Home Forums Discussions General Discussion Top 100 Best Things About AmazingCharts

OK, so this may be silly. I know when I go on the 24 Boards (the show with Kiefer Sutherland), they will try to set records for posts. The 24 crowd is probably a bit different than AC users, but I thought maybe we cold shoot for 100 posts.

As you know, I think we all love AC and part of that is the AC community. I have many friends and acquaintances from these boards. We tend to ask for a lot of fixes which, by definition, can come across as a negative. A lot of providers who are looking for a good EMR come through here so I thought why not list all of the good features of AC. I will start with two.

Number 1: It is, by far, the fastest EMR on the market. I can do a progress note in under a minute. I have pediatrician friends who have to use Logician and one of them saw me at the nursery. He was so jealous of our progress note compared to his five page one every time he sees a patient with conjunctivitis. He is there after hours charting.

Number 2: Vinny

We all contribute to the boards, but Vinny helps to get things done. Now, since he is the moderator, he will probably delete this.

Bert...

Thanks for starting this thread. I was thinking earlier this week that all the request for "fixes" was sounding too negative. I don't think many of us want to sound that way.

One of the best things for me about AC is the ease of use. The basics are a snap to use. New staff pick up just about everything they need in a few hours of use. And that saves me lots of time.

#4 It's cheap (inexpensive, that is). The best value in the EMR universe.

#5 The creator and CEO of the EMR is one of us little guys working in the trenches.... (not some Goliath publically traded companies that rape and pillage for quarterly earnings). And did I say it's inexpensive, already? Even I, the Jack Benny of FP can afford to sleep well with the cost.

1. Internet downloadable
2. Updates are availabe instantly, no need to wait for 3 mths to get an appt unlike other bloated EMRs.
3. Easy to restore data from backup if your harddrive crashes
4. Try for 3 mths free before deciding to buy.
5. Low price
6. Low yearly maintenance fee.
7. No fee per station. So you could have 100 computers in your office and you still pay for 1 provider (assuming 1 provider office)
8. Prints scripts
9. Templates are easy to create
10. Can scan and import items to run paperless office (so the twain - outside papers and paperless office - meets!)
11. Has reminder feature
12. Can export to billing modules.
13. Can print HCFA sheet
14. Has built in scheduler
15. Can print graphs
16. Can add vaccines/injectables.
17. Can import from/export to CCR
18. Summary sheet has all the summary you need when you send pt to consultant/ER
19. e prescribe med to pharmacies.
20. Can draw pictures on illustrations
21. Can have patient pictures on demographic page
22. Date and time stamp notes
23. Check medicine change easily
24. Instant Messaging/built in email
25. Search your chart with a lot of variables
26. Spell check
27. Letter writer, imported automatically.
28. Yellow sticky note, not saved if you choose
29. Lock the chart
30. Rolodex built in
31. Print entire chart if pt needs whole records
32. Interfaces with many billing program/labs
33. Immunization schedule
34. Google ICD 9 cheker
35. Can have flow sheets for coumadin, DM maintenance in imported section
36. Search appointments
37. Sign off imported items
38. Alerts
39. Directives
40. Auto check updates

Will post more, need to see pts now.

Well, that's 45 things, lol.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the interoffice messaging system. Keeps the "chart" neat and easy to see the timeline of any encounter on the past visit page.

I am back with my list:

41. E and M coding helper
42. Add updated medicine list at the end of note
43. Synchronize feature
44. Print orders easily, can use templates in any part of chart.
45. Dashboard is easy to navigate- go to schedule/search/messages.
46. Schedule can be expanded to show who did the booking for patient, etc.
47. Knowledge extender on the web- easily link.
48. Help feature from any part of chart.
49. Database utilities- to tune your database and fix mistakes.
50. Easy to add or delete users.

OK. Joseph gets 10% on any future sales. Great list joseph.

Here's one I like. I hope it hasn't already been listed. Using Alt - right click to make a quick template is brilliant.