08.24.2009 – Venture Funding Available for EHRs and Healthcare IT
"So, it is no surprise that this month we saw Salesforce.com begin its own angel investments in the electronic health record through Practice Fusion, a San Francisco startup with its beginnings in free software solutions for doctors."
08.22.2009 – PNT Gazette
Salesforce Wows with Record Quarter
"However, a clue as to the areas in which Salesforce may be investing came earlier this month, when Salesforce bought a stake in Practice Fusion, a cloud provider of electronic health records (EHRs)."
08.21.2009 – Blogging Stocks
Salesforce.com's Super Quarter
"What's more, with its big cash hoard, Salesforce.com has been making some strategic investments. For example, the company recently invested in Practice Fusion, which develops web-based applications for patient health records."
08.20.2009 – Seeking Alpha
Salesforce.com F2Q10 (Qtr End 07/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
"And finally, we recently invested in Practice Fusion, which you can find at PracticeFusion.com, enabling them to port their electronic medical records system to the Force.com platform."
08.11.2009 – Modern Healthcare
'Healthcare is slow to change' to cloud environment
"Last week, Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based developer of cloud-based EHR systems, announced it would launch a PHR using cloud computing infrastructure from Force.com, an arm of customer resource management software developer Salesforce.com, San Francisco, and that Salesforce was investing an undisclosed amount in Practice Fusion."
08.07.2009 – ReadWriteWeb & New York Times
Practice Fusion Partners With Salesforce - But Is Cloud Computing Suitable For Healthcare?
It's clear that Practice Fusion is a young company that is growing well. With Salesforce.com on its side too now, the future looks secure for them.
08.07.2009 – The Deal
Salesforce.com to invest in more startups
In some of the fundings, Salesforce.com has brought in VC firms to share the risk, but because Practice Fusion "didn't need much capital to get going, we shared the deal with a group of angel investors," says So.
08.07.2009 – ChannelWeb
Salesforce Invests In Electronic Medical Record App Developer
Salesforce.com has acquired a stake in Practice Fusion, a developer of free, Web-based physician applications, the two companies said Thursday. The size of the investment wasn't disclosed.
08.06.2009 – Health Reform Watch (Seton Hall University)
HIPAA, The HITECH Act, and How Google May Still Be Able to Distribute, and Profit From, Your Personal Health Info
"Practice Fusion subsidizes its free EMRs by selling de-identified data to insurance groups, clinical researchers and pharmaceutical companies and by placing medically relevant ads within the EMRs," Howard said.
08.06.2009 – Does Business Get IT
Announcement from TheBoardroomAdvisors, LLC
For example, Practice Fusion and salesforce.com recently announced a deal that features the late-fall launch of the Practice Fusion PHR (Physicians Health Record) and EHR (Electronic Health Record), on the Force.com cloud computing development platform.
08.06.2009 – American Society of Health Information Managers ASHIM News
American Society of Health Information Managers ASHIM News
Practice Fusion provides EMR, practice management, and patient scheduling apps free to physicians, generating revenue from banner ads targeted at doctors...
08.06.2009 – Zacks.com
CRM Focuses on Healthcare
Under the new agreement, Practice Fusion's EMR (electronic medical records product line) will be combined with Salesforce.com's cloud computing system to enhance value for customers. We think the deal comes at an opportune moment because the federal government passed a bill earlier this year, including around $30.0 billion in incentives to medical practitioners and hospitals for buying and using electronic record keeping software. We believe this is likely to generate additional business for companies such as Salesforce.com, as most doctors currently use hard copies of medical records.
08.06.2009 – The Deal Pipeline
Salesforce.com backs Practice Fusion (private newsletter)
Practice Fusion Inc., a developer of practice management software for doctors, received a major endorsement this week in the form of a significant minority investment from customer relationship management giant Salesforce.com Inc.
08.06.2009 – Silicon Angle
Can Cloud Computing Fix Healthcare? Salesforce Says Maybe.
