Are health IT vendors trying to pull a fast one?

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Not sure about your last question, i guess he would be the best person...

to ask.

I think that sage, GE, siemans and mckesson do have the experience necessary to make good decisions, but these are also the guys who make software for the healthcare field.

Maybe their vested interest also includes self preservation. I wouldnt say thats too far outside the relm of possiblity though.

I think if they are given the opportunity, they will lock it down in as many ways as possible, but do i think they currently have the hold on the standards... no. There is another large provider out there called ECW. They do have a HITS cert on their application and are not one of the big dogs. They are however starting to own sage and GE with their enginuity. They put out upgrades and updates faster than any vendor i have ever seen. The tend to listen to what the group wants and generally deliver it. I will say they have some issues with product stablity, but no show stoppers.

We used sage software(also called Medical Manager, Emdeon, webMD) for a long time and were looking at their Intergy product. They wanted to much money and offered little innovation.

We also looked at mckessons product, Dentrix, and decided to wait for ECW to come out with a dental program. BTW, ecw does integrate with dentrix.

In the end, they may end up limiting software providers through requirements but the market will most likely decide who the winner is. Course thats only if the feds dont mandate a system.

Posted by: Been_Done_Before   Posted on: 08/10/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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