Purkinje Launches CareSeries, New Web-Based Integrated Clinical and Billing Solution for Medical Practices

Evidence-Based Medicine and Technology Together Improve Care, Lower Costs, Capture New Revenue

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Purkinje, a leading service and software partner of physicians, today introduced CareSeries, an integrated, Web-based suite of software solutions that facilitate clinical and administrative workflow within medical practices. Tailored for small and medium-sized physician practices, CareSeries includes electronic health record (EHR), enterprise practice management (EPM) and billing, e-prescribing and personal health record (PHR) software modules. CareSeries provides evidence-driven decision support at the point of care to improve patient outcomes, lower costs and capture new revenue for physicians.

“CareSeries provides clinical and administrative solutions that help return the joy of practicing medicine to the busy medical practice physician”

“CareSeries has transformed our small clinic,” said Dr. Dave Fairbrook of Clinic at Panorama City, which provides quality care to more than 6,000 patients in the Lacey, Wash. area. “Where we once considered closing our doors due to considerable troubles with the Medicare billing process, Purkinje’s solution enabled us to give our staff pay increases for the first time in several years. The staff is happier and more productive because CareSeries has optimized our clinical and administrative workflow. CareSeries has been instrumental in saving us time and money and improving patient care.”

CareSeries is an affordable, Web-based solution suite that gives physicians the freedom and flexibility to easily implement and maintain the software while lowering upfront costs for medical practices. Hosted and maintained by Purkinje, CareSeries incorporates:

• CareSeries EHR – An electronic health record combining time enhancing features with evidence-driven decision support and population management tools. The system gives busy clinicians timely access to pertinent patient data and the ability to quickly provide optimal patient care.
• CareSeries EPM – An easy-to-use yet extremely powerful enterprise practice management system which automates common administrative and billing tasks, and streamlines front and back-office workflow while ensuring timely and accurate reimbursement.
• CareSeries ERx - An award winning e-prescribing system offering context-specific integrated clinical decision support at the point of prescribing based on the best published evidence. CareSeries ERx gives doctors visibility into the cost, efficacy and adverse effects of various medication-based therapeutic alternatives.
• CareSeries PHR - A personal health record system which enables communication between physicians and their patients via a secure website. CareSeries PHR enables patients to update demographics, request refills, view lab results, pay bills, complete their medical history, schedule appointments, and access care recommendations and educational handouts.

“CareSeries provides clinical and administrative solutions that help return the joy of practicing medicine to the busy medical practice physician,” said Bryan Dieter, CEO of Purkinje. “Purkinje was founded by doctors for doctors, and we understand the importance of easy-to-use, affordable, intuitive EHR and EPM systems. Purkinje has gone beyond the industry norm in our level of evidence-based medicine, which we apply in a context-specific fashion to help physicians provide better care at lower cost. Technology must be continually enhanced with clinical and billing expertise to drive improvement in a manner that physicians will embrace and really use.”

Improve Care, Lower Costs, Gain New Revenue - Benefits of CareSeries

Studies appearing in Health Affairs magazine in January, 2007, show that electronic health records advance medical progress and aid doctors’ decision-making in real time. The evidence and clinical “gap” existing is shown to be addressed by electronic health records, which help narrow this gap by accelerating the creation of evidence relevant to everyday practice needs and facilitating real-time use of knowledge in practice. [Health Affairs 26, no. 2 (2007): w181-w191]

CareSeries’ evidence-driven decision support is seamlessly integrated into the software, and provides background for physicians to make informed care decisions without interrupting their workflow. Purkinje’s electronic prescribing system is the only such system proven in a peer-reviewed study to reduce outpatient medication costs.

More than 5,000 physicians benefit from Purkinje solutions, citing clinical improvement in quality of care; enhanced physician productivity; and reduction in medical errors. On the financial side, Purkinje practice management solutions cut administrative costs, capture new and unrealized revenue, and maximize practice profitability.

Purkinje is the physicians advocate, understanding the challenges facing small and medium-sized practices. Purkinje partners with doctors to overcome the cost and risk factors associated with adopting an EHR system. CareSeries is delivered via an economical subscription model, without significant upfront investment or long term risk. Ease-of-use is a hallmark of Purkinje solutions; implementation and training is done by local partners and in a flex-schedule, reducing costs and practice disruptions.

In related news, Purkinje announced today $10 million in a Series D round of financing (please see separate press release) led by Purkinje Board members John Doerr, noted Kleiner Perkins Caulfield Byers venture capitalist, and Michael Long, former Healtheon CEO. Purkinje will use the new funds to expand professional services, sales, marketing and business development.

Pricing and Availability

Priced for the small and medium-sized practice, Purkinje’s Web-based, software-as-a-service solutions relieve physicians from costly software and hardware investments. CareSeries is currently available at $399 per-physician-per-month through Purkinje and its Professional Service Partners. For more information call 866-935-8069 or visit http://www.purkinje.com/en/solutions_us.cfm.

About Purkinje

Purkinje partners with physicians to help them save time, maximize income, and provide optimal care to their patients. The company offers a unified suite of solutions in the areas of practice management, electronic health records, personal health records, and electronic prescribing which incorporate innovative decision support and workflow enhancing tools. Additionally, Purkinje provides a series of professional services to physician practices that further maximize efficiency, cost savings, and income including billing services, transcription, and medication fulfillment. Named in honor of renowned Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkinje, the company’s solutions are relied upon by more than 5,000 physicians in medical groups, community health centers and hospitals. Purkinje has over 350 employees and is based in St. Louis, Mo. For more information, please visit www.purkinje.com.