Founded: 2006

Company: Privately Held

Headquarters: Waltham, MA

About Forerun:

Forerun, Inc. is a leading innovator of medical charting software for the ED. Its flagship clinical documentation platform, FlexChart™, is based on technology developed at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). 

Forerun Development:

The Forerun ED™ system was developed by emergency physicians and healthcare information technology specialists at BIDMC. Key developers include John Halamka, M.D. (Chief Information Officer of BIDMC and Harvard Medical School and a Board Certified Emergency Physician), Larry Nathanson, M.D., (Director of Emergency Medical Informatics at BIDMC and a Board Certified Emergency Physician), and Richard Wolfe, M.D. (Chief of Emergency Medicine at BIDMC).