Purkinje Incorporated pioneered pen computing for comprehensive clinical management of patients by physicians in 1991 with the "PureMD"[3] ontology-anchored medical record was later rename Dossier that allowed physician order entry, knowledge-based clinical decision support, and billing from clinical note-taking (e.g. medical history) recorded on a tablet computer. In1994 and 2007, "Dossier" was respectively awarded the "OCTAS of excellence"[4] and the "TEPR award for standalone eprescribing systems".[5] Dossier's impact of on clinical redaction was evaluated in two peer-reviewed studies.[6][7] "Purkinje software and services" currently serve over 13,000 physicians in clinics, community health centers, and hospitals throughout North America.[8] The company provides health software and related services in the areas of practice management, electronic health records, personal health records, and electronic prescribing. In addition, Purkinje provides a series of professional services to physician practices including billing services, transcription, and medication dispensing.[citation needed]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Medical software |
| Founded | Purkinje 1985, merged with Développement Purkinje in 1991 |
| Founder | Rénald St-Arnault (Purkinje, Dév. Purk.) Pierre-Paul Yale (Dév. Purk.) Michel Maksud (Purkinje, Dév. Purk.) Yves Lévesque (Dév. Purk.) Yves A. Lussier (Dév. Purk.) |
| Headquarters | Montreal , Canada |
Area served | North America |
| Products | Electronic Medical Record, Practice management software |
| Owner | John Doerr and others[1] |
Number of employees | 100[2] |
| Website | Purkinje.com |
References
edit- ^ "VC John Doerr leads $10M investment in physician software co., Purkinje". March 2007.
- ^ Purkinje.com / 2009 Corporate Profile
- ^ Lussier, YA; Maksud, M; Desruisseaux, B; Yale, PP; St-Arneault, R (1992). "PureMD: a Computerized Patient Record software for direct data entry by physicians using a keyboard-free pen-based portable computer". Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care: 261–4. PMC 2248094. PMID 1482879.
- ^ Octas of excellence
- ^ Standalone e-Prescribing Systems Archived
- ^ Patel, VL; Kushniruk, AW; Yang, S; Yale, JF (2000). "Impact of a computer-based patient record system on data collection, knowledge organization, and reasoning". J Am Med Inform Assoc. 7 (6): 569–85. doi:10.1136/jamia.2000.0070569. PMC 129666. PMID 11062231.
- ^ Kushniruk, AW; Kaufman, DR; Patel, VL; Lévesque, Y; Lottin, P (1996). "Assessment of a computerized patient record system: a cognitive approach to evaluating medical technology". MD Comput. 13 (5): 406–15. PMID 8824101.
- ^ Purkinje.com / 2009 Corporate Profile