Leaving aside any meaningful use issues...
Another internist is starting a practice next door to us. Interest has been expressed by both of us in cross covering, being able to take off blocks of time, etc. He has not chosen an EMR, but is considering AC strongly.
It would obviously be ideal, from a documentation standpoint, to have the patient's records be seamless; that is, if he sees a patient one week, and I see him the next, that it would all be on one system. Is it possible to simply come to some agreement on the sharing of the costs of maintenance of the system and have him buy another user's license on our system? Can he not just print out his own superbills each day and submit them to his biller to be billed with his charges and practice ID?
