The technology behind Forerun was pioneered by doctors who have extensive experience with emergency-room operations.   Dr. John Halamka, Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Richard Wolfe, Chair of the Emergency Department at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Dr. Larry Nathanson, Director of Emergency Medical Informatics at the center are the key physicians responsible for making the ED Dashboard a best in class application at the BIDMC where it has enjoyed a six-year optional success record.

Forerun was established in 2005 as a private health care IT company with the goal of bringing this best practice solution to market while continuing to work with the BIDMC to enhance functionality and improve clinical workflow.     

Through its evolution at the BIDMC, a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School in Boston, and the targeted roll out to select hospitals, the ED Dashboard system has advanced into a commercial product.