Keep in mind that AC is very different from true cloud outfits like Practice Fusion. If you used "AC in the cloud" you would own a copy of the program. You could always keep a copy of the program and your database on your desktop. If the cloud provider or vendor goes belly-up or disappears, you still have your data. In fact, you are no worse (or better) off than the rest of us if AC goes down the tubes, or if Jon B absconds to Fiji with all of his millions.
Another reason to carefully look at your SaaS provider is that you want to make sure this is someone who will not profit off of your data. This is really a topic for another time and place, but each of our AC databases is not worth much on the open market. But put hundreds or thousands of them together, and the data is worth BIG bucks. Practice Fusion does not release details, but they make loads of money by selling "de-identified" data. Maybe that is ok. Maybe. But you want to know that it is going to happen when you sign up for the product.
