Tablet-Based EHR Introduced
By Katie Wike, contributing writer
Good news for doctors who love their tablets; Practice Fusion’s new EHR platform is mobile-compatible.
Providers frequently bash their electronic health records (EHRs), but Practice Fusion may be eliminating one complaint, launching new platform compatible with tablets like the Apple iPad, iPad mini, and Android.
“The new EHR performs faster, is more responsive, has more intuitive workflows and is built on industry-leading technologies - all designed with the medical professional in mind,” company executives said, according to Health Data Management.
“With a tablet-optimized EHR, physicians are no longer bound to their desk in the exam room,” Practice Fusion executives said. “They can move freely around the office, accessing patient records and logging patient visits on the go. It also integrates seamlessly with the consumer-facing Patient Fusion portal, where patients can access their own personal health records.”
This new interface seeks to satisfy doctors who prefer mobile devices to laptop and desktop computers. Ryan Howard, founder and CEO of Practice Fusion told Venture Beat that mobile access was the number one request of the over 100,000 providers who use Practice Fusion.
“Unlike our competitors who struggle to make a dated, legacy product work on a mobile device, we decided to build our industry-leading EHR from the ground up to deliver the best experience for our users,” said Howard in a press release. “Beyond delivering the best looking and best responding cloud-based EHR on the market, with this new product we are now equipped to work even better with larger practices and enterprise partners.”
“An overwhelming majority of physician practices, hospitalists, and EHR vendors are all turning to mobile EHR applications to enhance their access to patient information both in the office and on the go,” said Black Book Rankings after a recent survey of providers.
Health IT Outcomes adds, “A full 100 percent of practices participating in the poll expect EHR systems that allow access to patient data wherever physicians are providing or reviewing care. The vast majority of all survey respondents favored mobile applications that focus on the patient data and core parts of medical practice most needed when the physician is away from the office setting.”