Drchrono.com
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drchrono provides a patient care platform that consists of an iPad based EHR (Electronic Health Record), an iPad based patient portal (onboarding system) and a web based practice management and medical billing system. drchrono was a member company of the Winter 2011 Y-Combinator program and is based in Mountain View, CA.

Technologies

drchrono is built on start-of-art open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 technologies, Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

, Python
Python (programming language)
Python is a general-purpose, high-level programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive...

 and MySQL
MySQL
MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...



Activities

The company released the first Pad EHR system to be certified for Meaningful Use by Infogard Laboratories in June 2011..

Free Medical Search Engines

drchrono provides a number of free medical search engines: a free medical icd-9 search engine, a free electronic medical insurance payer search engine, and a free iPhone ICD-9 search engine. They have a a place to ask questions about medical billing
Medical billing (United States)
Medical billing & coding is the process of submitting and following up on claims to insurance companies in order to receive payment for services rendered by a healthcare provider. The same process is used for most insurance companies, whether they are private companies or government-owned...

. Plans to expand on the search engines are in the works, e.g. releasing a DSM search engine.

Partnerships

drchrono is working on a number of partnership
Partnership
A partnership is an arrangement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.Since humans are social beings, partnerships between individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments, and varied combinations thereof, have always been and remain commonplace...

s with other health companies to offer integrated health services, having a work culture of "lets work together" to build something great.

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