We've posted on Practice Fusion before here and the feedback we've heard was that using "de-identified" patient data to subsidize a free EHR was going to be a serious problem. Practice Fusion just announced a partnership with Google wherein the web-based application will still be delivered for free but now it will be subsidized by advertisements that come up based on keywords in the patients' records. No word as to whether the initial model has been scrapped or if this new concept is complementary. One thing's for certain, it still raises the hackles of privacy advocates.
"It still comes down to the fact the company is using people's sensitive, personal information for profit," said Allison Knight, staff attorney for the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington.
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Posted by: emr implementation services | Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 04:46 AM
We've been trying out
http://curehunter.com
in our EMR as a plugin for a while now and it works pretty well as a basic evidence check.
Posted by: Yah | Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 05:31 AM
I have been tracking this company with some interest. I think the biggest issue in this market place is that physicians are traditionally extremely risk adverse - a no/low cost approach with no software to install may be what the doctor ordered (pun intended!).
There are some good screenshots of the application here:
Practice Fusion EMR Featured In Adobe Showcase.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=casestudydetail&casestudyid=337687&loc=en_us
They are also a FierceHealthIT Top HealthcareIT Innovator for 2007.
http://www.fiercehealthit.com/innovators/2007/practicefusion
(Sorry about the triple post - The links didnt work)
Posted by: Ronald Mackie | Friday, September 21, 2007 at 05:32 AM
I have been tracking this company with some interest. I think the biggest issue in this market place is that physicians are traditionally extremely risk adverse - a no/low cost approach with no software to install may be what the doctor ordered (pun intended!).
There are some good screenshots of the application here:
Practice Fusion EMR Featured In Adobe Showcase .
And some more details about the company in the following articles:
FierceHealthIT Features Practice Fusion as a Top HealthcareIT Innovator for 2007.
San Francisco Chronicle Features Practice Fusion.
Posted by: Ronald Mackie | Friday, September 21, 2007 at 05:29 AM
I have been tracking this company with some interest. I think the biggest issue in this market place is that physicians are traditionally extremely risk adverse - a no/low cost approach with no software to install may be what the doctor ordered (pun intended!).
There are some good screenshots of the application here:
Practice Fusion EMR Featured In Adobe Showcase .
And some more details about the company in the following articles:
FierceHealthIT Features Practice Fusion as a Top HealthcareIT Innovator for 2007.
San Francisco Chronicle Features Practice Fusion.
Posted by: Ronald Mackie | Friday, September 21, 2007 at 05:29 AM
I don't think this kind of a financing model will work in the long run. It's hard enough to make it work on popular Internet news and entertainment sites, where millions of visitors stop by each month and click text ads.
The concept of an inexpensive or free EMR is a good one, though.
EMR Medical Software Guy
http://electronic-medical-record.blogspot.com
Posted by: EMR Medical Software Guy | Monday, June 25, 2007 at 04:47 PM
Apparently, the "partnering" is just the use of AdSense according to this blog: http://tinyurl.com/289kfe . Nice marketing flash I suppose.
Posted by: GS | Monday, March 26, 2007 at 08:36 PM
Apparently, the "partnering" is just the use of AdSense according to this blog: http://tinyurl.com/289kfe . Nice marketing flash I suppose.
Posted by: GS | Monday, March 26, 2007 at 08:36 PM