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Practice Fusion Reaches Record Growth in 2012

With a new year approaching, we here at Practice Fusion have taken the opportunity to reflect on all that we’ve accomplished in 2012. What a year it’s been! Our very talented design team has outlined a few of our most exciting accomplishments in the infographic below. As you can see, in 2012 we expanded the number of patients served by doctors using our EMR to 52 million—about 16 percent of the total US population. We also closed a $34 million Series C… read more >
Posted in EMR Incentives, EMR Research, Free EMR, News, Web-based EMR
Tagged doctors, EMR, infographic, Meaningful Use Incentives, patient records, patients
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Does Your EMR Improve the Quality of Care?

Every few months, a debate over the consequences—positive, negative, neutral—of health information technology (HIT) use is waged by academics, doctors, vendors, and policymakers. The blogo-Op-Ed-twitter universe gets bombarded with opinions and data that run the gamut. The past few weeks have been host to the latest round of stories related to the impact of electronic health records (EHRs) on the delivery of health care. The New York Times published an editorial, Abuse of Electronic Health Records regarding the potential for… read more >
Posted in EHR Vendor Comparison, EMR Research, Free EMR, Web-based EMR
Tagged EHR, EMR, Healthcare, patients, physician
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Change Gaming or Game Changing: A Difficult Choice

By Matthew O’Meara In early 2008 amidst the bustle of San Francisco technology startups, I was confronted with this very question: help start Zynga as their #7 hire, a company destined to change gaming, or help start Practice Fusion as their #4 hire, a company that would be a game changer for the health care industry. I consider myself unbelievably lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. Twice even! I had been there before, serving… read more >
Waste in the American Healthcare System

This past July, my spouse and I had our first taste of that most American aspiration: home ownership. For the previous thirty-five years of our lives, we lived oblivious to some very obvious facts. For instance, when our first water bill arrived, I was aghast at the cost of our water usage. I’ve never paid directly for water before. It was always included as part of rent. I had always assumed that our water usage was very low and reasonable… read more >
Posted in EMR Research, Free EMR, Health Research, Web-based EMR
Tagged Healthcare, IOM
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5 Reasons to Come to Connect 2012

Have you already booked your tickets to Practice Fusion Connect 2012 on November 8? Practice Fusion’s annual user conference is back and better than ever. Here are five reasons your medical practice should join us in San Francisco! Hear from other users – It’s called “Connect” for a reason! Meet with over 1,000 medical professionals who use Practice Fusion from across the country. We’re creating special opportunities for you to network with other users in your specialty and interest at… read more >
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