24 Praxis EMR Testimonials

"The most important aspect of medical office software, after billing, would be the creation of the patient data in a way that not only maximizes care but also minimizes your time doing this. Therefore, out of my experience as a cardiologist and software developer, I would highly recommend PRAXIS as the single best way to do that today."

"When I first saw Praxis…I was happily surprised to see a system work a lot like I already practiced… We had a lot of technical problems with the other system we had been using, which can be a catastrophe for a paperless office!"

"I have a chronic auto-immune disease and when it flares, I may be bedridden for days. This kept me totally disabled for a few years, but about two years ago, we opened a solo practice and are trying to keep things going. It has been tough and finances are not good -- if the only doctor is out sick one third of the year, money won't come into the practice as it should and must. Several weeks ago, I had a flare of this illness and was out for three weeks. About that time, the state Medicaid fund ran out and reimbursement stopped (that's about 35% of our income). If this had happened three in January 2004, we would have had to lay off our staff and close our practice. Why didn't we have to do that in late March? We had Praxis 3.0!"

"I'm writing a short paper and presenting it to OHSU Rural Health faculty and students on Fri., 3/17. My paper is tentatively titled "Transforming Rural Primary Care: Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in Coos Bay, Oregon." I plan to review the literature on transitioning to EMR, and to focus on how it's going for Bay Clinic using Praxis."

“Praxis has improved the quality of medicine I practice while respecting the way I practice. It keeps my practice running more efficiently every day. I estimate small practices will make hundreds of thousands of dollars more if they use Praxis.”

"I see between 25 and 30 patients per day. I now enter about 75-80% of my notes using PRAXIS, and I do it between patients. My nurse informs me that it hasn't slowed me down, but I think it takes about 2-3 minutes to do a note, where before it would take 1-2 minutes. For 1 minute more time, I save about $3 for transcription costs. That's a great deal if you think about it. My quarterly costs for transcription were $2400. With PRAXIS, I see this cost going down to $500-$800."

"It appears to me that the success of family medicine in the near future revolves around information management. I have been quite pleased that PRAXIS has taken the first step in creating a tool which allows me to actively blend current medical data into my active patient files. This allows me to become more aggressive in my work-ups. It helps me to avoid forgetting the details of treatments I learned six months ago. But is much more practical than template software which is awkward to reconfigure when there are subtle changes in patient presentation. It provides a way to annotate my treatments with literature references and is quite helpful in medico-legally supporting my treatment choices. If the success of medicine in the future revolves around information management. ... Praxis has taken the first step."

"I am a busy Family Physician and on July 1 will have been at it 40 years. PRAXIS shows me a way I can get back to "hands on" medicine; sit and talk to people again, and document everything with a mouse click. E&M guidelines be damned! PRAXIS has found a better way. I used the single-user PRAXIS for a long time, but only with the network version have I begun to realize its true value. The learning curve is steep, but PRAXIS has made medicine fun again by helping me generate great records with less effort every day. I love PRAXIS. It keeps beautiful records. I can document everything from the Past History, Surgical History, Family history, medication records...and do all of this effortlessly. With the Present Illness and ROS, I've documented well enough to finally be paid for what I do. Yes...you can teach an old dog new tricks. I'm a good example."

"This is an amazing program that greatly surpasses my expectations. I really found PRAXIS worth it in terms of reduced fatigue and improved quality of records, which is also how I justified it. There have been very few things to come along to make my practice life easier - this is one of them so I grabbed it. The requirements from HCFA (now CMS) are bizarre, elaborate and unnecessary...I see PRAXIS as a way to match the challenge. This is a great program and the commitment of PRAXIS to continually improve it on a short cycle should serve as a model for software development."

"I chose Praxis over other systems because of its unique qualities. Those same qualities would make it worth a very hard look as a stockholder in addition to being a user. I feel other Praxis physicians would be also very interested in any such agreement.It would obviously be in participating physcians interests to keep Praxis healthy, growing, and getting better with age.With Praxis thus fortified and improved,a future public offering would be the next logical step to continue to make Praxis stronger and more useful in the delivery of healthcare."

"I am fascinated with the idea of a Concept Processor, I thought I was very much against loading my own medical knowledge in the computer. I have since found that it is actually essential that you load your own information. It is fascinating to put a diagnosis down, watch it load, make a couple of adjustments, and all of a sudden the chart is done for that patient. As I sit here dictating this letter, I am still looking at the other (template) system sitting on my shelf."

"In my specialty the biggest thing is having good eye contact and really being attentive to the patient when the person is talking to you. In some medical settings physicians have their backs to the patient and are on the computer. I never do that - with Praxis that is the biggest improvement."

"A template program might work for somebody in one specialty who only sees 30 or 40 diagnoses, but in family practice we see hundreds of diagnoses. I can't even imagine another program that could come near to Praxis in terms of its flexibility."

"From those whose "sound bites" have graced our ads and articles through the years.... "...PRAXIS will revolutionize Medical Records."

"You have a great product that far surpasses any of the templates out there. As a pediatrician, with extended providers, this software allows me to create a standard of care. It is important that an EMR be created around that standard and you offer that and more. My trainer is wonderful and she has a great amount of knowledge and enthusiasm. That encourages me. Also your implementation team is spot on with service and how they work with our IT people. Both trainer and implementation team have to date been excellent. I am excited about Praxis and believe you to be the gold standard. The others do not impress and I have seen them first hand."