Practice Fusion Inc., the leader in free, web-based physician practice applications, today announced an investment from salesforce.com the enterprise cloud computing company. The announcement includes an investment into Practice Fusion and the expected launch in late 2009 of the company’s patient health record (PHR) application on Force.com, salesforce.com’s cloud computing development platform. The companies did not disclose the investment details.
“With this investment from salesforce.com, Practice Fusion is now backed by the enterprise cloud computing leader,” said Ryan Howard, CEO of Practice Fusion. “The technology, capital and leadership from this partnership will ensure that Practice Fusion continues to outpace our competitors who are sticking with expensive, legacy client/server software. This partnership positions Practice Fusion as the de-facto leader in the electronic health record sector.”
Practice Fusion offers a revolutionary application and delivery model – cloud computing – enabling physician practices to deliver superior care to their patients. Practice Fusion provides free, web-based electronic medical records (EMR), practice management, patient scheduling and more.
Practice Fusion is launching its patient health record on Force.com, salesforce.com’s enterprise cloud computing platform. Force.com provides everything companies need to quickly build and deliver business applications in the cloud, including the database, unlimited real-time customization, powerful analytics, real-time workflow and approvals, programmable cloud logic, integration, real-time mobile deployment, programmable user interface and Web site capabilities. Applications built on Force.com benefit from the proven security, reliability and scalability of salesforce.com’s real-time global service infrastructure.
“Bringing cloud computing to the healthcare industry will deliver enormous benefits for patients and physicians,” said Clarence So, senior vice president, strategy, salesforce.com. “Our work with Practice Fusion will accelerate that trend by democratizing access to health records.”
