@Leslie Hilarious. Except from the looks of things, Travis spends as much time at the office except he gets called out more.
@Deborah and Wendell,
Appreciate your position. I agree ePrescribe is awesome. Immunizations are better. And, I also agree that you can turn off HM.
I hate the orders section. I now just use the blank one on the right and write in the diagnosis later. I send them all to myself. I see no advantage of sending them anywhere else. But, I respect that you like them. That's what makes the world go 'round.
I am glad Microsoft stopped just adding features to Outlook and finally came out with a version which is five times better than 2007. It is kind of like XP to WIN7. Why did they even do Vista?
I completely understand what Wendell is saying, and Jon has to run a business and may have his EMR lose market share if he doesn't keep up. I just wonder what would happen if he said:
-- The government wasn't CCHIT and meaningful use: I don't care.
-- Other big programs have billing programs (PM): I don't care.
-- We have to have HM: I don't care.
-- The orders have to be more complicated: I don't care.
Part of this works because of the YouTube videos on other threads. The "I don't cares" just work better after you have heard it.
So, my thought (which is probably not sound business practices) would be: What if Jon said, "Hey this program got to where it is BECAUSE it doesn't have HM and fancy order sets and PM. It got to where it is because it is inexpensive, lean and fast. I will take this great little product and continue to make it better by improving the little things."
Would it sell more because the same type of people who bought it because of that would continue to buy it. Or would it fall apart, because people wouldn't buy it because it wasn't meeting government standards and doing all the things the eMDs does?
I know this probably doesn't make a difference, but do studies show that a change in the Graphical User Interface makes a difference? I would think that changing the look (not dramatically), but a few things would psychologically increase marketability. The only thing that has changed has been the icon. Look at iPhone 4. Sure, there are a lot of changes, but they changed it from a phone with a rounded edges to a thinner phone with square edges. There must be a reason for that.
Caveat: I completely respect the opinions of those who want the PM and like the order section and HM.
