Practice Fusion partnering with BioReference Laboratories

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion Inc., an electronic health record community for physicians, is partnering with BioReference Laboratories of Elmwood Park, N.J., the third-largest full service laboratory in the United States.

The companies will collaborate to distribute Practice Fusion’s EHR to interested BioReference physicians and will integrate BioReference lab results into the Practice Fusion’s system. Practice Fusion’s EHR includes charting, e-prescribing, scheduling, integration with billing systems, along with free training and support. It’s Live in Five set-up process is designed to get physicians up and running on the system in five minutes, with only a computer and web connection.

BioReference Laboratories’ physicians will be able to request and receive patient lab results directly within Practice Fusion’s free EHR platform. Results will be incorporated directly into a patient’s electronic record for easy reference and collaboration with colleagues. The BioReference partnership may effectively double the size of the Practice Fusion user community, according to the firm.

Michael Bassett,

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