Pathway Genomics Partners with the Nation’s Largest Physician-Patient Community, Practice Fusion

SAN DIEGO -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pathway Genomics Corporation, a San Diego-based clinical laboratory that offers genetic testing services, has partnered with Practice Fusion, the nation’s fastest growing electronic medical record (EMR) community. The partnership will allow Pathway Genomics to rapidly connect and offer its clinical laboratory services to Practice Fusion’s growing network of more than 150,000 medical professionals.

Founded in 2005, Practice Fusion addresses the complexities and critical needs of today's healthcare environment by providing a free, web-based EMR application to physicians. Through its lab integration solution, practices can receive their patients' most vital information directly to individual patient charts.

“Our mission, and medical responsibility to the community, is to provide people with actionable and accurate genetic information they can use to maintain health and wellness,” said Dr. Michael Nova, Pathway Genomics’ chief medical officer. “Integrating our lab services into Practice Fusion’s EMR platform is a critical step in making this actionable genetic information more accessible to the physician, and ultimately, the patient.”

By examining DNA from a person’s saliva, or in some cases blood, Pathway Genomics screens specific genes and provides scientifically validated and actionable information related to recessive genetic diseases, traits that impact heart health, drug response, nutrition and exercise response, as well as common health conditions.

“Reporting on a person’s genetic information is a critical ingredient in delivering highly personalized medical care to physicians and their patients,” said Todd Martin, Practice Fusion's senior vice president of business development. “We are very pleased to have Pathway Genomics, a leader in the genetic testing space, as a laboratory partner.”

Earlier this year, Pathway Genomics announced it joined Blue Shield of California’s Preferred Provider Network, which consists of an HMO network of more than 34,000 physicians and 290 hospitals, and a PPO network that includes more than 60,000 physicians and 351 hospitals.

Additionally, Pathway Genomics is currently involved in a key clinical trial. Launched last summer, researchers at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) began a prospective randomized clinical trial of the company’s premier nutrigenetic test, Pathway Fit®, aimed at improving the health of obese veterans and focusing on the genetic associations of weight loss and weight regain.

About Pathway Genomics

Pathway Genomics owns and operates a genetic testing laboratory in San Diego, California, that is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), accredited in accordance with the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988, and licensed by the state of California. The company incorporates customized and scientifically validated technologies to generate personalized reports, which address a variety of medical issues, including an individual’s carrier status for recessive genetic conditions, food metabolism and exercise response, drug response, and propensity to develop certain diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer. For more information about Pathway Genomics, visit www.pathway.com.

About Practice Fusion

Practice Fusion provides a free, web-based EMR system to physicians. With medical charting, scheduling, e-prescribing (eRx), lab integrations, referral letters, Meaningful Use certification, unlimited support and a personal health record for patients, Practice Fusion's EMR software addresses the complex needs of today's healthcare providers and disrupts the health IT status quo. Practice Fusion is the fastest growing electronic medical record community in the country with more than 150,000 users serving 60 million patients. The company closed a $34 million Series C financing led by Artis Ventures in June. For more information about Practice Fusion, please visit www.practicefusion.com.