Free EMR to Donate $1 to Doctors Without Borders for Each Holiday Sign-up

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Practice Fusion will donate $1 to Doctors Without Borders, the medical humanitarian organization providing aid in nearly 60 countries, for each new sign-up as part of its Care for the Holidays drive.  The free, web-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) company is inviting family practice physicians, nurses and practice staff around the country to try its free EMR over the holidays and help support health-related humanitarian efforts around the world.

"Doctors can start the new year with a primary care EMR that is actually affordable and easy to use," said Ryan Howard, CEO of Practice Fusion. "With Care for the Holidays, we're encouraging our community of family practice doctors to reach out to their friends to spread the word and also to help a deserving charity.  It's part of the Practice Fusion Foundation's ongoing commitment to supporting non-profits and volunteerism."

Healthcare professionals interested in trying Practice Fusion's free EMR system can signup online at PracticeFusion.com/Care.  For each new registration, Practice Fusion will donate $1 to support Doctors Without Borders.  The donation drive ends January 15, 2011.

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971 providing aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care or natural disasters.

Practice Fusion's Electronic Medical Record system is available free to any medical provider in the United States. The free family practice EMR includes charting, scheduling, e-prescribing and other clinical features tailored to the small and mid-sized medical practice. To find out more about Care for the Holidays or sign up for Practice Fusion, please visit PracticeFusion.com/Care.

About Practice Fusion

Practice Fusion provides a free, web-based Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system to primary care physicians. With charting, scheduling, e-prescribing, billing, lab integrations, referral letters, unlimited support and a Personal Health Record for patients, Practice Fusion's EMR addresses the complex needs of today's healthcare providers and disrupts the health IT status quo. Practice Fusion is the fastest growing EMR community in the country with more than 60,000 users and 6 million patients. For more information about Practice Fusion, please visit practicefusion.com.

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