Deciding to start a new practice is an exciting first step in your journey as a clinician. Whether coming from a different practice or straight out of medical school, we’ve developed this brief guide to give you a step-by-step overview with resources and advice from successful independent practices.

Elation's intuitive EHR lets you focus on delivering phenomenal patient care thanks to its clinical-first design. Use tools and unified workflows that streamline visits, with clinical-first charting and advanced documentation tools.

Better provider and patient clinical experience

What practices are saying

Elation has cut my charting time by 70 percent. Everything is so efficient and intuitive. Less charting time means more time with patients.

Dr. Lisa Davidson

Insight Primary Care

Dr. Ken Rictor

It's extremely intuitive. As soon as I opened up the Elation home screen I know exactly where I need to go and what I need to do.

Scotland Family Practice

  • Appointment scheduling
  • Telehealth powered by Zoom
  • Communication Tools
  • Integrated labs, imaging orders and results
  • Electronic intake forms
  • Visit note templates
  • eFax and referral management
  • Electronic & paper statements
  • Real-time eligibility verification
  • ePrescribing, EPCS, PMP
  • Web and iOS mobile app
  • Rejection and denial management
  • Financial Reporting
  • HIPAA Compliant & ONC Certified

Awarded Best in KLAS 2025

Small Practice EHR/PM and EHR Centric Virtual Care Platform.

How our EHR could power your new practice

Electronic orders and results fit seamlessly into workflows and help reduce your administrative burden. Clinical integrations like ePrescribing and immunization reporting make delivering care a smoother and more efficient experience.

Reduced administrative burden

Take a care-team approach to managing the health of your patients with our flexible care collaboration tools like the clinical profile, health maintenance tools, care reminders, and more.

Care team engagement and alignment

Helping serve over 36,000 clinicians caring for 20 million Americans.

Snohomish Valley Case Study

Hear how an insurance-based family medicine independent practice in Snohomish, WA use our EHR and switched to Elation Billing to save time and increased revenue.

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Everything you need to know to start your new practice

Links to resources that can help you save time as you set up your practice

Advice from established, successful practices

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