CARY, NC – Medfusion, which sells patient-to-provider online communication solutions, has acquired Medem’s iHealth suite of services for physicians and the iHealth Personal Health Record solution for patients.
Financial details were not disclosed.
Based in San Francisco, Medem was founded by the AMA and several national medical specialty societies to develop and provide secure, online communications services for physicians and other healthcare providers – including hospitals and health systems – to communicate with their patients.
“This acquisition will accelerate the expansion of our patient communication platform and enable Medfusion to provide even more value to physicians and patients,” said Steve Malik, founder and CEO of Medfusion.
“With the ARRA stimulus funding nearly in place and the definition of “meaningful use” to include patient access and communication, patient portal technologies are a necessity for physician practices today. The acquisition of the iHealth services allows Medfusion to both broaden our solution offering and provide even more options for physicians to enhance communication with their patients.”
Online patient communication – or patient portals – is the fastest-growing segment of healthcare IT, with over 20,000 patients joining a Medfusion-hosted portal weekly. Patients can then communicate securely with their physicians for important tasks like appointment requests, prescription renewals, filling out paperwork … even conducting “e-visits.”
Medfusion patient utilization is on track to exceed twelve million patient interactions in this year.
In addition to creating an expanded service offering, Medfusion brings Medem’s 8,000 providers into the Medfusion Physician Network.
Online: www.medfusion.net
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