I'm just curious, is the ability to covert ones data really the reason that has stopped practices from changing EMR vendors or is it more so the cost involved? I know for us, the cost is astronomical if you start looking at cost to convert, cost to purchase new software, cost to install, cost to train (AGAIN), etc.
As far as I know, most new vendors already do conversions for you. That is generally part of the deal to get the new customer over to their software. If they couldn't convert the data, then their targets would be customers that do not currently have EMR and not potential customers that are looking to change EMR.
I may be wrong, but that is just my .02.
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