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Released: April 10, 2013
Medical service using the cloud
Source: Quentin Hardy, N.Y.Times (Free Registration)
Practice Fusion is a company that offers doctors cloud-based electronic medical records software for managing relationships with patients and big parts of the health care industry. It also seems like a good place to explore feelings about privacy, and the business of Big Data.
The company, privately held and based in San Francisco, says it has 150,000 health care providers using its free service and medical records on 60 million patients. On Tuesday Practice Fusion announced a new service, called Patient Fusion, which enables people using the system to schedule appointments with any participating doctor.
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