Given at PAO Annual Convention 2011

1. Practice Fusion
Cesar A. Perez, Jr., MD DPBO
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2. Disclaimer
Speaker is not in any way part of ownership
or an employee of Practice Fusion.
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3. Benefits of EMR
1. Speed
2. Efficiency
3. Storage
4. Security
5. Accessibility
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5. Intro
• Practice Fusion
• founded in 2005 in San Francisco
• launched in 2007
• over 100,000 users
• 20 million patients registered
• multi-investor funding
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6. Practice Fusion
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7. Free EMR
• 100% free
• ad-supported solution
• unlimited free support
• “live on five”
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8. Web-based Software
• always online
• no strict hardware requirements
• access everywhere
• no restrictions
• highly secure
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9. Hardware
Requirements
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10. Microsoft requirements
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11. Apple requirements
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12. Linux requirements
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13. Ease of use
• designed with doctors, nurses and staff
• free support anytime
• customizable
• modular
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14. EMR
• Eye Republic Clinic
- 8 Eye MDs
- Multiple clinics
- Using Practice
Fusion since July
2010
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15. Receiving Area
Clinic Area
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56. Disadvantages
• Back-up storage
• Based abroad - server issue
• ICD-9 classification
• Flash-based interface
• internet speed dependent
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57. Recap
• Practice Fusion offers a FREE, web-based
electronic medical record
• Good customer support
• Disadvantages are few
• Suitability depends on the end-user
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58. "I heard he was
going to switch to
electronic medical
records but he
couldn't find his
computer."
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