Deciding to buy an EMR solution can be a tough process. Who do you choose? What questions to ask? Will it work for my practice? Will it be cost effective?  What's the downtime?, etc....

Here are some questions that you should be asking your EMR vendors in the buying process to make sure you know what your getting into. These questions have been complied from different lists out of asked by our clients, LinkedIn, Physicians Practice, and EMR Tips. We have taken 15 of them and answered them based on our Practice Expert EMR.

It always seems like there's not enough hours in the day to fit everything in. Well these time saving keys may not bring you more hours to your day but they will save you time on pulling up routine items that you access daily within the Cal-Med Practice Expert software. 



Practice Expert Shortcut Keys

CTRL + A = Patient Appointment List

CTRL + D = Detailed Daily Ledger 

CTRL + E = Edit Patient Registration

CTRL + F = Primary Claim Form

CTRL + G = General Appointments 

CTRL + I = Line Item Ledger

CTRL + J = Adjustment Posting

CTRL + K = Service Line Posting

CTRL + L = Patient Ledger 

CTRL + M = Labels Processor

CTRL + N = Notes for One Patient

CTRL + O = Pending Messages

CTRL + P = Payments & Write-offs

CTRL + Q = New Call Message

CTRL + R = Register New Patient

CTRL + S = Schedule Patient Appointment 

CTRL + T = Patient Statement

CTRL + U = Line Item Posting 

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What types of Free EMRs are out on the market and what are the true cost of the Free EMR?



The three most common types of Free EMRs on the market are the Ad Supported/Data Selling, Open Source and Basic Free Version EMRs, the question is what are you really getting with these types of EMR solutions? Do they have all the modules and functions that your practice requires? Do they offer the support needed for the software? Do they have training? What are the added cost? These are all viable questions that should be looked at, below are the three common types of Free EMR solutions out on the market.





1. Ad Supported/Data Sharing With an EMR solution that is ad supported the end user will deal with advertisements on their system whenever...

Technology has become part of our everyday lives by accessing information at the touch of a button, phrases such as "Google it"have become part of our normal conversation and being able to connect and engage with people all over the world via online. It has also become a a way of generating business, forming business relationships and rejuvenating past business relationships. A recent article discussed the "Top 10 ways to engage patients with IT"  while I don't think these necessarily are the "top 10" ways to engage patients I do think they are worth talking about. Below are the top 10 that the article suggested on engaging patients with technology. Online Health Information - Patients turn to the internet to get information,...