Does Accelerator have a Practice Management System (PMS)?
Yes. Catalis offers a fully-integrated PMS as an optional add-on. How much does Accelerator cost? Accelerator is moderately priced and competitive with other EMRs on the market. However, the real cost of an EMR is not in the check that the clinic signs, but in the loss of productivity that occurs when an EMR is implemented. We calculated that practices that buy an EMR from one of our competitors will lose approximately $220,000 during the first six months after installation, mostly because the clinic staff is forced to see fewer patients while they train during this time period. Who are Catalis’ financial backers? Catalis is backed by UBS PaineWebber and Hitachi Corporation. I’ve heard that some EMRs are having trouble scaling the system to multiple providers. How does Catalis handle scalability? There are two issues with regard to scalability. One is basic computer architecture and the second is training. Accelerator has been architected to scale. Built on an n-Tier architecture confo
