At the ACUC, Jon made a comment about how AC is going to have to look at CCHIT certification. He doesn't like this but too many people are requiring it and tying reimbursement to it, as well as malpractice insurance discounts. He talked about two versions of AC;
the AC we know and love with continued improvements, and
the AC TSV ("The shitty version") He also spoke of one of the new CCHIT parameters was that EMR's must leave a back door in the programming for insurance and gov't agencies(who?) to be able to get in and mine data when they wanted!
The type of functions, for the most part, listed above, are most consistent with what the TSV version might have in it.
Joseph, I'm not picking on you. The more complex AC gets, the more like the other EMR's it becomes. AC is so great because of it's simplicity. Sure, I'd like more granular data /search capabilities, but how much cost is that going to add to the program? And would it really help us take better care of our patients, or just let some third party big brotherndictate how we are suppose to practice medicine?
