I have one referring physician using UpDox, but it took some doing, and he pretty much does it only as a favor to me. It is cumbersome. As to the hospital (Banner operated) forget it. That also brings up a point that the hospital is a community hospital, getting contributions from the community, and the governing board has a contract with Banner to manage it. But in reality it is a " Banner health facility". There is no interest in interfacing with independent physicians, despite the fact that many of us have contributed to it heavily over the years. At least two in state hospitals run by Providence gave discounts and tech support to their local physicians to use e-Clinicalworks, and made an effort to interface with them. Our state electronic healthcare network has just invited area wide participation, and we will see how that works. The hospital is ostensibly a player.
After years of dealing with the hospital, I recently started doing my procedures at a local independent surgery center. I cannot describe how much better it functions for both me and my patients. I now only use the hospital facilities under duress.
