PHYAURA, LLC has announced the launch of the community edition of PHYAURA EHR, a free and open source EHR product. The community edition allows all healthcare practitioners in the United States to document clinical notes, schedule office visits, and bill for medical services, all without any vendor lock in. PHYAURA has also established a new [...]
PHYAURA Releases Open Source EHR Download and Provides an Online Community for Healthcare Providers
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
drchrono Releases a New Product Bundle Which Includes Free E-Prescribing
September 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ll preface this story by stating that the idea of drchrono is something that I really like. An EHR system, built from the ground up to run on the iPad platform is daring stuff and I’m a big fan. Today they’re announcing a set of new product offerings, the most important of which is free [...]
Practice Fusion Secures $6M in Additional Funding
September 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Practice Fusion has announced over $6 million in additional funding with several new investors, including Western Technology Investment (WTI) and Scott Banister, to further fuel the company’s rapid growth. Building on earlier investments led by Founders Fund, Artis Capital Management, Morgenthaler Ventures, Felicis Ventures and Glynn Capital Management, Practice Fusion has passed $36 million in [...]
Practice Fusion Becomes the Largest Meaningful Use Physician Community in US
September 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Practice Fusion now represents the largest community of US doctors working towards Meaningful Use attestation in 2011. With the release of certified features to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system on Monday night, every user on Practice Fusion’s free web-based EHR today has the tools needed to immediately begin Meaningful Use and earn up to [...]
VA Launches Open Source Custodian with new Website
August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced the completion of an important milestone on its joint path with the Department of Defense to create a single electronic health record system for service members and Veterans. OSEHRA (pronounced “oh- sarah”), the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent, has begun operations and will serve as the central [...]
Practice Fusion on the iPad Supports Medical Practitioners on the Move
May 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
With 22 percent adoption among medical providers, as reported in a Chilmark Research report, the iPad has become a key tool for US doctors and medical professionals transitioning from paper charts and developing innovative practice models. Medical providers are increasingly looking to streamline the delivery of care and reduce costs in a rapidly changing medical sector. [...]
Practice Fusion Ramps Up Hiring in San Francisco
May 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Things are hoping at Practice Fusion where they are ramping up hiring at at their San Francisco headquarters. The company has grown from a team of four in 2007 to a current team of 75. They is expected to pass 150 employees by the end of the year and is seeking new office space to [...]
Practice Fusion’s Reports that their Free EMR Software has Saved Doctors $57 Million
May 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Practice Fusion, the fastest growing EMR and healthcare community, has saved doctors an estimated $57 million to date with its free Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system. To help more doctors calculate the savings they can expect using the company’s technology, Practice Fusion today launched a savings analytics tool comparing its free EMR with other top [...]
Nurse Practitioners are Expanding Their Use of Practice Fusion’s Free EHR
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you’ve spent any time in the health care system lately you know that Nurse Practitioners are serving an increasingly vital role on the front lines of US primary care. You’ll find them both in traditional clinical settings and on the frontier of telemedicine and house call-based practice. Nurse Practitioners are critical in the process [...]
Record attendance expected for Practice Fusion’s annual conference with speakers including Peter Thiel & Farzad Mostashari
Practice Fusion has announced that their second annual free conference, Connect 2011, is sold out. Held at the Masonic Center in San Francisco on November 11, 2011, the event will feature keynote speakers including Ryan Howard, Peter Thiel, Alan Cooper and Daniel Kraft, MD. Farzad Mostashari, MD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology with the [...]