August 5, 2008
Practice Fusion’s Free EMR Reaches Milestone
Written by: John
I’ve recently been rather critical of Practice Fusion’s free EMR offering. I honestly don’t think that any of my feelings have changed about their offering. However, here’s a part of their press release that at least shows they’re getting some traction
Practice Fusion, the leader in free, web-based physician practice applications, announced today the addition of 1,300 medical professionals since its launch in November of 2007 and is currently serving more than a quarter million patients.
That should be a large enough sample size to get some interesting feedback about the product. The question is whether the product is really that good or whether the people at Practice Fusion are just great at marketing. Granted, marketing a free product is easier than getting people to pony up money. It will be interesting to see if their revenue model is sustainable. The problem is that a doctor’s office won’t know if it’s sustainable. I’m still not sure I put my practice on the shoulders of an unproven model. At least not yet.
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You get what you pay for… For anyone in the behavioral Health or Substance Abuse field I recently came across Sigmund Software. Very nice design and well layed out I would give them a look.
Have you ever looked at a web site that is all web based complete practice mgt go to
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I would recommend Mitochon. Mitochon Systems also has an ad-supported low-cost medical EMR offering for doctors. Their website is http://www.mitochonsystems.com.
Mitochon Systems connects physicians, patients, and hospitals into a Virtual Medical Community (VMC) that provides a secure platform for the exchange of healthcare information. Their products are called miEMR and miConnect.
Check them out too.
Thanks for introducing us to some other options Steve. Are you the marketing person for Mitochon Systems?
Practice Fusion just eclipsed the 35,000 user mark and there is some pretty strong feedback across the web. Sign up and see for yourself what a free “EMR ” can do for your practice.