I agree with you Jon, and support the cause!
I think and hope that the tide is turning on meaningful use with physicians who control their own practice. I'm not going for MU2 either. Spending my time making the practice more efficient ala jimmie.
Certified is only important because of the process is narrowing down the ehrs. It would be a huge gamble for AC to quit certification torture to focus on being the best small practice ehr. Unfortunately, successful means certified I think.
I think that the government is fine with ehrs making some profit from the data in exchange for the certification process and making it better for the government to mine our data.
I think that independent physicians just don't have much power in the marketplace or statehouses now. We're screwed trying to stay old school as the niche gets smaller.
