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11/08/2018 James Koon, DPM
EMR Recommendations (Crista Roberts, DPM)
When I was in private practice two-and-a-half short years ago, we were using MacPractice MD. Our entire office was Mac-based and I loved it. It was easy to navigate, had all of the features that made it compliant with Meaningful Use/MIPS, and always worked. Their support was always available and competent and not terribly expensive (about $4,000/year for the two practitioners and electronic billing). Because everything was Mac based everything always worked. We used an on-site MacMini for our server and backed up off campus every night. Being that I've been away from them for almost three years I am only guessing when I say they likely have cloud based server capability.
The program itself was very customizable, a feature I loved because I used drop down templates a lot and it was easy to periodically revamp the narratives in the templates so as to not have canned notes for years on end. All of the financials were easy to navigate and replete with information and reports. Electronic billing was super easy. I also used Dragon Naturally Speaking Medical for voice dictation and loved it so much.
In the clinic I'm in now, we use AllScripts for EHR and MModal Fluency Direct for voice dictation. I do not like the MModal Fluency direct but have to use it because that's what I get and IT won't support me using Dragon. The AllScripts program is good but involves too much clicking around. It's not nearly as customizable as MacPractice and I understand support is costly. We doctors are past being upset with the glitches all the time. It always requires IT help and is slow.
I'm admittedly a Mac guy (for good reason) and so I miss MacPractice MD. It was so effortless. Yes, Macs will run Windows (seamlessly with Parallels for Mac). They just work and don't cause headaches.
James Koon, DPM, Winter Haven, FL
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