Originally Posted by Steven
You can buy a cheap computer (about 150 dollars) and copy AC to it and then give it to new doctor as incentive - make him record custodian and take your AC with you. You can talk with ac about turning off license and deactivating users so scrips can't be sent, etc. they can use current version of AC just to supply records - new doctor may like it and decide to license it and just keep using it.

I would second this. If someone buys the practice, you can give them a computer with the records (and get AC to deactivate the license.) This would be equivalent to leaving the charts behind. $150 is cheaper and more portable than racks of charts.

If not, let the local medical society know your forwarding address and set up an archive machine in IA.

Since you will probably be starting a new practice back in IA, you will need the license for there. The archive machine, not connected to the system (so you accidently connect to the active database or vice versa) could use it's own database off the same license, I suppose.

Probably need to change the license if you leave a computer behind. If they buy AC, they can change the license info to their new information and new license. IF not, being deactivated, they cannot e-prescribe.


Wendell
Pediatrician in Chicago

The patient's expectation is that you have all the answers, sometimes they just don't like the answer you have for them