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Ten Thousand Dollars? Clearly, the world will not be ending on December 21, 2012. I don't think it can wait that long.

I would do this in steps:

Step 1. Get demographics in. Take a good look at that and sign off on it. If you like what you see, pay for that part.

Step 2. Get the front desk scheduler over. Take a good look at that and sign off on it. If you like what you see, pay for that part.

Step 3. Bring over encounters. Take a good look at that and sign off on it. If you like what you see, pay for that part.


And so forth. This way, you pay only for the work you like and you don't worry about the work you don't like. The reason for this is that some things just have no clean translation from one EMR to another. Or you may change your mind. Or something (choose your own poison).

I haven't laid eyes on NextGen in a long time. To answer your original questions:


Not from NextGen. If anything, we should get demographics over with little issue. Demographics are almost always easy. I have rarely seen the EMR that screws up basic lastname, firstname, addressone, addresstwo sort of stuff (*cough* Soapware *cough*).


Yes. And you verify all every step of the way.


That depends on the quality of data and how big the differences are between NextGen and AC. There will be a few issues here and there. For example, NextGen may allow you to enter a patient without a birthdate. Amazing Charts REQUIRES the birthdate. You have two choices:

1. Give all patients that are missing a birthdate a false birthdate of 1/1/1800 just to get them in and promise yourself you'll fix them later.

2. Leave those patients out.

You'll have to make decisions on stuff like that. Bottom line: Things that don't work right or come over right, you don't pay for - and it gets taken back out of AC.

It's late. Almost midnight my time. I'll have more tomorrow. Until then, feel free to ask additional questions.

*Tips hat to Sandeep and Bertimus Prime.

JamesNT