Coming from a large group practice and having Allscripts, now using AC I am dumbfounded at how easy and I would never give it up.
To answer the question of why this is not good for a large group. If you are 10 providers and have inhouse billing which needs the ability to have a robust practice management system this is NOT thee system for you. That is what my old practice essentially consisted of. I too had demos done of most of the large systems including Allscripts, ECW, EMD, Praxis, Centricity and they ALL could not do what I wanted and they were ALL outrageously priced. I tried AC and had my reservations at first but the more I used it the more impressed I was! I could now chart way faster than Allscripts!
Also, AC is inexpensive and does not try to rip you off with training costs. Most systems out there are at least affordable, up to 15K for software, but the kicker is you need double that to learn the software!!! I always likened that to Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, etc... these are all easy to use and learn and if you wanted more complex features you could self-train, well that is why they are so successful. That is why AC is so successful!
If you want to be the next "DUMMY" that these large companies prey on due to thinking DOCTORS are rich and easy pickens go for it! To me AC allows me to praactice more efficiently, saves money and is quick to use and train.
Oh by the way, I am an OBGYN so even more impressive that I made AC work for me, none of those 150K systems even impressed me with their fancy OB templates! I just made my own
Jack