As the Obama administration pushes major changes in the healthcare industry, companies like Practice Fusion and Salesforce are looking to be at the forefront of a major revolution being spurred by the president himself.
08.06.2009 – EHRWatch (Health IT)
The rise of "cloud computing"
With the recent announcement of Salesforce.com's $10M investment in Practice Fusion, which offers a free, ad-supported physician EHR, "cloud computing" has again taken center stage.
08.06.2009 – Medical Quack Blog
Practice Fusion EMR to Sit on Salesforce.com's Cloud
Today an agreement was announced with Salesforce.com investing in Practice Fusion, the free EMR that is supported by advertising. I remember back when the company started out, there were reservations, but it appears things are working well with e-prescribing even coming online next month. Profits of a million a year are not bad either.
08.06.2009 – Cross Border Biotech Blog
Trends Update — Electronic Medical Records: Salesforce.com Clouds the EMR Field
The WSJ Health Blog notes today that Salesforce.com's investment in Practice Fusion, though not a large financial investment, follows an appealing trend in the EMR space. Both Salesforce.com and Practice Fusion are cloud computing plays (aka hosted services / ASP) where software and data live on company servers rather than on local PCs in doctors' offices. This will be particularly attractive for smaller practices without their own IT capabilities.
08.06.2009 – ICMCC News
Salesforce.com Dips Its Toe Into Electronic Medical Records
Reprint of WSJ - The tech industry's push into health care continues today, with word that Salesforce.com is investing in Practice Fusion, a closely held company in the electronic medical records business
08.06.2009 – Kaiser Health News
Investments In IT Spur Health, Technology Sectors
Practice Fusion's EMR will "reside of Salesforce.com's cloud" as part of the deal. This type of arrangement "makes sense for doctors' offices, which are typically small businesses without much of an IT staff"
08.06.2009 – Information Week
Salesforce.com Invests in Cloud-Based EMR Provider
That doesn't faze Practice Fusion customer Dr. David Wyatt, an Atlanta physician whose three-office medical practice, Weight Loss MD, provides cash-only weight loss services to patients.
"We don't bill insurance companies, so I don't think we'd be eligible for the stimulus program anyway," he said. Wyatt, who's used Practice Fusion for two years, said it's as good as traditional EMR packages, especially since Practice Fusion recently added document scanning capabilities to its apps.
"I can customize the templates, and messaging is secure," Wyatt said. "And the software is free, you can't beat that."
8.05.09 – Wall Street Journal Health Blog
Salesforce.com Dips Its Toe Into Electronic Medical Records
The tech industry's push into health care continues today, with word that Salesforce.comis investing in Practice Fusion, a closely held company in the electronic medical records business.
08.05.09 – The Health Care Blog
Practice Fusion gets investment from Salesforce.com
Yup, with Practice Fusion we are finding out that free may just be cheap enough.
08.05.09 – ModernHealthcare.com
HITS brief: Practice Fusion to add PHR, cloud computing services
Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based developer of web-based electronic health records and practice-management applications offered free of charge to office-based physicians willing to put up with advertising on their systems, has announced it will add a personal health-record system to its EHR offering and that both will use cloud computing infrastructure and services.
08.05.2009 – EMR Daily News
Salesforce.Com getting into the EMR Business? Invests in Practice Fusion
08.05.2009 – San Francisco Business Times
Practice Fusion gets significant investment from Salesforce.com
Practice Fusion, a San Francisco software company that produces free electronic medical record and practice management software for physicians, has received a significant minority investment from Salesforce.com, the companies said Wednesday.
08.05.2009 – ZDNet
Practice Fusion aligns with Salesforce.com
The deal may be as important for Salesforce as for Practice Fusion. The company is known for serving salesmen. Now it adds doctors. Who else might it add?
08.05.2009 – Twitter
Practice Fusion Mentions on Twitter
Over 100 Various Mentions about Practice Fusion & Salesforce