Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR platform for doctors and patients, today announced the hiring of four new members to its leadership team: Matt Ackley as Chief Marketing Officer; Dorothy Gemmell as Senior Vice President, Life Science Practice and Strategic Partnerships; Tim Rauschenbach as Vice President, Customer Service and Support; and Dave Caldwell as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Solutions. Additionally, Alan Black has joined Practice Fusion's Board of Directors as its newest
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AMA Supports Legislative Effort to Revise Meaningful Use
This week, the American Medical Association (AMA) declared its strong support for new legislation responding to the depths of doctors’ dissatisfaction with the federal government’s Meaningful Use program. The bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers from North Carolina would address many problems in the Meaningful Use Program by introducing needed flexibility and enhancing EHR to improve patient care and access to health information.
The Meaningful Use program has spurred 80 percent of
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Kareo Raises $55M to Expand Small Physician Practice EHR
Kareo, a cloud-based EHR provider for independent medical practices has closed $55.4 million in additional funding led by Montreux Equity Partners with participation from Silver Lake Partners and all of Kareo’s existing investors. This capital will finance the continued development of Kareo’s product line—which enables physicians to manage all major aspects of their practice—as well as expand the company’s market share. Montreux joins Kareo’s top-tier institutional investors, which
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Why EMR Patient Portal Technology Isn’t the Answer
In the 80's there was a popular phrase in the IT space: "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM." Buying IBM was a "safe bet" that wouldn't get questions or scrutiny from company leadership. The same today could be said about EMRs. Purchasing one of the "Big 3" EMR systems to meet federal requirements for incentive programs has been a no-brainer for the last decade.
However, now that meaningful use of those records by patients is necessary, many medical professionals are struggling with their
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Ryan Howard Talks How Practice Fusion Overcame the Free EHR Stigma
The faith in EHR technology to cure our health system’s ills may be dwindling, but not for Practice Fusion’s CEO and founder Ryan Howard. Today, his San Francisco-based company is dominating the competition by offering the largest mobile cloud-based, Meaningful-Use-certified EHR platform in the U.S. And it’s free.
So how did a free EHR technology overcome the stigma that often comes with such technology to dominate the market? And how can a free product maintain the integrity and
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Epic to Create Clinical Decision Support Tool for Falls Prevention
On Monday at the White House Conference on Aging, EHR leader Epic Systems announced it will create a clinical decision support tool (CDS) too for patient falls prevention based on CDC's guidelines. The CDS tool is expected to be available to all Epic clients by the end of the year designed to make it easier for health care providers to screen for falls, intervene to reduce risk, and provide follow-up care.
Additionally, it was announced that Kaiser Permanente will implement the CDC’s
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NextGen Healthcare, Mass HIway Connect to Ensure Secure Exchange of Patient Information
NextGen Healthcare, a provider of healthcare information systems, services, and connectivity solutions, today announced it has successfully connected to the Mass HIway, marking the opening of a new secure electronic communication channel for Massachusetts healthcare providers. This has created thousands of connections across hospitals and eligible professionals nationwide.
Through this partnership, providers utilizing NextGen® Share can now exchange crucial patient information with the 350+
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Report: EMR Market to Grow at 7% Over Next 5 Years
The EMR market is expected to grow at 7 to 8 percent each year over the next five years according to recent report by Kalorama Information. The report, EMR 2015: The Market for Electronic Medical Records reveals that while the growth rate is lower than previous years, there are enough opportunities for vendors in consulting and training, system upgrades and poaching contracts from other vendors. Fear of penalties will also convince a few new customers to seek out services.
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UAB Medicine Selects athenahealth to Advance Care Coordination
UAB Medicine, the third largest academic medical center in the nation is implementing athenaCoordinator Enterprise patient access services to improve care coordination in the ambulatory space. The implementation will streamline care transitions and patient referrals, in The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, a multi-specialty ambulatory care site that serves more than 2,000 patients a day in 35 specialties.
The solution is expected to go-live in July allowing UAB Medicine to ensure patients
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A Proposal for Disruptive Regulation of EHRs
The latest salvo in the interoperability and information-blocking debate comes from two academic experts in the field of informatics, and was recently published in JAMIA. In the brief article, Sittig and Wright are endeavoring to describe the prerequisites for classifying an EHR as “open” or interoperable. I believe the term “open” is a much better fit here, and if the EHR software happens to come from a business dependent on revenues, as opposed to grant funding from the government, bankrupt
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