are a native clinic that will eventually hook-up to the mother shiponce they pick an EMR system for the hospital. It's a couple years(at least) away. I'm hoping to use AC to begin the transition frompaper to electronic. I figure that if we are successful with AC thenit will be easier to make the transition to the next EMR. It mighteven work out that we don't need to change; rather simply interfacewith whatever EMR the hospital chooses. From what I understand, AC is easy to learn and we could simply startusing it for visits as of a certain date and add problem lists,histories, etc as we go along. Does this sound at all realistic?Thanks,Tim Scheffel, D.O.Alaka