Thanks Bert.

That is a lot to chew on, and right now, there are so many other pressing problems -- I have been lucky, maybe, with my "toast class" hardware. On the other hand, Medware (billing program) doesn't put anything like the strain of AC on the machinery, and this is all relatively new. The "crashes" I have experienced don't seem to be related to the hardware, however.

I see issues like slow-to-load imported items, slow E-Rx, etc., that don't really seem to be hardware problems, based on what I read on the forums.

I think (right now) that if I ever successfully transition completely to EMR, and especially if I really get any of that "incentive" money that I will think about hardware/server upgrades along the lines you recommend. For now, I'm just trying to get through the days!

And what do you suppose will come down the pike as a result of the "deal" that congress is working out with respect to the "debt limit"? I can only think that we may be returning to something like what I started with in 1975.

As for E-prescribe, I read somewhere that DEA is ok with scheduled drugs on eprescibe -- now it's up to SureScrips or whoever to put that into their code.


Tom Duncan
Family Practice
Astoria OR