In my humble opinion, it will be boom or bust of AC. If the government is going to give away nearly $44,000 for using a Certified EHR program, what is the BUSINESS CASE for AC deciding to stay put?
Let's say that AC has 1000 users. If the government will give every user 44,000 for using a certified program. This means is 44,000,000.00 out there for AC to capture, simply by making the necessary INVESTMENT to retain its users and capture that money.
So, I believe that AC HAS TO GO ALL OUT, to FINISH THE PROGRAM, by hiring a ROBUST DEVELOPMENT TEAM, of Coders, Testers, DB Architects. In essence, think BIG or don't think at all!
This being the case, AC vNext should not be a $1500.00 program, but rather a program built well enough, and broadly enough to CAPTURE much of that $44,000.00 over the next 3 years.
The program must be modularized, with the core functionality being separate and distinct from the other modules. Each module should essentially be a separate program with separate code base, sharing data from the core module. This way Doctors can mix and match the various modules they would like to use.
Last edited by gkfahnbulleh; 02/21/2009 3:20 PM.
