I think shoppers for any product should consider all other options before choosing a product that is dominant in any marketplace. This is especially so when the reasons for the MD market dominance are simply historical.
MD3 may be the best product out there for some users, although any advertising in any software package is unacceptable to me, analogous to the mags and chocolates at the supermarket checkout. My wife uses Genie. I use Medtech32. Both are nice clean packages, dry well-presented information on the screen, stable, single databases, and no garish biassing distractions from pharmaceutical companies at any point. Consider alternatives to MD first if advertising in clinical software gives you the slightest unease. Jim Cedric Meyerowitz wrote: >Some wise words from MD3 users - from MD forum: > > >posted by: Stephen Larkins on Tue 20 Dec 2005 at 04:16PM > >Richard - mine crashes just as much - but reloads fast!! - that is 3.4.1.20 >- where do I get a stable version - Steve > > >posted by: Stephen Larkins on Tue 20 Dec 2005 at 04:13PM > >Cliff - there are a few of us who have been using MD3 for a while now. There >remain many glitches which haven't or are in the process of being fixed. For >example the icons still disappear which they always have. There are all the >usual print failures & crashes, if you try to open a patient through PS the >wrong one often opens. My letter writer tells me the spell check is correct >every time I open it & the email function is dead. It even more frequently >duplicates patients but they merge faster. Address book does not open when >you are on progress notes screen. MD Plus is a dud - I could go on but >overall you get the idea. There are 2 things that make it worthwhile - it is >loads & reloads really fast so crashes aren't quite so annoying - it opens >patients very fast - but I have also upgraded at the same time as I put MD3 >on - & the ad screen doesn' t pop up when you print a script. I wouldn't >upgrade for the care plans alone but would for the speed - just don't expect >it not to crash - Steve Larkins > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Cedric > > >_______________________________________________ >Gpcg_talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
