We have a couple of clients using Greenway Medical's PrimeSuite. Family Medicine and General Surgery. I have a pulmonary critical care group and an urgent care/family medicine practice that just went through a demo of Greenway.
The Family Medicine practice that has been on Greenway for over two years LOVES it. The General Surgery practice had its installation screwed up due to very poor communications on Greenway's part, but seems to like the software.
From a consultant's perspective, Greenway is a good single integrated database that provides procedures and information exactly as we want it and can report all the data that we want properly. Greenway is mostly used by OB/GYN practices, but they are spread out in other specialties as well.
My pulmonary critical care group has decided to go with Allscripts over Greenway mostly due to the experience Allscripts has with interfacing with the hospital (a majority of inpatient work). We are looking at other software for the UC/FM practice as well, but Greenway seems to be a solid product.
Greenway does allow free text and handwriting recognition which is really incredible. It recognized mine handwriting the first time I used it even when I was trying to stump the system.
All I can say is that any EMR should be a single integrated database and it should be CCHIT certified otherwise you many not be able to recoup the Medicare/Medicaid ARRA (stimulus bill) money. CCHIT is the only certification organization out there and the government hasn't determined what a "qualified EMR" is yet, but rest assured, since CCHIT is the only game at the moment, they will most likely be the gold standard when Obama's adminstration finally puts the horse in front of the cart.
In addition, it always makes sense to see who is at the table helping the government to come up with the policies and Greenway seems to be there, but Allscripts is a BIG player and heavy hitter with a great product too! Both are completely ready for ICD-10 implementation as well.
If you are not sure what to do, contact a Certified Healthcare Business Consultant at
www.nschbc.org. Anyone there can assist you properly in deciding the proper EHR package to choose for your specialty, especially if there are certified as a coder as well.
Godspeed.