So here is my take... Apparently Pri-Med decided that owning and managing AC was not "a good fit". Whatever their reasons, that conclusion did not surprise many of us who never understood the pairing in the first place. The CME/EMR synergy just didn't make sense to us. Fortunately, one of the purported benefits of AC being acquired by Pri-Med did come to fruition: there were more resources devoted to EMR development. (Whether or not all of those resources were deployed to best advantage is another question- re: InLight). My feeling is that AC is a significantly better EMR today than it was 5 years ago when Pri-Med took over, and of course that is a good thing. Honestly, I think it would be hard to argue otherwise.

It is scary to have our EMR sold to a big company. The biggest fear is that it will cease to exist and we will be forcibly transitioned to another product. The history of Harris would suggest that this is unlikely; they appear to have made prior EMR acquisitions, and those products are still being maintained and marketed. I know that as AC was being "shopped around", some AC employees were happy with the possibility that it would land with Harris, for just this reason. The need for these people to keep their jobs is certainly greater than our desire to keep our EMR, so if they are happy, we should be, too.

Looking back, I realize that my hopes for AC are far different now than they were 5-7 years ago. Sure, I would like to see improvements in usability, inter-operability with other EMR's, etc. But generally, I have found a way to get my work done and I just want to be left in peace. I will hope for some added resources for support and development, but I would settle for a bit of benign neglect from Harris so we can just get our notes done without too many new hassles (like converting to a whole new program). The more Harris/AC stays in touch with users, the more successful they will be.

And yeah, if Harris has an alternative to the "security fix" that has led AC to thwart our independent installs and restores, well that would be a nice plus.


Jon
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