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 Medical Records Service Practice Fusion Raises $6M From SV Angel, Founders Fund And Others.
On a side note, at my office here in DC, I saw an interesting patient this past week referred over from Bethesda Physicians, PC. Not so interesting from the standpoint of her issue, but much more interesting from the standpoint that her records included a note from her PCP… wait for it… written in Practice Fusion!!! I’ve been waiting for the day that, here in DC, I am now starting to get referrals from other offices using Practice Fusion. So cool to see that familiar note formatting coming in from someone else for a change. We get phone calls all the time from other offices, asking us how we like PF — and even have a visiting doctor and her practice manager coming over in person next week — but this is the first time to see another office right up the road using it.
Practice Fusion should be very proud. They are starting to take off in the DC Metro area. Quick, someone make a coverage map, like they do for cell phone companies!
Dr. West is an endocrinologist in private practice in Washington, DC. He completed fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and opened The Washington Endocrine Clinic, PLLC, as a solo practice in 2009. He can be reached at doctorwestindc@gmail.com.
So great to hear that the Practice Fusion users are taking DC by storm!
Thinking of the Beatles’ Revolution lyrics here.
Now if Practice Fusion could just build out the feature that would let you get that patient information electronically instead of on paper, that would be golden. I’m sure it’s on the roadmap.
John, I don’t quite follow. The patient’s records came into our digital fax as a PDF document and were uploaded to her chart directly for review.
Dr. West,
Right, but how cool would it be if all those granular data elements (allergies, pmhx, family history, etc) could be imported as opposed to just a flat fax. That’s what I’m talking about.
Oh yes, that would be great, but the imported data needs to be editable. You wouldn’t believe what a lot of patients put on those intake forms.
I would rather pay than compromise my patient’s privacy. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/10/24/practice-fusion-reviews-whoops/