10.22.2009 – Health Data Management
More Tools Launched to Handle H1N1
Practice Fusion Inc., vendor of free, advertiser-supported electronic health records for physician practices, has identified approximately 300,000 patients across its client base that are the most eligible for the H1N1 vaccination. Physician clients have been notified and given information to help them order vaccines from state agencies, or direct patients to locations giving the vaccinations.
10.21.2009 – Fox Business News
Fighting H1N1 Online
"Doctors using Practice Fusion's free Web-based electronic health record will have access to the public health tool, which has already identified 300,000 First Tier candidates (those who should be first to get the vaccine) in the system for the H1N1 vaccination. Physicians using the platform have access to the data reports to help them order vaccines from state agencies or to direct patients to locations where they can receive them."
10.21.2009 – Healthcare IT News
New Tool Identifies Patients Eligible for H1N1 Vaccine
"Treating H1N1 patients successfully often depends on identifying the disease early and starting the treatment before it's too late. Physicians in U.S. will have assistance with this, thanks to Practice Fusion, a free, Web-based electronic health record (EHR) company."
10.20.2009 – San Francisco Business Times
SF's Practice Fusion Identifies 300k High-Risk H1N1 Patients
"Practice Fusion Inc., which makes free electronic medical record and practice management software for physicians nationwide, said Tuesday it's implemented a new software tool that allows its 21,000 physician-users to quickly identify all "Tier 1 candidates" for H1N1 vaccination."
10.20.2009 – Bub.blicio.us
Practice Fusion ID's Swine Flu Potential for Doctors
"As a web-based tool, Practice Fusion presents ready access to patient information amongst other physician tools, making the management of a doctor's office and its patients more streamlined tasks. The rewards of this streamlining are expected to continuously trickle down to patients, presenting them with more organized office staff and a doctor's ability to better address their health concerns."
10.18.2009 – The New York Times
When 2+2 Equals a Privacy Question
"Big players like the Cerner Corporation, which maintains electronic health systems for 8,000 clients, including large hospitals and retail clinics, and smaller players like Practice Fusion, which offers its Web-based health record systems free to health care providers, say they make use of patient data collected from their clients."
10.16.2009 – Healthcare IT News
The Emergence of ePatients
"Practice Fusion is building a platform that will enable this evolution in health care. By building a physician-facing Electronic Health Record (EHR) system that is able to seamlessly share clinical charts between clinicians taking care of the same patient, and by building a patient-facing Personal Health Record (PHR) that is automatically filled and updated real-time by the physician's EHR, the level of interaction between patients and their clinicians can reach levels not previously witnessed."
10.16.2009 – Vator.tv
How to Hook this Angel: Aydin Senkut
Practice Fusion, a small start-up, has an interesting approach of making that service free but ad-sponsored. Their software is web- and cloud-based (partners of Salesforce.com), meaning doctors don't have to worry about setting up the software. Even better, it can be free, provided doctors agree to have ads appear on their record system. Practice Fusion provides interesting capabilities, like automatic charting, patient management, ePrescription, scheduling and billing.
10.15.2009 – Xerox: The Future of Documents
Ad-Sponsored Health Records
"Practice Fusion, a small start-up, has an interesting approach of making that service free but ad-sponsored. Their software is web- and cloud-based (partners of Salesforce.com), meaning doctors don't have to worry about setting up the software. Even better, it can be free, provided doctors agree to have ads appear on their record system. Practice Fusion provides interesting capabilities, like automatic charting, patient management, ePrescription, scheduling and billing."
10.14.2009 – Wall Street Journal – Venture Capital Dispatch
Angel Group Looks for Wins by Setting its Sights a Little Later
"But by creating a separate fund for them, the group will be able to take a harder look at a subset of companies that have been overlooked by other investors and have the potential to be relative bargains. So far, the fund has made two investments: Practice Fusion Inc., a health-care IT company, and LegalCloud, a data center for law firms, both of which are commercial-stage companies."
10.14.2009 – icyou Health Videos
Health 2.0 Ryan Howard - Practice Fusion
"Ryan Howard, CEO of Practice Fusion, discusses his company's ability to unify all aspect of medical visits for patients — all for free."
10.11.2009 – AOL Daily Finance
Health Records: Software Lefts Docs Go Paperless for Free, If they Look at Ads
"I caught up with Howard on the sidelines of the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco this past week. Practice Fusion's model is different than that of rivals such as All Scripts (MDRX) and eClinicalWorks, he argues. For starters, his software is not installed in any practice, but rather Web-based and hosted on an outside server, similar to what Salesforce.com (CRM) has done with customer-relationship management software. In fact Salesforce.com is a Practice Fusion partner."
10.7.2009 – VentureBeat
Will Health 2.0 Startups Usher in Consumer Driven Healthcare
"With that background, I was excited for the chance to do an interview with one of the biggest fans of the SaaS EMR model, Practice Fusion. In fact, they've even taken it one step further in providing a free, ad-based EMR. The following is an email interview I did with Practice Fusion CEO, Ryan Howard."
10.5.2009 – EMR and HIPAA
EMR Vendor: Practice Fusion's CEO Interview
"With that background, I was excited for the chance to do an interview with one of the biggest fans of the SaaS EMR model, Practice Fusion. In fact, they've even taken it one step further in providing a free, ad-based EMR. The following is an email interview I did with Practice Fusion CEO, Ryan Howard."
10.5.2009 – Mashable
Smarter Healthcare: How Social Media is Revolutionizing Your Doctor Visit
"Social media and web-based applications are also affecting the lives of doctors for the better. Practice Fusion, which recently received an investment from Salesforce.com, is something like Google Apps for doctors."
10.5.2009 – Healthcare Finance News
Vendor Notebook
"Practice Fusion, Inc., based in San Francisco, has announced that it will guarantee that physicians using the Practice Fusion EHR will qualify for the 'meaningful use' definition in the HITECH Act, thus qualifying for federal stimulus payments beginning in 2011."
10.1.2009 – HIS Talk Practice
News Review 10/1/09
"Practice Fusion is the latest EHR company to offer a guarantee that physician users will qualify for Meaningful Use. The company is developing enhancements based on the preliminary DHS matrix and will make the enhancements available across its SaaS-based network."
10.1.2009 – Medicaid First Aid
Health Wonk Review
"Glenn Laffel at EHR Bloggers – Glenn squarely takes on the issue of malpractice reform and states "Max Baucus' decision to release his solo album…was timed with the precision of a 4th grade marching band."