I am not sure, but I think Wendell advocates a return to V1.25.
Actually, I like V5. I like the overall direction AC has gone, albeit more complex. I think V1 was the basic underpinning of the program and it is remarkably similar.
But the program has grown to where you cannot just "grok" it in a few days. I am just beginning to delve into the HM section, but I think it will be useful and essential in the future environment of medicine. If you skip HM and ePrescribing, V5 is V4. V4 is V3 on SQL. V3 is a fair bit better and more polished thatn V2 (which brought us the import items and I think prescribing in general. V1 was a good charting program.
There has been steady progress. You can use AC like V2 if you like. I always want more.
More will require better learning tools. I agree with Bert there should be someone from AC Central monitoring the boards and reporting back to their team. I know tech support occasionally chimes in but I don't think they actually check it daily or almost so, like I do. I kinda think that should be their job, listening to the customers.
I am more in favor of a monitored (By AC Central) wiki rather than a manual. A manual could be extracted from a wiki in either PDF or &$*^PAPER. (Sorry but isn't the whole point to go paperless.)
I do think that Jon has favored advancement over fixing problems which is an issue, but then again, I am in favor of change so I am very tolerant. I, for one, cannot wait until the PM section is done. Bert is 540 degrees opposite of my opinion. To each his own, but Jon is moving in that direction so I win (NA NA NA NA NA) (Being a Pediatrician has it's priveledges
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