Philadelphia Health Management Corporation

Grant Details

Organization Type Medical Society Foundation Categories Other
Grant Size $377,506 Year 2006 State Pennsylvania

Initiative to create an organization to provide steeply discounted EMRs to primary care providers, using funds paid by other stakeholders that benefit from those systems.

Executive Summary: Philadelphia Health Management Corporation created a detailed pro forma for five years of operation with the assumption of 25 practices in the first year and 50 additional practices by the second year. This included hardware, software, telecommunications, operation of a data center, sales and marketing, on-site and data center technical support, hiring and training of implementation support staff, help desk services and central administrative operations.

Website: http://www.phmc.org/site/index.php