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Came across this accidentally on AC site

InLight

60 day free signup.

Anyone knows about this or signed into the trial phase?

Primed supporting/sponsoring another EMR? Why would they do that if they own AC? Hmmmmm.

It is a different product - made for direct care physicians - people who primarily practice and do not take insurance.

Thanks for the clarification. Product looks interesting though.

But, I still cannot fathom why this would be suitable for direct care practices as opposed to other primary care docs?

Anyone with insight?

I don't think it's only for DPC (Direct Primary Care). But I think they include some things like credit card processing and maybe a few other features that they believe mainly apply to someone who is primarily taking payments from the patients. I need to read it again... I read it a few weeks ago.

Also, during the demo I noticed (or rather, didn't notice) information concerning inputting ICD and/or CPT codes. The diagnosis input was in words...you type in Diabetes type 2. I didn't see a code displayed for it, nor did I see a list of specifics like DM2 w/renal insufficiency or w/o renal. Perhaps the idea is that DPC practitioners don't need to have this information. I think the do need it, since I would expect the patient to still try and file a claim directly for what reimbursement they can get and they will need the codes for that.

Or perhaps its just not shown in the video since that is not what is emphasised. What is emphasised is that you don't need them. But they may still be there.

There is also a membership management capability to help you track membership plans. These plans often have a fixed number of visits per year per member or per family, so you need to be able to track it. We have run a membership plan and its not to hard to track, but it really does help if it is done automatically in the system. Especially if you have more than a handful of members.

Inlight is a completely different EMR that the company is working on.

It does not have the billing section completed, thus it is only practical for direct primary care folks that do not need to do billing. My understanding is that these are things that will be added in the future.

It is a Problem Oriented Medical Record and is very interesting.

It is NOT Amazing Charts. The development of each has benefited the other.

I have been told repeatedly that it is not THE future product but another EMR giving alternatives. They are not abandoning AC, but rather branching in a different direction to attract other customers. What I have seen is consistent with this approach.

It could be argued that it is siphoning off resources from AC but they could have just not applied resources in that direction. They seem to be aggressively advancing AC, while also branching off to Inlight.

Nicely said Wendell! InLight is another EHR offering from Pri-Med, just giving another flavor of EHR and documenting being added to the broad EHR/healthcare marketplace.

InLight is a Problem-Oriented Medical Record (POMR), giving physicians an alternative to the traditional SOAP note. POMR allows physicians to assess and address an entire problem from within the problem area of the record, reducing the cognitive burden of the physician. A provider can see the summary and history of a problem, medications list (and add to), lab orders, diagnostic orders and referrals, all from within the problem. POMR removes the need between screens to document medications, referrals etc., and also results in few clicks on the providers interaction with the record.

If you are still curious about this new EHR, feel free to visit the website: www.InLightEHR.com .

Courtney,

Great to see you at the ACUC/Pri-Med in Chicago !!!! I enjoyed the presentation of direct primary care and another approach with InLightEHR looks to be very intriguing. Thanks for the information.

Wendell,
Great seeing you as well, and as always enjoy your presentations!!!!

I have seen the demos on the EMR, but I still don't understand why AC/PriMed have a completely new version of an EMR. I would hope that none of AC's resources are going toward InLight.

InLight appears to have the ability to add to the PMH as new findings come in (ie: the results of an MRI on the low back pain patient in the video), outside of an encounter. Something we've asked for from AC for years.

True, but so dones Epic, eMds, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, etc. It is an entirely different EMR designed by different developers.

I understand what you're saying. I just don't understand the entirely unique and separate EMR.

It would be like Centricity having a desktop version and a cloud version, then making an EMR like Athena.

Bert - Pri-Med built an entire separate team to work on InLight EHR. While it is new, it should be thought of as a different option, aimed at the Direct Primary Care market.

Jimmie - it was great to meet you in Chicago as well! Glad you enjoyed the session and keep tweeting!

Courtney,

You as well, and finally nice meeting you in person!!! Thanks for everything and appreciate all your help.

@Courtney,

Thanks for the info. I have looked at it. I don't know why it is only aimed at the Direct Primary Care market. Plus, we talked about and looked at it during a meeting. It takes up resources from AC. I just find it weird. Just my opinion.