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Purkinje Incorporated

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Purkinje Incorporated
Company typePrivate
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

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]

References

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  1. ^ "VC John Doerr leads $10M investment in physician software co., Purkinje". March 2007.
  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 Archived
  6. ^ 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.
  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. PMID 8824101.
  8. ^ Purkinje.com / 2009 Corporate Profile