{"id":305,"date":"2012-12-15T13:14:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T13:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/blog\/?p=305"},"modified":"2017-02-14T11:06:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T11:06:01","slug":"free-emr-critics-are-advised-to-really-think-hard-before-painting-a-dreary-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/blog\/free-emr-critics-are-advised-to-really-think-hard-before-painting-a-dreary-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Free EMR Critics Are Advised To Really Think Hard Before Painting A Dreary Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[AnythingPopup id=\"4\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/blog\/free-emr-critics-are-advised-to-really-think-hard-before-painting-a-dreary-picture\/freeemr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-396\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreeEMR.png\" alt=\"FreeEMR\" width=\"800\" height=\"1750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreeEMR.png 800w, https:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreeEMR-137x300.png 137w, https:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreeEMR-468x1024.png 468w, https:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/FreeEMR-160x350.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Does Free Always Come With A Heavy Price Tag ? \u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">Of late there has been a spate of attacks against perfectly <i>free EMR<\/i>, on grounds that such a product is actually not free; that the increased hours\/money spent on getting trained in such an EMR offsets the benefits of free implementation.\u00a0 Also, another popular line of attack is that such an EMR is not<i> certified for meaningful use <\/i>and may beat the purpose of installing them in the first place.\u00a0 Finally, doubts are being cast on the revenue generation models of such a product, in that they may be selling out classified patient information to all and sundry.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But there are some who argue that nothing can be further from the truth.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">A free EMR like Practice Fusion has been voted the <i>No 1 EMR<\/i> among primary care physicians for two years in a row (2011, 2012,) and obtained meaningful use certification from ONC-ATCB in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Insufficient Support ?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">The accusation of extra hours being spent in getting trained in a free EMR, because the support services are inadequate, is an ungrounded myth. Free EMRs n are simple to learn and free of unnecessary frills. There are a few billing vendors who pay for or offer <a title=\"free practice management system services\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalbillingstar.com\/free-practice-management-integration.html\" target=\"_blank\">free practice management software.<\/a> This leaves the doctor with a tight budget, a choice to adopt an EHR without losing sleep over costs.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>Unfounded Criticism\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">Although the attack about the revenue generation model is the weakest of them all, let us make things clear here.\u00a0 Free EMRs generate revenue primarily by running ads of Pharma companies etc.\u00a0 As additional revenue, even if mined data is shared with federal healthcare bodies, it is suitably masked.\u00a0 But hey ! 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