Re: starting up, need an EMR

January 6, 2011

I second what Graham is saying. I'm still working on a startup. My plan is to

use PracticeFusion which is free. Some like it () and some don't (Alla).

When I open, I figure I'll have more time than patients and money. When I get

to 200 patients, I'm going to reassess sticking with PF vs switching to Amazing

Charts ($$) (or similar) vs eMD ($$$$) (or similar such as Allscripts which I've

used before and LOVE!).

Business startup is about cash flow. It's easier to build a practice when you

aren't sinking. Don't dig a hole so big you can't get out of it.

On the other hand, if you have 500+ patients that will follow you from another

practice, you can expect cash flow will be better so the risk is lower.

Craig

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> > I'm looking at eMDs, Clearpractice, and AthenaHealth. Clearpractice is

> > software as a service and is about $600/mo. I wouldn't need to purchase

> > hardware, upgrades, worry about backups, or hire IT help. eMDs is

> > established (and people seem to love it) but is a bigger initial outlay

> > ($25K for hardware, IT help, backup...). Anyone have any thoughts?

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