Practice Fusion has launched what they’re calling a HIPAA-compliant messaging feature today within its EMR to enable physicians, nurses and medical providers to communicate with colleagues outside their practices. The service replicates intuitive social media-style messaging to improve medical collaboration and ensure the continuity of patient care. In a sector still dominated by fax machines, [...]
Practice Fusion Physician Users Have Received an Estimated $22 Million in Incentive Payments
April 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
Practice Fusion has been ranked as a top 10 vendor for successful completions of the federal EMR incentive program by medical professionals, according to data released by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) as of January 2012. As the highest ranked free Electronic Medical Record (EMR) solution listed and one of the youngest [...]
ZH Healthcare Touts 2012 Contributions to Free, Open Source OpenEMR Software
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Healthcare regulations and cost are often the subject of negative news and headlines. That doesn’t mean there are no positive areas of news within today’s healthcare environment. One of these positive areas is the move towards electronic health and medical records (EHR / EMR), which are, computerized medical records created by healthcare providers and managed [...]
PHYAURA Releases Open Source EHR Download and Provides an Online Community for Healthcare Providers
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]