Practice Fusion in DC for summit on interoperability
Recently had the pleasure of spending a great night out with our friends Emily Peters and Tom McMennamin at Practice Fusion. After serving 22 patients in a very busy day for us yesterday, we had a...
View ArticleEMR Development, Where are the Doctors?
John Lynn, over at EMRandEHR.com recently wondered about Depth in an EMR Conference. He recently attended the Health Tech Next Generation conference in San Francisco, where few doctors seemed to be...
View ArticleLatest Practice Fusion Stats Continue to Skyrocket
Just thought I would share with my readers the continued phenomenal climb in users and patients served by my EMR, EHR provider, Practice Fusion. They continue to impress the heck out of me in terms of...
View ArticleEMRs, EHRs Should Generate Easy to Read Notes
I had an interesting phone call last week from an ENT doctor who had received my office note for a patient and wanted to run his proposal for surgery by me before proceeding. The patient in discussion...
View ArticleRealities of Drug Ads in Free EHR, EMR
A while back, John Lynn wrote an interesting post considering drug ads and their part in free EMR business models, e-Detailing and Pharmacy Ads and Free EHR Software. As a practicing provider who sees...
View ArticleOops, Practice Fusion Did It Again
What’s $6 million more amongst friends? Practice Fusion recently released their latest meteoric-rise statistics in funds raised per the lovely venture capitalists of the world. Check out Electronic...
View ArticleAre More Doctors Leaving Medicare?
Today’s blog is a bit of a departure from my usual EMR and EHR focus, but I think that Medicare is pretty intricately intertwined with the EMR incentives via Meaningful Use, and so I thought I would...
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Finally broke for an iPad
Ok, so I finally broke down and bought the little devil, despite my hesitations earlier in the year. Lowest memory possible — 16 GB — but did get the WiFi-3G combo. I figured I will just need to get...
View ArticlePractice Fusion Connect 2011 Afterthoughts
Warning: long blog ahead. So here are my after thoughts about the PF Connect 2011 conference on Saturday. I’m going to put on the TripAdvisor hat here and attempt to be honest – critically evaluating...
View ArticleBreakfast Panel: Doctors and Patients Bridging the Digital Divide
Greetings readers! This week I’m excited to say that I have been invited to participate as part of a breakfast panel for National Health IT Week at the W Hotel in Washington, DC. The title of the...
View ArticlePractice Fusion’s Free Chromebook Comes at a High Price
Update (4/2/14): I just got word that Practice Fusion has updated their terms page and removed the negativity clause. Practice Fusion’s offering a free Google Chromebook to docs who sign up for its...
View ArticleIs Practice Fusion Heading for an IPO?
The New York Times recently reported that Practice Fusion is said to have hired JP Morgan Chase to evaluate an IPO. Here’s a look at the estimated IPO number for Practice Fusion according to the New...
View ArticlePractice Fusion Cuts 25% of Staff
Following on our post a few weeks ago about the potential Practice Fusion IPO, news just came out that EHR vendor, Practice Fusion, has now cut its staff by 25%. The Techcrunch report says that the...
View ArticleDumb Question 101: What’s Workflow Doing in an EHR?
This was going to be a five year relook at Practice Fusion. Back then, I’d written a critical review saying I wouldn’t be a PF consultant. Going over PF now, I found it greatly changed. For example, I...
View ArticlePractice Fusion Founder Launches Wearables Startup
Free EMR vendor Practice Fusion has always been something of a newsmaker. Since its launch in 2005, the company has drawn both praise and controversy for its revenue-generation approach, which has...
View ArticlePractice Fusion Settles FTC Charges Over “Deceptive” Consumer Marketing
In what may be a first for the EMR industry, ambulatory EMR vendor Practice Fusion has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled consumers as part of a campaign to gather reviews for its...
View ArticleEnterprise EHR Vendors Consolidating Hold On Doctors
When I stumbled across a recent study naming the EHRs most widely used by physicians, I don’t know what I expected, but I did not think big-iron enterprise vendors would top the list. I was wrong. In...
View ArticleNews Flash: Physicians Still Very Dissatisfied With EMRs
Anyone who reads this blog knows that many physicians still aren’t convinced that the big industry-wide EMR rollout was a good idea. But nonetheless, I was still surprised to learn — as you might be as...
View ArticleHealth IT End of Year Loose Ends
In that random scrap heap I refer to as my memory, I’ve compiled several items not worthy of a full post, but that keep nagging me for a mention. Here are the ones that’ve surfaced: Patient Matching....
View ArticleAllscripts to Pay $100 Million Cash to Acquire Practice Fusion
Today, Allscripts announced that it would pay $100 million cash to acquire EHR vendor, Practice Fusion. I wouldn’t quite say this is a fire sale, but in Silicon Valley it’s pretty close when you...
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