Comments on: News 5/30/08 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/29/news-53008/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: HappyPostPathUser http://histalk2.com/2008/05/29/news-53008/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 HappyPostPathUser Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:52:18 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/29/news-53008/#comment-1229 I saw the short comment on Moses switching from Exchange to PostPath for email and had to comment. Our firm recently switched over and so far have no regrets. Like Moses we saved at least 50% and have had no down time, user issues, etc. In fact most of the folks here don't even know that they're running off a Linux email server. I saw the short comment on Moses switching from Exchange to PostPath for email and had to comment. Our firm recently switched over and so far have no regrets. Like Moses we saved at least 50% and have had no down time, user issues, etc. In fact most of the folks here don’t even know that they’re running off a Linux email server.

]]> By: Bostonboy http://histalk2.com/2008/05/29/news-53008/comment-page-1/#comment-1199 Bostonboy Fri, 30 May 2008 14:53:50 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/29/news-53008/#comment-1199 Epic has the luxury of not worrying about what Wall Street thinks. MEDITECH made the same decision when the original NHS contracts were being awarded. The contracts were too onerous for them to want to be involved, even though they already had several successful implementations in the UK. I don't think either Epic or MEDITECH would get involved now unless the contracts were a lot closer to their usual terms. Epic has the luxury of not worrying about what Wall Street thinks.

MEDITECH made the same decision when the original NHS contracts were being awarded. The contracts were too onerous for them to want to be involved, even though they already had several successful implementations in the UK.

I don’t think either Epic or MEDITECH would get involved now unless the contracts were a lot closer to their usual terms.

]]> By: LondonCalling http://histalk2.com/2008/05/29/news-53008/comment-page-1/#comment-1198 LondonCalling Fri, 30 May 2008 03:20:14 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/29/news-53008/#comment-1198 Judy and Carl did go to England and England did come to Madison (a couple of times). Under consideration with 2 LSPs and was talking directly with the CFH program for a while. Epic just doesn't jump for the money unless they see a way to make it successful. Failure is too costly in the long run and not very much fun. Epic tries to avoid it. Most of the people who signed up for these deals originally did it knowing they were losers as defined initially contracted and thought they could all renegotiate along the way for more money and benefit in the mean time from the stock pump. Epic doesn't take either of those paths and therefore its a pretty predictable situation for them to avoid. Judy and Carl did go to England and England did come to Madison (a couple of times). Under consideration with 2 LSPs and was talking directly with the CFH program for a while. Epic just doesn’t jump for the money unless they see a way to make it successful. Failure is too costly in the long run and not very much fun. Epic tries to avoid it. Most of the people who signed up for these deals originally did it knowing they were losers as defined initially contracted and thought they could all renegotiate along the way for more money and benefit in the mean time from the stock pump. Epic doesn’t take either of those paths and therefore its a pretty predictable situation for them to avoid.

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