Early Adopters and Ahead of the Curve Located in Palo Alto, CA, Fishman Vision is ahead of its time when it comes to adopting EMR technology, thanks to the practice’s owner, Dr. Harvey Fishman. “I’ve been one of the earliest adopters of EMRs in ophthalmology,” he says. “I used a cloud-based EMR in 2007, which was basically nothing more than a HIPAA-secured MS Word online solution. Then I upgraded to another system, which unfortunately had a good price, but was not eye care-specifi c, even though it claimed to be.” After using these solutions, Dr. Fishman knew he needed a system that was going to support his eye care practice in the era of PQRS and eventually, MIPS. That’s when he began searching for an EMR that could handle the needs of an ophthalmologist. Non-Negotiable EMR Prior

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