Archive for September, 2009

Sep 21st, 2009 by Ben Dell Acquires Perot Systems

Today, Dell announced that they will be purchasing Perot Systems in order to improve Dell’s market share in the healthcare IT sector and increase Perot’s international presence. This is another major shift in the EHR market to include some of the big IT powerhouses, which this year has included SalesForce.com’s alliance with PracticeFusion and the [...]

Sep 9th, 2009 by Ben Free Flu Shot Package Updated for H1N1

Last year, TempDev released our Free Flu Shot Clinic package. To help practices prepare for the coming flu season, the package has been updated to include the codes for the H1N1 vaccine.
The new package still requires only two clicks to document the vaccine, but these two clicks can now be configured to document both the [...]

Sep 3rd, 2009 by Ben NextGen Continues to Do Well in CHC Market

Business Wire carried this interesting press release regarding NextGen’s continued success in the CHC / FQHC market. While this blog posting might read like an all out commercial for NextGen, I am sincerely impressed with NextGen’s ability to meet the needs of CHCs.

Out of the box UDS reports, which gather the data directly from the [...]

Sep 2nd, 2009 by Ben EHR in Jail: Final Night

With the go-live going well at the main facility, I spent the night at the second facility. The second facility is for inmates that are being housed for a longer period of time and does not include a booking department. This simplifies support, except that the second facility is much, much larger in both population [...]