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About Practice Fusion
Practice Fusion provides a free, web-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system to physicians. With charting, scheduling, e-prescribing, billing, lab integrations, unlimited support and a Personal Health Record for patients, Practice Fusion's EMR addresses the complex needs of today's healthcare providers and disrupts the health IT status quo.
Practice Fusion was founded by a SaaS-innovator, who recognized that the traditional landscape of expensive, hard-to-use EHR systems simply wouldn't work for the 80% of US physicians who practice in offices of under nine providers – essentially small businesess.
By applying best practices from consumer internet technology, Practice Fusion created a free EMR available instantly online for physicians and medical professionals. Practice Fusion's free system competes directly with $50,000+ legacy EMR solutions.
Practice Fusion's community grew 400% in 2009, thanks in part to the ARRA stimulus plan creating new incentives for doctors to go digital. Practice Fusion is now the fastest growing EMR community in the country. The company is backed by salesforce.com and Morgenthaler Ventures.
Media Relations Team
Helen Phung
Helen loves working the technology beat as a Media Relations Specialist with Practice Fusion. Previously, she worked on the healthcare teams at Porter Novelli and Weber Shandwick connecting with reporters for Silicon Valley-based medical device companies Conceptus and Arthrocare; and pharmaceutical companies Astra Zeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb. She brings years of healthcare technology experience on both the B2B and consumer sides.
Expertise: Technology, health IT, security, cloud computing, data privacy, social media, start-ups
Location: San Francisco
Phone: 415.992.7726
Email: helen@practicefusion.com
Hallema Sharif Clyburn
Hallema has a nose for health coverage as a Media Relations Specialist with Practice Fusion. A former TV producer with WVUE-TV, Hallema comes to the team from positions with Burson Marsteller, the American Lung Association and UniWorld Group and experience with clients including AstraZeneca, Colgate Health and Genentech and Bank of America. Her diverse background in the healthcare sector is the foundation for spreading the word about doctors going digital.
Expertise: Healthcare, medical innovation, doctor's offices, public health, patients
Location: New York
Phone: 516.395.3630
Email: hallema@practicefusion.com
Twitter: @hallema
