# Practice Fusion Migration to OpenEMR **URL:** \ **Category:** Day-to-Day Users\ **Created:** [December 23, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/practice-fusion-migration-to-openemr/11230 "2018-12-23T13:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Ralf\_Lukner](https://community.open-emr.org/user_avatar/community.open-emr.org/ralf_lukner/32/11962_2.png) [@Ralf\_Lukner](https://community.open-emr.org/u/Ralf_Lukner)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/practice-fusion-migration-to-openemr/11230/2 "2018-12-23T20:00:19Z")
This process is problematic, as far as I can gather from this thread: > [@Practice fusion data migrations](https://community.open-emr.org/t/practice-fusion-data-migrations/9849): > > Hi, We discussed this heavily at the conference call today. There are 2 mechanisms to export data from practice fusion. The first is the CCDA export, which we have been told does not export all the data. And the second is a complete data dump from PF, which takes 4-6 weeks to process, however we don’t know what that looks like. We are trying to find out: What does the complete data dump from PF look like (we had reports several years ago that the demographics was in csv form and then all th… Usually migrating EMR databases is very difficult / nearly impossible (besides migrating some limited demographic information or PDF’s) … and for practical purposes for a small clinic … nearly impossible from a cost standpoint. The way we have migrated information from NextGen’s Office (formerly Healthfusion) EMR is by exporting to PDF’s and storing those in an archival database. Then, we would populate the data into the the new charts on OpenEMR for upcoming appointments by manually cutting and pasting critical information into the new system. Practice Fusion also has an article that speaks to the many concerns you will inevitably run into as you migrate. They seem to suggest that they have something better, but there seem to be a number of issues remaining. > **[Switching to a New EHR and EMR System | Practice Fusion](https://www.practicefusion.com/blog/transitioning-from-one-emr-system-to/)** > > Switching EHR systems can be even more challenging than migrating from paper records. See how our EHR makes moving data and re-working workflows easy. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.open-emr.org/t/practice-fusion-migration-to-openemr/11230)._