Lower initial pricing combined with hands-off maintenance and increasing confidence in cloud data storage has many healthcare providers looking seriously at Software as a Service EMR systems As providers continue to seek ways to do more with fewer resources, the limited hardware expenses, ease of use, and growing confidence in cloud storage continue to make [...]
New KLAS Report Shows that Software as a Service EMR Model Garners Greater Appeal
May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Practice Fusion Releases API to Simplify Lab Integrations
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The fastest way to allow others to integrate with your technology platform is to produce application programming interfaces, or APIs. Wikipedia defines APIs as “ a specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other.” Sorry for the geek speak. Anyway, APIs have been widely used in the technology world [...]
Survey Says: Over 60% Percent of Patients Report Primary Care Providers Deliver Better Care
April 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Over sixty percent of Americans say they receive the best medical care from their primary care physician (PCP), according to a survey conducted by GfK Roper for Practice Fusion, the free, web-based Electronic Medical Record company. The survey shows a strong preference for primary care above specialists, hospitals and urgent care facilities, and also indicated [...]
New Report Shows Fastest EHR Sales Growth Opportunity in Targeting Physicians With Web-Based Products
April 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The fastest sales growth and heaviest competition in the EMR market is in products sold to physicians, particularly solutions sold over the internet, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information. Sales of electronic medical record systems to physicians grew at an estimate 22% in 2011 versus 2010, higher than the growth of EMR sales [...]
Practice Fusion Puts Big Data to Work for Public Health
March 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
Practice Fusion’s Research Division today announced the launch of a new research site at practicefusion.com/research. The site is designed to help public health agencies predict outbreaks, arm physicians with up-to-date information and open up a broader dialogue about health in the tech community. Practice Fusion, the fastest growing Electronic Medical Records (EMR) community in the US, [...]
Practice Fusion Helps US Doctors Put EHR Incentives to Work
January 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Small medical practices across the country are starting 2012 with an extra $18,000 in the bank as a reward for making the transition from paper records to an Electronic Health Record system. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the 2009 Economic Stimulus Plan, is promoting the national shift to EHR systems [...]
Practice Fusion Scores Additional Funding to Support EMR Growth in 2012
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Practice Fusion has announced that they have secured an additional $2 million in funding to support the company’s projected growth in 2012. With over 130,000 medical professional users serving 29 million patients, the company has an aggressive growth strategy for the coming year including new free features to support physician and patients, the development of [...]
Practice Fusion Rated No. 1 EHR in Implementation and Support Experience
November 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Practice Fusion made its ratings debut with AmericanEHR Partners, a program of the American College of Physicians, last week by earning more top awards than any other Electronic Health Record vendor. The free, web-based EHR system received first place for Implementation Experience, Support Experience and Population Management and received top ten ratings in ten categories [...]
Practice Fusion Reveals iPad Prototype at Connect 2011
November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Practice Fusion shared insight into its road map for the year ahead, including development of a native iPad application with top design firm, Cooper, during Practice Fusion Connect 2011. Members of the medical community from across the country joined Practice Fusion for the sold out event, the company’s second annual user conference in San Francisco. [...]
Practice Fusion Polls Experts for their Healthcare and Technology Predictions for 2012
This past year was full of surprises, from the health information technology hiring boom to the popularity of tablets in medical practices across the country. To gather some predictions for the coming year Practice Fusion asked several key experts in healthcare and technology to share their predictions for 2012. Predictions for 2012 in the Health [...]