Purkinje Incorporated

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.

Purkinje Incorporated
Private
IndustryMedical software
FoundedPurkinje 1985, merged with Développement Purkinje in 1991
FounderRénald 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
ProductsElectronic Medical Record, Practice management software
OwnerJohn Doerr and others[1]
Number of employees
100[2]
WebsitePurkinje.com

References
  1. https://venturebeat.com/2007/03/01/vc-john-doerr-leads-10m-investment-in-physician-software-co-purkinje/
  2. Purkinje.com / 2009 Corporate Profile
  3. 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.
  4. Octas of excellence
  5. Standalone e-Prescribing Systems
  6. Patel, VL; 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. 7: 569–85. doi:10.1136/jamia.2000.0070569. PMC 129666. PMID 11062231.
  7. 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.
  8. Purkinje.com / 2009 Corporate Profile
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