I don't know, when I do the eye ball test, I would think that the EHR would cost more than the PM. But AC is nowhere near $298 per year. And, THIS is not the integrated version, which will likely be higher.
There is a blog on Company Posts that talks about the reasons to purchase a PM. But, it is only about five paragraphs. The strange thing for those who haven't been over there, is there are about 20 posts from AC users that should be on the board.
It's ironic, and I guess it depends where in the cycle AC is, but two to three years ago, I thought AC would go under because it DIDN'T have a PM. Jon was building one from scratch, and the users couldn't wait until the ACUC to see it unveiled. Then it seemly didn't come to fruition, which with the time expended, was a major blow to AC.
Now, it is completely turned around. With many users stating why even have a PM. Not that it is too much (which it is), but why do we need one. We don't. We never did. AC got where it got because it did one thing right: Amazing Charts Light. Inexpensive, fast and lean.
The other thing that keeps coming up are these huge price increases that keep coming up. There has been one price increase in about 2.75 years. If you are already a user, your support cost goes up $200 to $1,195. You never pay for your license again. For new users, the initial license fee went up. They can decide if they want to pay. And, yes, some will take on new providers. But, for a user (by definition already owns AC, yes owns AC), their price went up $200 in almost three years.
