Pulse Joins American Academy of Family Physicians’ Electronic Medical Records Campaign
Wichita , Ks. ( October 21, 2004 ) – The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has accepted Pulse as a supporter of its Partners for Patients initiative to provide its membership with electronic health records to improve continuity of patient care, reduce medical errors, and ensure health information transportability.
Pulse signed a Declaration of Support for Partners for Patients in which the company agrees to uphold the AAFP’s four guiding principles of affordability, compatibility, interoperability and data stewardship in technology products for family physicians. In this initiative, the AAFP particularly stresses the need for quality EMR products.
“At the AAFP, we are serious about helping to make EMRs and other health information technology more affordable and standardized for our members and other physicians’ practices,” said David C. Kibbe, M.D., Director of the AAFP Center for Health Information Technology. We greatly appreciate the support from Pulse for a principle-based, industry-wide approach to these goals. Pulse is a long-time leader in this field, and is again demonstrating its leadership.”
“We are proud and excited to be a part of this growing allegiance of supporters with the AAFP,” said Basil Hourani, President of Pulse. “Our EMR system is a perfect compliment to the growing network their society is pushing towards in the area of excellence, and it is a partnership we look forward to building and sustaining in the future.”
Founded in 1947 and based in Leawood , Kansas , the American Academy of Farmily Physicians (www.aafp.org) represents more than 93,700 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the only medical specialty society devoted solely to primary care. To learn more about the Partners for Patients initiative, visit their program page.
Pulse (www.pulseinc.com) has proven itself as an industry leader with over 20-years of pioneering healthcare information systems with a nationwide client base and a second to none client care team. Pulse is focused and dedicated to perfecting the practice of healthcare. PulsePro Healthcare Information System (Practice Management/EMR) is a state-of-the art and HIPAA compliant system, powerful and built on Microsoft technologies. It is scalable and built for the needs of the client and for the future growth of the organization. Pulse offers a seamless full spectrum feature set with proven functionality.
