Jan 12th, 2009 by Laura Consultants: Different Types

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 [...]

Oct 30th, 2008 by Laura What Does It Take to be an EMR Consultant?

Sometimes people say to me that they want to do what I do, so I thought I’d write about what it takes to be an independent consultant. Well luckily it’s not just me now, a couple of months ago I brought a partner (Ben) into the company which is awesome. So here are some of [...]

Oct 12th, 2008 by Ben Tips on Implementing EMRs: New Series!

Laura and I have successfully implemented NextGen to probably close to 100 practices (we both lost count a long time ago). Over the years, we have seen countless mistakes made and have made plenty of our own. Its heartbreaking to go into an implementation where a series of missteps have been made by a well [...]

Oct 10th, 2008 by Ben Why You Should NOT Go It Alone

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 [...]