It's just like Windows XP going EOL. A lot of people took their time. Microsoft just stops making updates for it. Doesn't necessarily mean it's going to explode on the day it goes EOL.
Exactly.
Folks, we have been through a series of these "scares" over the past decade...
"Don't participate in the EMR incentive program with the Feds... they will give you the money, then audit you and claw it back".
"HIPAA is coming. Watch out for the HIPAA police... better pay for a consultant or at least a seminar to advise you or it could cost you thousands of dollars".
"Don't do MACRA/PQRS/MIPS or whatever it is called this week ... the government will screw you!"
"ICD-10 is coming. It will transform your practice of medicine! Better take a course... or hire a consultant. How will you know how to code... you will lose millions".
"Windows 7 is sunsetting. You won't be HIPAA compliant anymore! Huge fines are coming!"
Now it is SQL server 2016.
I am tired of the "running around with hair on fire" stuff.
When it is easy to install and when I get to it, I will upgrade. When you start hearing about HIPAA fines to tiny practices because their software is 3 months past EOL, then let me know.
Meanwhile, I have a practice to run.
