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athenaClinicals Commentary
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Eder Lagemann
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VP/Other Executive

Operations

The training for the solution is self-service, so what we put into it is what we are going to get...

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Mar 2026

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VP/Other Executive

Culture, Loyalty, Value

It is hard to move EHRs, so unfortunately, athenaClinicals is part of our long-term plan. The amount...

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Mar 2026

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CMO

Relationship, Product

athenaClinicals is a much more complex program to train on, and the vendor's support is more...

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Feb 2026

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CMO

Loyalty, Product

It feels like the gap between where we are with athenahealth and what I see in other practices has...

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Feb 2026

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Director

Loyalty, Product

For providers, from a documentation perspective, athenaClinicals is at the top. All our providers...

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Dec 2025

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Director

Loyalty, Product

There is a lot that needs improvement with athenaClinicals, but athenahealth is working on it. They...

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Dec 2025

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Director

Relationship

athenahealth’s customer service representatives don’t have the level of knowledge my team has....

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Dec 2025

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Director

Product

Having everything in one system is easier for the staff. We want to get everything moved under...

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Dec 2025

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Manager

Relationship

When we are constantly trying to reach out to athenahealth, especially the web support, via opening...

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Relationship

We have to contact athenahealth. There was an issue recently with the service and our computers...

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Relationship

Our customer success person is very involved. If we ask them a question, they are very responsive.

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Value

We are on an athenahealth system that was grandfathered in. So it is the basics of the basics. A lot...

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Value

The system works the same as any EMR. If it is used appropriately, we get our money’s worth, and it...

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

athenaClinicals still has room for growth when supporting organizations that are shifting toward...

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Value

athenaClinicals has done a great job of providing strong value with many advanced features. Compared...

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Relationship

athenahealth is hands-on and offers a lot of assistance. We have a really good customer account...

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Product

We use some third-party solutions instead of ones from athenahealth for certain services because the...

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Nov 2025

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Manager

Product

The athenaClinicals' strengths include its intuitive design and ease of use. It is a user-friendly...

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Nov 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Product, Value

athenaClinicals is the first EMR I have worked with that I never get complaints from my providers...

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Oct 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Operations

Upgrades are managed by athenahealth. They send out PowerPoints and videos to help train staff...

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Oct 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Value

We moved from multiple systems to athenahealth's product several years ago, and it has simplified...

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Oct 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Loyalty, Product

We use a third-party telehealth platform because we weren't satisfied with athenahealth's platform....

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Oct 2025

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VP/Other Executive

Relationship, Product

athenahealth has a self-serve API process that makes connecting to other systems fairly easy.

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Oct 2025

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COO

Loyalty

Barring any significant issues, I think we will be on athenaClinicals for a while. It is too...

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Oct 2025

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COO

Loyalty

athenahealth has a bit of AI with authorizations, but they are leveraging their own team to provide...

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Oct 2025

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COO

Relationship

We recognize that athenahealth is a large entity supporting competing priorities, but we have been...

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Oct 2025

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COO

Value

athenaClinicals helps us with MIPS and various things, but it is still incredibly expensive.

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Oct 2025

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Director

Loyalty, Product

athenahealth is in a precarious place because we are not like a typical doctor's office, and we...

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Sep 2025

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Director

Operations

When we implemented the system, the training was there, and people came on-site. But with any...

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Sep 2025

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Director

Product

The athenahealth EHR is a little tricky for users. Sometimes the issue is not necessarily the...

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Sep 2025

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Director

Product

We have had a lot of issues and roadblocks with athenahealth's EHR because we are trying to...

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Sep 2025

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Manager

Product, Value

The benefit of using multiple solutions from athenahealth is that we can keep our quality measures...

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Aug 2025

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Manager

Loyalty

I am not looking for a new EHR. I can't even imagine doing that. We would never leave athenahealth's...

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Aug 2025

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Manager

Operations

I love athenahealth's upgrades. athenahealth does regular upgrades, and we always see new features...

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Aug 2025

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

athenahealth is working on the system's ambient notes. I would like to see more developments with...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Product

athenaClinicals is pretty insightful and easier than our last product in terms of navigating around....

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Aug 2025

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Director

Relationship

athenahealth has specific coaching groups and teams that we can sign up for. As we go through...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Loyalty, Relationship

With athenahealth, we can see the vision. athenahealth may say something coming in six months, and...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Culture, Value

With athenahealth, we aren't charged for every little thing, and anytime we want a new interface,...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Product, Value

Providers love the ease of use of athenaClinicals. A tangible benefit we have seen from using the...

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Aug 2025

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Manager

Product

athenaClinicals is very user friendly, and it is very easy to get in touch with the vendor's support...

