Integrated Practice Solutions Inc

Integrated Practice Solutions Inc (IPS) is an ambulatory electronic health record and practice management vendor founded in 1996, serving independent physician practices and small to mid-sized medical groups across multiple specialties. The company operates from Plantation, Florida, and focuses primarily on community-based ambulatory care settings with typically 1-25 providers.

IPS delivers a combined EHR/PM platform designed for specialty-specific workflows, offering customizable templates and documentation tools tailored to various clinical disciplines including family medicine, internal medicine, cardiology, orthopedics, gastroenterology, and OB-GYN. The system emphasizes integrated practice management capabilities, combining clinical documentation with scheduling, billing, and revenue cycle management in a unified platform rather than requiring multiple disparate systems.

The platform is certified for ONC 2015 Edition Complete EHR requirements and includes electronic prescribing through Surescripts certification, EPCS capabilities for controlled substances, and MIPS/MACRA quality reporting functionality. IPS maintains HIPAA compliance standards and supports health information exchange through DirectTrust and CommonWell Health Alliance networks. Laboratory integration with major reference labs like Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp enables bidirectional ordering and results delivery.

Deployment options include both on-premise server installations and cloud-hosted configurations, giving practices flexibility based on their IT infrastructure preferences and requirements. The vendor targets practices seeking an all-in-one solution that eliminates the need for separate PM, EHR, and billing systems, positioning itself as a comprehensive practice automation platform rather than a best-of-breed clinical documentation tool.

IPS differentiates through its focus on smaller practice segments often underserved by enterprise EHR vendors, offering personalized implementation support and customer service scaled to independent practice needs. The company emphasizes specialty-specific content and workflows rather than generic templates, with particular strength in procedural specialties requiring detailed documentation and coding support. The integrated billing functionality includes claims management, electronic remittance processing, and patient statement generation.

Market positioning focuses on practices seeking comprehensive technology solutions without the complexity and cost associated with enterprise-level systems, though this approach may limit advanced interoperability capabilities and third-party ecosystem integrations compared to larger platform vendors.