appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message practice fusion inc. type private industry healthcare information technology founded 2005 headquarters san francisco ca us key people ryan howard founder alan wong co founder jonathan malek technical co founder 1 products electronic health records personal health record patient portals data analysis health care analytics website www.practicefusion.com practice fusion is a free web based electronic health record ehr company founded in 2005 operated and privately owned by practice fusion inc. in san francisco california . 2 the saas startup provides physicians and medical professionals with free advertising supported ehr and medical practice management technology 3 that includes charting scheduling e prescribing erx 4 medical billing 5 lab and imaging center integrations 6 referral letters meaningful use certification 7 training support and a personal health record for patients . 8 contents 1 history 2 products 3 notes 4 external links history edit practice fusion was founded in 2005 by ryan howard 9 previously it billing integration consultant for 12 000 physicians at brown & toland and engineer jonathan malek . 10 the first version of the product was launched in 2007 and initially gained little traction in the tough economy . 11 the company began to grow in 2009 when the ehr and customer support were made free . 10 band of angels and felicis ventures became the first major investors in the company in may 2009 followed by salesforce.com in june morgenthaler ventures in december 2010 10 12 and founders fund in april 2011 . 10 the company closed a 70 million series d round of financing led by kleiner perkins caufield & byers in september 2013 followed by a 15 million series d extension in december 2013 led by qualcomm ventures bringing total funding to date to 149 million . 13 the product achieved onc atcb meaningful use certification in june 2011 . 7 it has been named the no. 1 emr for customer satisfaction among primary care providers from 2011 to 2013 in addition to being named no. 1 for e prescribing client satisfaction and helping doctors achieve meaningful use by brown wilson s black book rankings . 14 15 in september 2013 klas reports named it the no. 1 ehr system for value among ambulatory professionals . 16 the 2013 state of the small practice survey conducted by practice fusion indicated that 36 percent of providers were using three to six year old computers . in response the company launched a free ehr free laptop campaign in 2014 . the campaign supplied a complimentary google chromebook to new physician users of practice fusion s ehr platform to increase incentive . citation needed the move also further symbolized practice fusion s dedication to a free modern web based ehr solution . products edit practice fusion free web based electronic health record ehr software for physicians and medical professionals . the ehr system includes medical charting e prescribing clinical decision support advisories online booking and scheduling online referrals and messaging . its lab imaging and billing modules integrate with a network of third party laboratories medical imaging centers and medical billing services . free support is available for ehr setup and usage ; meaningful use pqrs and icd 10 incentives ; and technical issues . all offerings are hipaa compliant . patient fusion personal health record phr system that gives patients access to their prescriptions diagnoses and test results . records update as physicians adds information to their patients charts . consumers can search physicians by location and specialty and request an appointment online . 17 insight by practice fusion an analytic product based on the practice fusion dataset of 81 million patient records . real time data provides perspective on clinical trends 18 and helps with population health management and clinical decision support . notes edit practice fusion s executive team . about practice fusion . blankenhorn dana 2008 07 31 . psst . want a free electronic medical records system . zdnet . free ehr adds e prescribing . health data management . 2010 01 13 . colliver victoria 2007 03 16 . medical site is on a mission to set records . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2009 07 06 . histalk news 3 22 2012 . a b campbell steve 2011 06 07 . practice fusion s electronic health record system achieves complete onc atcb meaningful use certification . emr daily news . retrieved 2012 04 11 . external link in work help ehr features . dwivedi devesh . employee turned entrepreneur ryan howard ceo practice fusion . a b c d roush wade 2011 11 10 . practice fusion bids for dominance in the doctor s office with a free ad supported electronic health record system . xconomy . retrieved 2012 04 11 . herel suzanne 2011 09 30 . meet the boss ryan howard ceo of practice fusion . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2012 04 11 . dougherty conor & tam pui wing 2010 04 01 . start ups cash cash as funds trickle back . the wall street journal . retrieved 2012 04 11 . practice fusion adds another 15m from qualcomm to help fuel growth acquisitions & mobile push . report practice fusion voted no. 1 overall ehr in year of the ehr switch . 2012 black book rankings top ehr & emr vendors e prescribing . 2013 ambulatory emr performance 1 10 physicians the quest for value amid rising expectations . practice fusion continues to reach beyond digital health records adds free expense tracking to new booking engine . practice fusion pulls back the curtain on its electronic health data for a fee . external links edit practice fusion v t e health software barcoding bar code medication administration databases acp smart medicine epocrates lexicomp medscape micromedex diagnostics bioimaging 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