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Cloud Based EMR / EHR: SAAS for EMR
Reviews and Ratings Cloud-based EMR / EHR, sometimes referred to as web-based Software as a Service (SAAS) for EMR / medical software applications has become increasingly available and attractive to medical providers, particularly for smaller medical practices. The quality and quantity of EMR software in the Cloud and web-based medical software by subscription is growing by leaps and bounds: More software developers have been writing medical software for Cloud-based EMR because more practices are ready to take the risk and subscribe. Why? Both the lower upfront cost of a service plus the relief of someone else taking care of your data security concerns are great arguments for EMR in the Cloud or some other medical SAAS. Cloud-based EMR is particularly appealing to medical practices that don’t have much of an IT staff and cannot afford a long ramp up time to make a major data and training transition. Even small practices want to take advantage of the government subsidies available for Meaningful Use — and the penalties that await them if they don’t upgrade to EMR. SAAS and CLoud-based EMR will give them a way to do this without breaking the bank. How these products will stack up against standard client/server based EMR’s will depend on the size and extent of the practice using the software, and the degree of customization the Cloud-based EMR will offer, but you can be sure that the general trend toward EMR in the Cloud will continue to develop as a viable option, at least for the smaller practice.
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Sheldon Needle, CTS President has been publishing reviews of medical software since 1990.






