Practice Fusion Summary

This article analyzes why Practice Fusion is the dominant and fastest growing player in cloud-based electronic health records. The author pointed out that Practice Fusion has greater than 40% market share in the industry and their newly launched native version of its EHR for iOS and Android tables best fit in the workflow of the medical care providers. This expansion of technological capabilities enabled Practice Fusion to provide functionality and accessibility in three platforms: desktop, iOS and Android. These addresses the need of some healthcare providers for flexibility, being able to access patient data with ease and confidence and beyond that, it comes at low or no cost.
The writer compared Practice Fusion with its closest competition
the E-Clinical Works. Highlights of the comparison are cost, market share, platforms, versatility and electronic health data management capabilities.
This article is addressing decision makers and key players on electronic healthcare records (EHR) migration and acquisition. This is a timely article for those that are in the process of making a decision to migrate to EHR or are considering options in complying to the “meaningful use” program as mandated by the government. The author is a physician that has practiced for 14 years. He is a telemedicine practitioner (DR 911), Medscape adviser (physician education portal) and WebMD affiliate. He is a regular contributor and has written various articles on medical technology and physician education.