Modernizing Medicine

Modernizing Medicine
Industry Software
Founder Daniel Cane, Dr. Michael Sherling
Headquarters Boca Raton, United States

Modernizing Medicine, Inc., is a software company headquartered at the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University[1] in Boca Raton, Florida. The company has two co-founders: Daniel Cane,[2] CEO and co-founder of Blackboard, Inc.,[3] and Dr. Michael Sherling,[4] Chief Medical Officer and a practicing dermatologist.

The company makes electronic health records, practice management and revenue cycle management for doctors, and currently has software for dermatologists, ophthalmologists, orthopedic surgeons, gastroenterologists, plastic surgeons, ENTs (or otolaryngologists), urologists, rheumatologists and pain management physicians. Modernizing Medicine has a business model that employs practicing doctors to write the software for each specialty.[5][6][7]

The company has raised $318 million in funding, most recently with $231 million from private equity group Warburg Pincus. Modernizing Medicine acquired gMed, a company serving gastroenterologists, in 2015. In October 2016, Modernizing Medicine hired its 500th employee. In addition to its Boca Raton, Florida, headquarters, the company also has offices in Weston, Florida, Roseville, California and Santiago, Chile.

References

  1. "Research Park at Florida Atlantic University". Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. Pounds, Marcia. "Excalibur Award: Daniel Cane, Modernizing Medicine". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. "Blackboard History – History of Blackboard". Gilfus Education Group. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  4. "Palm Beach Dermatology". Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  5. Fisher, Anne. "Could teaching employees to code be key to success?". CNN Money. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. Byrne, Ciara. "Why Doctors Make Great Object-Oriented Software Designers". Fast Company. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  7. Rogers, Bruce. "Will Daniel Cane's Modernizing Medicine Revolutionize Healthcare?". Forbes. Retrieved 24 March 2014.


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