David McEwing wrote:
>
> This is a copy of message on FAM-MED an it mentions a EMR package backed by one
> if not the largest pharmaceutical company in the World. Has anyone seen it and
> should the complacent UK software houses feel threatened? I use the word
> complacent as many of us are STILL waiting for so called second generation
> software.
>
> David McEwing
> Plymouth UK
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:27:17 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "Nelsen, David A." <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Paperless Chart Software Search in Family Practice
>
> [Posted Subject: EMRs continued. PK]
>
> >I'm sure this is a pipe-dream, but maybe food for thot to those developing
> >EMR's that are on-line???
>
> Why in the world should this be such a "pipe dream". Most of the
> so-called modern EMRs require extensive workarounds for such activities
> as was so vividly pointed out with Practice Partners. Must be that they
> are developed without real time clinical piloting or something. Truly
> useful systems must facilitate activities like lab review and follow-up,
> referrals and referral tracking, prevention tracking and recall to name
> a few.
>
> We're looking seriously at a package, "HealthPoint", right now. Seems
> to contain many of these features. It's new, bankrolled by Glaxo.
> Anyone else have experience with this product????
>
Don't forget Ciba-Geigy were involved in the early stages of the AMC
system & sponsored it's early development. Didn't make it any good
though :->
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