Practice Fusion enters iPad arena

Jeff Byers | | Health Exec | Precision Medicine
Practice Fusion, a web-based EHR system provider, has developed an EHR for the iPad. 

The iPad EHR includes charting, scheduling, e-prescribing, referral letters and other clinical features tailored to the primary care medical practice.
 
With a free Practice Fusion EHR account and a $29.95 LogMeIn Ignition for iPhone/iPad app, medical providers can use an iPad to chart anywhere they have cellphone or WiFi reception, Practice Fusion stated.

This removes technological and financial barriers for house-call physicians and clinicians because they will be able to chart anytime, anywhere without being tethered to a locally installed EHR or a stand-alone computer, according to the San Francisco-based developer.

    Providers can perform all EHR functions from their iPad tablet, increasing their ability to communicate and collaborate with patients and other care providers in real time, the company added.

    Jeff Byers

    Related Content

    Pitching the business case for 3D printing labs in radiology
    FDA issues first-ever clearance for OTC oximeter
    Augmented reality company secures $15M in funding from Cleveland Clinic, Mayo, GE Healthcare and more
    Merck to acquire Prometheus Biosciences for $10.8B
    Johnson & Johnson scraps RSV vaccine after trial
    Intermountain Health launches new biotech company

    Around the web

    AI in Healthcare
    4 ways HHS plans to help shape a national strategy for healthcare AI

    HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.

    Cardiovascular Business
    FDA announces recall after Philips heart monitor software failed to send alerts—multiple deaths reported

    Philips is recalling the software associated with its Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry devices after certain high-risk ECG events were never routed to trained cardiology technicians as intended. The issue, which lasted for two years, has been linked to more than 100 injuries. 

    Cardiovascular Business
    Why electrophysiologists needed a champion in Washington

    Heart Rhythm Society President Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, detailed a new advocacy group focused on improving EP reimbursements, patient care and access. “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu," he said.