Matt Chase is a very knowledgable guy. I've disagreed with the "granularity" theory of his in that I find that such systems in general are very clunky. I like freehand, scanning, dictation- i.e. I like the EMR to be a tool, not an object for P4P and for other forms of government interference. It has to PROMOTE workflow, not hinder it. AC is such a great product- I was the major debater for AC for years against Matt, who considered a Jet 4.0 backend awful. The fights were heated, not as much as this week's fights, but they got sticky at times.

I think that a Jet 4.0 backend is a great, cheap, easy to maintain software, and is more than enough power for the small physician office. I look back to these discussions- they were classics. It highlighted the fact that sometimes the "anything but the best" mentality is not always good and will come at a price.

Last edited by Al_Borges_MD; 12/20/2007 6:20 AM.