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At Practice Fusion, we’re always looking to team up with companies that are disrupted the health or technology sectors. One of those companies, Prebacked, will be hosting a hackathon later this month with the goal of finding solutions to health related...

Start your filming, get editing, and submit! Practice Fusion has teamed up with the Disposable Film Festival again for our 2nd annual health film festival competition. Enter your film for a chance to win a grand prize of $3000, 2nd place of $1000 or 3rd...

Early yesterday morning, we at Practice Fusion released the exciting news that we secured a Series C round of financing, raising $34M from top investors and securing our role as a health leader in Silicon Valley. On the other side of the country, the...

Health and health technology focused news has really picked up in recent weeks and it can be a challenge to stay on top of what’s happening in the sector. At Practice Fusion, we want to keep you informed, so here are a few recent news highlights: On April...

Conference hears councils will inherit historic difficulties when staff are transferred from the NHS to the town hall Councils taking on the burden of responsibility for public health will face a major cultural barrier when making the transition to town hall control, local government leaders have heard. Addressing council managers in London this week, Oswin Baker, director of Rockpool Research Associates , warned that as councils had not managed public health since the 1970s, they would have to get used to managing unfamiliarity. They would also inherit cultural problems when managing clinicians...

Health secretary Andrew Lansley reveals first estimates for local government funding, but confusion over future responsibilities remains The Department of Health has announced the first estimates for public health funding under the new NHS structure, promising that at least £2.2bn will be paid directly to local authorities. The announcement, made on Tuesday by health secretary Andrew Lansley, will see £5.2bn spent on public health services in total, although it is not yet clear exactly which areas councils will take responsibility for. Lansley said: "In the future, we want money to get to...