Google Getting In On EMR's

Powerhouse internet website "Google" has reached an agreement with Practice Fusions which is a company that specializes in web based EMR software. The long and short of the agreement is that the EMR software will be free and financed by Google ads. This is likely to be very beneficial for smaller practices as the transition from going from the old paper records in their office to electronic records generates a steep upfront cost. With this agreement with Practice Fusion there will be no licensing fee or charges for hosting. The company even has a blog which is updated to help smaller and even bigger facilities with ideas how to change from a paper office to an "e-office". Google has assured that they will not have access to the information on these records insuring privacy. The ads that will fund this free EMR service provided by Practice Fusions will largely from different prescription drug companies, hospitals, and doctor's offices. There are several companies that exist currently that provide high tech EMR software that provide physician to physician contact as well as patient to physician contact in ways never before imagined. The problem however is that almost all of these companies are in the business of making money and charge a large sum of money for their software. Perhaps with this recent development of Google forming an agreement with Practice Fusion we may see a lot more smaller less financially powerful practices able to convert their offices to electronic medical records.