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athenaClinicals Commentary
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Eder Lagemann
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Manager

Operations, Product

athenaClinicals is very simple and easy to understand. The GUI is very simple and straightforward....

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Feb 2026

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Manager

Relationship

The vendor has addressed every issue that we have had. Even if they take longer than normal, we...

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Feb 2026

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Manager

Relationship

athenaClinicals is very user friendly, and our providers are happy with it. However, athenahealth's...

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Dec 2025

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CIO

Loyalty, Relationship, Product

athenaClinicals does well as an independent ambulatory solution. The vendor's support people are...

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Dec 2025

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Director

Relationship

athenahealth gives great clinical support. If an issue is affecting patients, then we get all hands...

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Oct 2025

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Director

Operations, Product

athenaClinicals is a solid, stable product. It is a little complex, but it works when users know how...

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Oct 2025

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Director

Relationship, Value

athenahealth keeps coming out with new things that are free and that replace something that we...

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Oct 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

Some partners work well with athenaClinicals, but some things are a little more difficult or...

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Oct 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty

The main reason we are moving away from athenaClinicals is that we wanted to be on the same system...

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Oct 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

athenaClinicals is very intuitive. In terms of searching for things in the system, it learns our...

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Oct 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

athenahealth’s frontline support is what lacks the most. Our customer service managers are good, and...

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Oct 2025

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Director

Product

athenaClinicals has its quirks, but overall, it functions well. Its biggest strength is the ease of...

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Oct 2025

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Director

Relationship

There is a lack of knowledge in athenahealth’s customer support when we need things to be a certain...

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Oct 2025

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Director

Operations

athenahealth has a really cool training area we can go to and send staff members to if they need...

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Oct 2025

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Director

Product

athenahealth could look at improving their actual reporting in athenaClinicals to be a little more...

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Oct 2025

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Director

Product

athenahealth has a lot of work to do on their patient portal. We get a lot of patient complaints on...

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Oct 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Product

I think athenahealth keeps promises. Some development timelines have gotten sidelined a little, but...

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Oct 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Product

I would like to see a little more customization. I understand the system can't be fully...

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Oct 2025

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Manager

Relationship

athenahealth’s support is very inconsistent. Sometimes we can get great support from them. Other...

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Oct 2025

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Manager

Product

I would say I like the intuitiveness of athenaClinicals, at least on the clinical side. In the...

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Oct 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

We have a customer satisfaction manager who is pretty good at looking into things when we report...

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Sep 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

athenahealth does do updates in a timely manner, and as far as I'm aware, they keep their...

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Sep 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

athenahealth's support is awful. A lot of the time, when we report a problem, the support people...

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Sep 2025

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Director

Loyalty, Product

athenaClinicals has a smaller footprint in our environment. However, we are quite big fans of...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Loyalty

If athenahealth will work for an organization, they should go with athenaClinicals because it will...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Relationship

athenahealth is very flexible and is a customer-service-centric vendor. When we need a solution,...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Product

athenahealth could improve medical-necessity checking. Right now, if a provider orders an imaging...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Loyalty, Product

When it comes to interoperability, athenahealth is getting there. The interoperability from an...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Relationship

I can go to a pretty high level in athenahealth, but I don't go to any level. I can go to the...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Relationship, Product

athenahealth could help our workflow with the clinical decision support that is maintained by...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Product

One thing we do use on the athenahealth application that is relatively new and has really proved to...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Operations

We handle all of our own implementations. We don't let athenahealth do those. All the vendor does is...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Relationship

We have a very good relationship with our CSM. They are very good at keeping us current on...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Product, Value

I'm a big fan of athenahealth. By being able to bundle athenahealth products, we are able to have a...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Loyalty, Relationship, Product

athenaClinicals is good, but there is room for improvement for sure. We have been really pushing...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Relationship

We hear from athenahealth about a lot of things that are on their road map, and we see things on...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Relationship

athenahealth does engage with us and understand where our pain points are. A lot of times, despite...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Product

Interoperability is a struggle with athenaClinicals. To be fair to athenahealth, some of the issues...

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Aug 2025

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Director

Value

athenahealth’s solutions are very expensive. Anytime there are technology-enabled healthcare...

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Jul 2025

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Director

Product

athenaClinicals can be integrated, but we have to build out different APIs for different solutions...

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Jul 2025

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Director

Product

Specifically in the ambulatory environment, I think athenahealth does a great job at what they do....

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Jul 2025

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Director

Operations

A lot of our team gets trained by the athenahealth team, and then those people from our organization...

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Jul 2025

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Director

Product

The con of having multiple solutions with athenahealth is that if their system goes offline, all of...

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Jul 2025

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Director

Relationship

I would like to see athenahealth continue to improve athenaClinicals and always keep the user...

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Jul 2025

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Director

Value

There are definitely some pros to streamlining and going with one vendor for multiple solutions. One...

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Jul 2025

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Physician

Product

I think some areas of improvement would be the vendor's patient portal and patient app. I would also...

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Jul 2025

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Physician

Loyalty

If I were part of an outpatient clinic and not affiliated with a hospital, I would choose...

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Jul 2025

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Physician

Relationship, Product

I think the vendor is doing a lot. They are good with continuity of care devices and certain data. I...

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Jul 2025

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

athenahealth’s solutions are strongly used in outpatient practices. For the most part,...

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May 2025

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Manager

Operations

athenahealth doesn't offer very much hands-on training. They just go with self-training.

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May 2025

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Manager

Product, Value

athenaClinicals is a user-friendly system that isn't hard for new providers and staff members to...

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May 2025

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Manager

Product

athenaClinicals' reporting functionality is a bit difficult in the system unless we purchase an...

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May 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Product

athenahealth is pretty good in the clinical space. My only real issue with athenahealth in the...

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May 2025

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