There’s a pretty hot topic on the EMR boards right now, and that’s which EMR is right for small practices — or whether EMR is feasible for small practices at all.
The arguments go something like this: EMR’s are too expensive for the little guys, especially coming from the big vendors. The common ASP setup, where your patient data and software run on someone else’s servers, is putting an awful lot of faith in someone else’s business model. Or most frequently, EMR is just too cumbersome, my volumes are down, I’m losing money, I’m not getting enough help modding the system to my needs, I’ve had it, I’m outta here.
Well, I have my own thoughts on this thorny matter, from both the clinician and the EMR troubleshooter points of view.