The MediNotes Corporation was a private,
independent software vendor (ISV) based in
West Des Moines,
Iowa. They manufactured and published, maintained, and supported an
Electronic Medical Records solution called ''MediNotes e''. MediNotes was featured in
Inc. Magazine
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as part of the
Inc. 500
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list in 2005
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] and 2006,
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] and as part of the
Inc. 5000
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list in 2007.
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History
Founded by Scott Leum, a podiatric physician, and Donald Schoen in February 1996, MediNotes originally developed and sold a package called PodNotes, a product marketed primarily at the
Podiatry discipline. Eventually the product spread to other disciplines and the name was changed to Charting Plus. Leum would leave MediNotes in 2000 to pursue other interests. A few years later, about 2007, Charting Plus was renamed MediNotes e. Don Schoen previously owned and operated another software firm prior to MediNotes called Retail Management Systems.
MediNotes gained some notoriety following
Hurricane Katrina
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in 2005.
Mobile, Alabama
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, podiatrist Dr. William Rogers was cited in the press as having used Charting Plus in his practice. Dr. Rogers had his entire electronic system backed up onto tapes, safeguarding the patient records, something he noted would have been difficult with paper.
In first quarter 2008, MediNotes acquired Bond Technologies, a corporation based in
Tampa, Florida, renaming their EMR solution to MediNotes Clinician. This would be short-lived as later in 2008,
Atlanta, GA, based
Eclipsys acquired MediNotes for $45 million.
MediNotes Clinician was renamed PeakPractice. Allscripts then acquired Eclipsys and announced the sunsetting of PeakPractice (formerly Bond Clinician) and Medinotes effective January 1, 2013 and replaced all previous MediNotes software offerings with Allscripts products.
Notes and references
See also
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Electronic medical records
External links
MediNotes Corporation- Main company web site (The site no longer exists.)
Eclipsys Corporation- Parent corporation web site
The MediNotes Corporation was affiliated with several organizations related to the EMR and medical industry.
HIMMS Electronic Health Record Vendors Association*
Health Level Seven (HL7)
ASTM InternationalAAFP Partners for Patients
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Software companies based in Iowa
Companies based in Iowa