Usability and Meaningful Use

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Meaningful Use Is Good News for Praxis Users

Meaningful use is good news for Praxis users! For the past few decades, medical practitioners have seen the cost of healthcare skyrocket while their compensation decreased. Meaningful use intends to bring that to an end, and Praxis is uniquely positioned to help you make the most of it!

Starting in 2011, a physician seeing Medicare or Medicaid patients will be eligible to receive up to $44,000 or $63,750 respectively.

With Praxis v5, you are guaranteed to collect the reimbursement you deserve!

Meaningful Use and Usability

Meaningful use is about "usability," a term that has been thrown around plenty these days, but that is often misunderstood by many physicians. "Usability" means ease of use, and it should not be confused with ease of learning. Think of it this way: It is very easy to learn to ride a bicycle, but if you plan to go far, it is much easier to use an automobile. If you go with an easy-to-learn EMR, you'll soon discover that it is about as efficient as pedaling your way across the country. Most of us have probably dedicated hours to learning how to drive a car, even enrolling in Drivers Ed courses to help ensure success at the DMV. With EMRs, the same principle applies; it is worth investing time to learn how to use a powerful EMR like Praxis. That is why we place a great deal of emphasis on training and support. Our support has made us #1 in the AAFP's 2009 EHR User Satisfaction Survey.

Why Meaningful Use Is Good News for Doctors

Meaningful use aims to make EMRs usable by you. "You" means the doctor—not the insurance company, not the patient, not the government—but you, the actual physician who is going to have to use this computer program day in and day out.
The Meaningful use requirements place doctors back where they belong: in the forefront of EMR development. These sensible rules do away with unnecessary requirements that interfere with usability and the innovation of new technology. For example, the CPT and ICD-10 reporting requirements have been stripped out, as is fitting for a software program that is to be used by doctors, not medical billers. This change recognizes that the fields of billing and medicine are worlds apart, and that, as a result, different software is required to meet the very different needs of professionals in these areas. For this very reason, Praxis does not include a built-in billing feature, but rather partners with leading medical billing applications to give you the best of both worlds: integration with specialization!

Why Meaningful Use Is Good News for Praxis Users

At Praxis, usability from the doctor's point of view is not a new concept; indeed, it is at the very heart of our entire development process. Praxis CEO Richard Low, M.D., practiced medicine for two decades and founded Praxis in 1989 after concluding that the then-emerging EMR programs were taking a fundamentally flawed approach (i.e., templates).

For more than 20 years, we have been refining our uniquely doctor-friendly EMR, rejecting templates altogether. Helping doctors has been Praxis' goal since its inception, a goal we have held to steadfastly. Praxis saves you time, helps you practice better medicine, reduces your personal stress, and helps you earn a higher income. Our unwavering commitment to medical practitioners has made Praxis #1 in quality medicine in the AAFP's 2009 EHR User Satisfaction Survey.

We've accomplished this by keeping the channels of communication open with our community of physician-users. Every time we develop new software, we present it to existing clients and receive invaluable feedback. In effect, Praxis is an EMR developed for doctors by doctors. This team approach has made Praxis the most powerful and usable EMR in the world!

By putting doctors back in the forefront of EMR development, the meaningful use rules align almost perfectly with Dr. Low's vision of what an EMR should be.

Praxis v5 and Meaningful Use Certification

Certification is our number one priority. The question is not if, but rather when. Fulfilling the government's meaningful use requirements is the easy part. Many EHRs will undoubtedly be able to do so. Fulfilling those same requirements in a way that does not hurt the provider is a far more difficult challenge. Praxis v5 will attain certification. But more than that, it will do so in a way that benefits you, the doctor. That's the Praxis difference.

Praxis v5 has been three years in the making. It is our most ambitious upgrade. This upgrade will resolve the critical meaningful use requirement of providing coded data to third parties, but it will do it without driving you crazy. (See Datum for a full explanation.) This is a promise that template-based EMRs simply cannot deliver.

In an effort to adapt to the new rules, template-based EMRs will become increasingly unusable, trapped by their architecture into a warped solution: the heaping of new templates and myriads of pick-lists on top of the old. It is an approach that is bound to give physicians a huge headache.

Not only is Praxis certain to attain certification, but it is also clear to us that under the new regulations, it will be the only user-friendly EMR available in the market.

Is this a biased view? Yes. We unabashedly admit it. We are 100% biased on the side of the provider. Our staff works day and night to make sure that doctors who work more than 60 hours a week, who are continually stressed, who are fearful of being sued, who are thinking about the well-being of their patients all the time, get a product that will make a meaningful contribution to their practice of medicine.