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Future Outlook
We are leaving athenaFlow because it isn't integrated. We want a single EMR. We will decide which...
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Technology
athenaFlow is outdated. It is an old product that needs to be modernized.
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Interfacing and Integration
athenahealth has been struggling with integration for years, and there are interface problems within...
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Technology
There was an implicit promise when athenahealth purchased athenaFlow from GE that athenahealth would...
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Functionality and Upgrades
It would be helpful to have the ability to find certain diagnostic reports and lab values in a more...
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Service and Support
We haven't had a lot of responsiveness from the vendor's support in general. We don't even really...
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Implementation and Training
athena released an upgrade to their medication module. Essentially, they changed it automatically...
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Functionality and Upgrades
athenaFlow is not functioning well right now at all. The workflow is not ideal, but I can still get...
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Interfacing and Integration
There is no interoperability that exists with athenaFlow where we can pull things in from any other...
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Future Outlook
We have struggled with integration. Because the athena system is not integrated with our hospital...
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Functionality and Upgrades
Some efficiencies, such as encounter plans and order sets, are more difficult for end users to...
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Relationship
athena is not as nimble as I would like them to be. A request for enhancements or modifications...
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Implementation and Training
Our last upgrade to the solution's clinical piece went very well. I liked that the vendor did the...
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Functionality and Upgrades
The vendor needs to focus on the system's ease of use. athenaFlow isn't easy to use, and it has...
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Technology
The system crashes. We have had crash issues with COVID-19 test results, and we have no idea why....
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Relationship
We feel like the vendor is responsive, but at times, we have to go through them to get to a third...
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Functionality and Upgrades
Our providers want us to start looking for a new system because they are unhappy with this one....
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Technology
The vendor tries to come out with a lot of new technology all the time to keep up with government...
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Service and Support
Most of the time, the vendor's people don't know how to solve our problems. They have made attempts...
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Functionality and Upgrades
We can get the system's reporting, quality measures, and functions to be the way that we need them...
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Implementation and Training
athenaFlow can be a difficult application because of its lack of integration and the vendor's lack...
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Implementation and Training
The vendor tries to do a good job with training, but the system isn't stable, so they have to put a...
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Functionality and Upgrades
There aren't a lot of customers on the system anymore. I don't hate the product. I just think that...
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Functionality and Upgrades
The system's buttons are intuitive, but they exist on multiple screens, so the system's workflows...
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Functionality and Upgrades
The system is difficult to use, upgrade, and implement. It has a lot of custom forms, but those...
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Implementation and Training
athenaFlow isn't a patient-centric system because it doesn't have a lot of good integration options...
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Future Outlook
We have hired someone to look at alternatives to the system in the past, and we will be looking at...
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Relationship
My impression has been that the product is good, but the vendor isn't committed to making it work....
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Functionality and Upgrades
The nature of the system is that end users have the ability to customize it. Over the years, we have...
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Technology
The vendor has made a lot of developments for software systems over the last 20 years, but few of...
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Service and Support
We have an IT department that does a lot of internal support for us, but we still operate through...
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ROI / Cost (care and feeding)
Given the way that the system works, there can't be a low enough cost to make athenaFlow worth...
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Functionality and Upgrades
athenaFlow was originally released in 1997. It hasn't changed substantially in the last few years....
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Implementation and Training
We had inadequate training before our most recent upgrade. The only training that the vendor gave us...
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