Purkinje Incorporated
| 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 |
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. in 1994 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.
References
- ↑ http://deals.venturebeat.com/2007/03/01/vc-john-doerr-leads-10m-investment-in-physician-software-co-purkinje/
- ↑ Purkinje.com / 2009 Corporate Profile
- ↑ Yves A. Lussier, Maksud M, Desruisseaux B, Yale PP, St-Arneault R. 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. 1992:261-4.
- ↑ Octas of excellence
- ↑ Standalone e-Prescribing Systems
- ↑ Vimla L. Patel, Kushniruk AW, Yang S, Yale JF.Impact of a computer-based patient record system on data collection, knowledge organization, and reasoning. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2000 Nov-Dec;7(6):569-85.
- ↑ Kushniruk AW, Kaufman DR, Vimla L. Patel, Lévesque Y, Lottin P. Assessment of a computerized patient record system: a cognitive approach to evaluating medical technology.MD Comput. 1996 Sep-Oct;13(5):406-15.
- ↑ Purkinje.com / 2009 Corporate Profile