While we do not currently use AC Cloud, we eventually would like to. One difference with AC Cloud is that the monthly fee is in addition to your initial license fee and annual maintenance. So, if it went down, you should still have your system on your office network that you can fall back on. A nice
"plan b."
Which is exactly what we recommend for our Managed Environment clients. We keep our systems up, but we can't do anything about weather, or the guy down the road with the backhoe. SO, if part of the solution is always having a backup local, you always have a plan B, and if we can't connect to do it for you, we can talk you through it on the phone.
I have not yet seen a cloud-based emr for under $400/month for the first doctor.(but it may be out there). For use, this would amount to a total of about $233/month due to the extra $150/month for the cloud - based capability. This still much less than any other cloud-emr solution (except Office Ally). Unless I misunderstood something.
I go out of my way to not promote our services [Too much so I've been told by some of the regulars], so I will reply on point.
We were asked by AC to demonstrate the model after the last ACUC, and we did so. What we learned later after showing the environment to AC Doctors was that they wanted the business model tweaked for the lowest possible monthly cost, and pay as you go if you need something. That said, we offer the base environment for up to 5 users for as low as $149 per month. If you include the cost of the optional AC maintenance, that is $233 per month.
