http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Sat, 18 May 2013 22:09:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50312 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:00:42 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50312 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50311 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:59:07 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50311 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50080 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:02:08 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50080 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50065 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:35:54 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50065 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50064 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:42:02 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50064 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50062 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:31:29 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50062 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50061 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:19:16 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50061 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50059 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:31:29 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50059 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-50058 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:08:02 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-50058 [...] showing significant growth. Practice Fusion is another company generating buzz. It has offered a free medical record system, deciding it better to attract doctors that way, and then make money by offering analytics on the [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-48922 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:16:50 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-48922 [...] The story: ”‘Ninety percent of doctors do have a computerized billing system, though 90 percent of doctors don’t have an electronic medical annals system,’ pronounced Practice Fusion CEO and cofounder Ryan Howard. ‘That means a concentration is on removing paid, not on healthcare.’” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-48917 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:34:21 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-48917 [...] The story: ”‘Ninety percent of doctors do have a computerized billing system, but 90 percent of doctors don’t have an electronic medical records system,’ said Practice Fusion CEO and cofounder Ryan Howard. ‘That means the focus is on getting paid, not on healthcare.’” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-48915 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:17:12 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-48915 [...] The story: ”‘Ninety percent of doctors do have a computerized billing system, but 90 percent of doctors don’t have an electronic medical records system,’ said Practice Fusion CEO and cofounder Ryan Howard. ‘That means the focus is on getting paid, not on healthcare.’” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-48914 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:01:37 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-48914 [...] The story: ”‘Ninety percent of doctors do have a computerized billing system, but 90 percent of doctors don’t have an electronic medical records system,’ said Practice Fusion CEO and cofounder Ryan Howard. ‘That means the focus is on getting paid, not on healthcare.’” [...]

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-2940 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:58:16 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-2940 Yes, Jeff, you are correct. That was my slip-up and I'll get it changed right away. There are 70,000 users of the system, which includes front-office and support personnel. There are 28,000 doctors. Thanks for pointing that out!

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-2938 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:08:41 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-2938 I know doctors who use Practice Fusion. They really get tired of all the adds on the freeware. They wind up switching to the pay model. Also, I do not believe for a second that 70,000 physicians are using Practice Fusion. There are about 800,000 doctors in the US. Is this article trying to tell us that 10% of all US doctors use Practice Fusion? Yeah right.

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-2939 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:20:13 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-2939 Yes, I asked Practice Fusion about that. The company sells the data cleansed of identifying information and in very large chunks. So, for instance, it would not be possible to identify the doctor or the hospital who collected any particular record, nor would it be possible to match any individual to their medical specifics. The idea is to create data sets that can be used for medical research, development of automated diagnostic tools, and the like.

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-2937 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:48:10 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-2937 Good to show their approach but keep in mind, they reserve the right to sell data that they collect. Not many people who use the service know that. I doubt many of them would use it if they knew about it.

]]> http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/29/a-free-electronic-health-record-system-practice-fusion-delivers/#comment-2936 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:44:42 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=251362#comment-2936 The two doctor usage examples really bring the power of Practice Fusion to light. Congrats Ryan and the Practice Fusion team!

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