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Dr. Rowley brings together three areas of expertise, and helps shape Practice Fusion in a unique way. He has been a practicing primary care physician for over 30 years, and as an early EHR adopter, has been practicing without paper charts since 2002. He has been involved in governance and directorship of health care delivery in a managed care setting in California for over 20 years. He also has a strong technology background and helped develop the very first version of Practice Fusion based on tools created for his own practice. As Medical Director of Practice Fusion, Dr. Rowley helps guide the development of the EHR as an essential tool for our doctors, and as a valuable resource for healthcare overall.

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Shea Steinberg, editor-in-chief of EHR Bloggers, brings her background in journalism and social media to the blogging team. She maintains all of Practice Fusion’s social networks and is constantly promoting our EHR in the social media sphere. She writes about everything Healthcare IT, while using her sass to make a joke or two along the way. Whether it’s breaking news or a new social media tool for doctors, she’s on top of it. When not reaching out via social media, Shea cheers for her Alma mater, The University of Arizona (Go Wildcats!) and enjoys discovering new places in San Francisco.

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Naushad is currently the Meaningful Use Specialist at Practice Fusion and has a passion for healthcare policy. He previously worked at Thrive Research, a behavioral health education startup, before becoming an Account Manager at Practice Fusion to help guide practitioners through EHR adoption. Naushad focuses on providing doctors the resources they need to improve healthcare and earn EHR incentives. In his spare time, Naushad enjoys playing soccer, hiking trails in the bay area, and discovering new places to eat in San Francisco.

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Helen loves working the healthcare and health IT beat as a Media Manager with Practice Fusion. Previously, she worked on the healthcare teams at Porter Novelli and Weber Shandwick connecting with reporters for Silicon Valley-based medical device companies Conceptus and Arthrocare; and pharmaceutical companies Astra Zeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb. She brings years of healthcare technology experience on both the B2B and consumer sides. 

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Hal Amens is the President of Lyon, Popanz & Forester and a senior management consultant specializing in systems development and process improvement. He is a Certified Consultant with Practice Fusion. He has been blogging about electronic medical records for three and a half years at emrnet.wordpress.com and is a frequent contributor to EHRbloggers. Hal published The HIPAA Implementation Newsletter and developed HIPAA privacy and security programs for two mental healthcare providers with services ranging from acute care through out-patient. He managed the redesign of the user interface for an SaaS EMR system. He brings a fresh approach to healthcare and data based on experience in service industries in the US and overseas.

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Ryan founded Practice Fusion in 2005 and is the heart and soul of our organization. At the age of 30, Ryan used his background in technology, health IT and business to create a completely new approach to Electronic Health Records. He envisioned a free, web-based EHR system that would serve the needs of small medical practices around the US. Now, Practice Fusion is the fastest growing EHR in the country and Ryan Howard exemplifies a new breed of health IT leaders revolutionizing the doctor’s office. Young, energetic and all about changing the status quo, Ryan continues to lead Practice Fusion as CEO and Chairman. 

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