I do not understand what the above posters are doing with "logmein" -- especially opening 7 windows on an unused machine. What I understand from that comment is that the "unused machine" can take control of any of the 7 machines it is logged into -- but it doesn't work in reverse, so the "unused machine" is not functioning as a server. Is it just the fact that "logmein" is active that makes things speed up? Aren't the other 7 machines connected as usual (wired or wireless) to your AC server?
I use logmein (or Remote Desktop) to control my desktop machine from remote laptops in the exam rooms and from home -- that way I can also use Dragon Dictate (the standard Dragon version works somewhat weirdly, but usably from the remote -- maybe some day I will spring for the "medical" version." But I haven't noticed any speed difference in any AC function -- sometimes the ERX is fast, sometimes slow -- I imagined that somehow had something to do with internet traffic or maybe the Surescrips servers getting overloaded at times.
V 6.09 seems to work pretty well -- compared to any other EMR program I have had the misfortune to have to use-- and that is several. AC comes close to being usable and certainly is sensibly thought out. I have not noticed any major glitches except that the "batch print" function doesn't work in V6. It prints the notes ok, but every note bears the name of the first patient in the queue!
I have only been using AC for a few months, and I am pretty well through the learning curve. Staff members cry less than once a day on average, now!
On the other hand, my medical partner (also my wife) refuses to use electronic records in any form -- so we are running hybrid paper/electronic for now. Amazing Charts and Updox together seem like they will make that possible -- the printed notes from AC are quite good and make fine paper records (compare with the nonsense that comes out of most other EMR's where you get about 6-8 pages of froth for a case of pharyngitis.)
