Well, I had never heard of Praxis before, so I went to their website to make sure I hadn't picked the wrong EMR.
Nope, I like Amazing Charts. That bell curve algorithm is fascinating AI, but I'm not looking for a program that's going to revolutionize my practice of medicine. I'm looking for a program that's going to help me do what I'm used to doing every day, only faster or better. I think that's what most people are looking for when they shop for an EMR.
Over the last ten years, I have developed buzzphrases and dictated them thousands of times. Now, with Amazing Charts, I only have to type them once, and I can right-click them - BAM! - and there they are (thanks, Emeril).
Over the last ten years, I have developed prescribing habits. I want to be able to type in my favorite medications once, right-click them and - yes, you guessed it - BAM! - have them appear in the prescribing field.
[Bert says: "For instance, Strattera comes in 10, 18, 25, 40 and 60 mg. You have to titrate up. So, it does help if you are trying to remember the forms."]
If my custom database is separate from AmazingMeds, then you still have AmazingMeds to go to for that kind of comprehensive reference.
If you prescribe Strattera, add it to your custom med list, with its various doses. Now it's on a short list which will be easier to navigate.
Then, later, if you want to start typing "Sta..." and have it autopopulate as "Strattera" instead of "Stratteri", set the autopopulate to spawn from your custom med list when it is the currently selected database.
BC
