So being a consultant I’m very passionate about the topic of our series on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of the consultant community. I have to say that after cleaning up “the ugly” as a full time employee and as a consultant, it makes me even more fired up. I’m excited to contribute to John’s [...]

As continuation of our series on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of the consultant community, we’ll answer another of John’s questions: Does unbiased consultant exist?
As a consultant, the answer is clearly no! Every consultant will have experience with certain EMRs, maybe even partnerships with specific EMR companies, and will consciously or sub-consciously drive you to [...]

John over at the EMR and HIPAA blog recently asked for feedback on the good, bad, and ugly of EMR consultants. Laura and I are starting a series of post on this topic and will be exploring the consulting world from both a participant and client perspective.
First and foremost, most consultants in the EMR realm [...]

After reading Ben’s blog entry Why You Should NOT Go It Alone, I really wanted to say more. While I 100% agree with Ben, I’ve unfortunately been in the situation with quite a few groups walking in after consultants had been there and had to do major clean up. So I would like to say, [...]

The last two groups I have worked with have been large, multi-specialty groups. One was a very large IPA (independent practice association) and the other a large county ancillary group. While there are obvious  differences between the groups’ make-up and governance, both struggled to implement NextGen EMR for years before making dramatic strides forward. In [...]