Aug 23 : Seamless Medical Systems readies launch of pharmacy software

August 23, 2014

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Digital check-in at doctors’ offices is becoming an important market, and Santa Fe’s Seamless Medical Systems is on the forefront.On Monday, the company plans to release its first version of software for use in pharmacies, called SNAP Express RX. It uses an iPad to replace paper forms and is designed to track vaccines, immunizations, medical therapy management and more at pharmacies.

Though Seamless is working to launch SNAP Express RX, several doctors and clinics are snapping up its SNAP Practice software, the company said.

CEO David Perez said Friday the company will launch a pilot program at Houston Methodist Hospital in October that could eventually lead to all 500 doctors in the hospital’s system using SNAP.

“It’s a big win for us,” Perez said. “We’ve been going after the clinics.”

He said he’s seeing more and more pharmacies interested in using the company’s paperless check-in systems.

“Honestly, when I started the company in 2011, I hadn’t thought of it,” he said. He was focused on taking the software to doctors, clinics and hospitals. But as the company integrated with several electronic medical records firms, it became clear that pharmacies were as much of a market as doctors, he said.

“There are 53,000 pharmacies in the U.S.; that’s a big opportunity,” he said. The company will present the software to pharmacies at next week’s National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo in Boston.

Though he’s pursuing pharmacies, Perez said medical-records companies are picking up on the SNAP software idea too.

Athenahealth, for example, added Seamless’ software to its digital billing portfolio.

“These new capabilities are helping us extend the modern, automated experience we deliver to our providers and to their patients as well,” the company said in its last earnings release.

Athenahealth counts, among others, Target as a customer of its high-tech services.

“Athena has a program called More Disruption, Please. At Athena, they want to innovate. We were a case study of that,” Perez said. “Digital Check In, as it’s called, is a top priority in what their customers are asking for. Houston Methodist uses Athena’s EMR, and [Athena] said Houston wants SNAP.”

Though Seamless is growing, it’s still a lean organization in Santa Fe.

But not for long, Perez said.

In June, the company announced that it received $3 million from Sun Mountain Capital, which is a private equity and venture capital firm in Santa Fe. That funding, Perez said, will be used to staff up the company and for operations.

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