The SOAPware Story

Several have recently asked for more history about our company. Below is an outline:

• 1987 to 1992 – Prototype stage - I created the prototype for SOAPware using a program called Hypercard on early Apple Macintosh computers while building a very large and active medical practice in Springdale, Arkansas.
  
  
• 1992 to 1994 – Start-up - Greg Lose came in to turn the prototype into a real product.
  
  
• 1994 to 2005 – Market dominance in small practices - David Powell came on as CEO. In 2005, there was not an EMR product installed in more sites than SOAPware.
  
  
• 2005 to present – Focus on transition to next generation, comprehensive EMR - We retreated from major marketing, and have focused almost all resources on completing the product suite.. A need for integrated billing system has accentuated SOAPware’s retreat in the marketplace. In 2004, only 12% of new EMR customers were shopping for a combined EMR/PMS. Now, it is over 70%. This emphasizes our need to have the fully integrated product as soon as is possible.

Greg, David, and I remain as the principals in the company. One year ago, a fairly accurate summary was published at MDNG - The EHR Trailblazers