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Aug 2025

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Manager

Operations, Product

I do all the new user training, and our new users are able to adapt to the system very easily. By...

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Aug 2025

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Manager

Relationship

I am extremely dissatisfied with athenahealth's support. This used to be a real strength of theirs....

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Aug 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Product

athenahealth is very good about keeping the system functional and handling possible security...

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Aug 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Value

I wish my satisfaction with athenahealth could be better in 12 months, but I think it will still be...

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Aug 2025

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CIO

Product

We would like to see athenahealth improve the check-in process, which stands out as something that...

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Jul 2025

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CIO

Product

I like the stability and reliability of athenahealth’s products. The upgrades are thought through...

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Jul 2025

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CIO

Operations

Our go-live with athenaClinicals was about as smooth as possible for an EHR. The biggest reason was...

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Jul 2025

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CIO

Value

One tangible benefit our organization has realized by using multiple solutions from athenahealth has...

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CIO

Loyalty

We chose the system because of its full suite of capabilities, including athenaCollector,...

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CEO/President

Product

athenaClinicals is easy to navigate, and it is easy to enter notes, orders, and lab results in it....

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Jun 2025

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Manager

Operations, Product

The solution is user-friendly. If someone has used an EHR before, they are able to navigate and...

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Jun 2025

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Manager

Product

Sometimes, when it comes to reporting and building out certain fields, we aren't readily able to do...

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Jun 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations, Product

I have done a lot with reporting over the years, and athenahealth’s reporting is somewhat difficult...

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Jun 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty

athenaClinicals is more user-friendly for the providers and staff compared to what we had before,...

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Jun 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

We have been somewhat happy with athenahealth. They do try to work hard to keep us happy. When there...

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Jun 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Product

Some of the changes or upgrades to the solution are a little slow to happen. I receive emails from...

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Jun 2025

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Manager

Relationship

For the most part, we receive good customer service. We usually get really timely customer service...

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Jun 2025

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Manager

Product

We have multiple solutions from the vendor, and it is just nice that everything is in one spot. We...

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Jun 2025

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Manager

Product

I would buy the product again because it is all I know. It is kind of all we have ever used. I mean,...

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Jun 2025

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Physician

Operations, Product

Overall, I find athenahealth's system to be the most pleasant EMR I have worked with, and I have...

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Jun 2025

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Physician

Value

When we first partnered with athenahealth, there was a low-cost option available that suited small...

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Jun 2025

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Physician

Value

I previously suggested athenahealth to colleagues who had independent practices; however, it appears...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Relationship

I think athenahealth is forward-thinking. athenaClinicals drives outcomes pretty well. With the...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Culture, Value

athenahealth does offer some of the services we are using a third-party for, but they don't offer...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Culture, Relationship

athenahealth does not keep promises when it comes to their efforts with FQHCs. Years ago, they told...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Loyalty, Product

An improvement I would suggest to athenahealth is to reduce the effort on the provider's part....

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Jun 2025

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Director

Product, Value

From my perspective, one of the biggest benefits we have seen from athenaClinicals is that it is a...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Relationship

We aren't happy with athenahealth outsourcing their support to offshore resources. Their support...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Value

athenahealth recently increased the price that we are paying. The price was originally contracted as...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Product

We would like to see tighter integration between athenaClinicals and some hardware. There seem to be...

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Director

Value

athenahealth hasn't charged us for a few enhancements recently, and that has been great. If they...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Operations

athenahealth does provide good training. They do one-to-one training, and they offer it to every...

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Jun 2025

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Director

Product

The advantage we have found using multiple functions from athenaClinicals is the integration between...

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COO

Loyalty, Product

We looked at other solutions. However, even with its flaws, athenaClinicals is still better than...

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Jun 2025

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COO

Loyalty, Relationship, Product

There are a lot of clicks in athenaClinicals for no good reason. That could be improved. I...

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Jun 2025

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COO

Product

One improvement athenahealth could make would be to recognize that the clinical note is the billing...

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Jun 2025

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COO

Product

athenaClinicals biggest strength is that it has the flexibility to allow clinicians to use different...

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COO

Product

Having multiple products from athenahealth is an advantage, but that is because athenaClinicals...

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Jun 2025

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Manager

Product

One of the benefits of using multiple solutions from athenahealth is the ease of use because it just...

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Apr 2025

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Manager

Operations

athenahealth could improve their training by assigning individual resources more specifically to...

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Apr 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Operations, Product

athenahealth could improve by providing more customization specific to our practice. It is sometimes...

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Apr 2025

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

athenaClinicals is missing functionality on the dental and behavioral health sides. I would like to...

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Apr 2025

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Manager

Relationship

athenahealth’s support people have gotten better through the years, thankfully. Calling...

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Apr 2025

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