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athenaIDX (Ambulatory) Commentary
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Eder Lagemann
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Director

athenahealth's training is worse than our other vendor's training. From an athenaIDX standpoint, the...

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Director

A lot of athenahealth's same people are there, so I've always been extremely satisfied with their...

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Director

athenahealth hasn't put much into their product, so I think they're behind a bit. athenaIDX really...

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Director

Our parent company will be forcing us off athenaIDX in the coming months. We're in the middle of...

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CIO

athenaIDX has a good user interface. It is robust. It will grow with us as a group and is very...

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CIO

For athenaIDX, athenahealth has spent a lot of time building out the capabilities to let third...

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CIO

I'm positive on athenahealth, but the use cases are limited. And we are working with athenahealth...

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CIO

I would not buy athenaIDX again. We are happy with athenaIDX as a standalone PM system. It serves...

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CIO

At this time, athenahealth is still dipping their feet into AI opportunities, and that puts them...

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Director

The integration back into our main system for athenaIDX could use a little bit of work. athenaIDX is...

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Director

While athenahealth is transparent and fair, they want an additional payment for every little thing....

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Director

The solution doesn't cost as much as other options, but we don't get very much either.

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Director

athenaIDX needs some kind of onboarding for new hires and standardized training that we could put...

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Director

There is no appetite from athenahealth to make any changes to the solution. I have never heard...

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Manager

I have support contacts at athenahealth. They provide day-to-day support. If I have tickets that are...

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Manager

athenahealth is often a step ahead of me. If I mention that we may be looking at something, they...

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Manager

With athenaIDX, there always seems to be a solution. There is a lot we can do ourselves, including...

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Manager

athenahealth has a very robust training program, but we do not seem to need it. The trainers are...

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VP/Other Executive

athenaIDX's flexibility is probably my favorite thing about the solution. athenaIDX allows us to...

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VP/Other Executive

athenahealth has strong industry relationships and a long track record. They have been in this...

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VP/Other Executive

athenahealth supports customization through custom codes and custom configurations. We rely much...

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VP/Other Executive

athenaIDX is a long-established system, and the underlying technology is what I would consider...

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Analyst/Coordinator

athenahealth keeps their promises when it comes to the things they deliver. They give us what they...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I wasn't there during the build process of the solution with athenahealth, so there are things that...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We have users in different areas, so our system has to be able to function to meet all of the...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Our EHR system is a homegrown system that isn't widely used. Because of that, there are issues with...

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Analyst/Coordinator

It takes a little bit longer for athenahealth’s support people to resolve some things. The triaging...

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Analyst/Coordinator

If I were to make a choice to go with athenaIDX again, I would do our build differently. Our build...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I see some future capabilities that athenahealth is working on, but there is a cost associated with...

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VP/Other Executive

athenahealth has always been very responsive to our needs from a vendor perspective. They give us...

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VP/Other Executive

We recently had some major migrations to a hosting platform, and we had our own challenges from a...

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VP/Other Executive

The biggest thing that athenahealth could improve would be the ease of their upgrades so that we...

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VP/Other Executive

We have an account manager who we can call, and they will usually respond to us within a day....

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VP/Other Executive

From a product perspective, athenaIDX truly is one of the best in the industry in terms of...

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VP/Other Executive

The primary benefits of using multiple solutions from our EHR vendor is that we have an integrated...

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Manager

In general, things are going well with athenahealth and the parts of the system that I manage. We...

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Manager

We have some hours budgeted with athenahealth. In my interactions with athenahealth for what we...

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Manager

athenahealth has training in their portal. They also provide videos. We have never really had to...

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VP/Other Executive

I don't think athenahealth really takes a hands-on approach to training. They say that the training...

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VP/Other Executive

athenahealth's system is a low-cost option, so it is a lot cheaper than Epic's system. For example,...

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VP/Other Executive

There have been times when we haven't been able to make targets, but I don't know that I would...

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CIO

athenaIDX is too darn expensive. There are things that I would expect to be covered under routine...

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CIO

By using athenaIDX, we have reduced our A/R days on hold tremendously. The system has done an...

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Analyst/Coordinator

athenahealth has really done a good job of stepping up this last year and stabilizing the program a...

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Analyst/Coordinator

With athenahealth, we don't really ever get to talk to somebody. We put a ticket in, and everything...

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Analyst/Coordinator

athenaIDX works as the vendor says it does, but we are a little unique, so we don't necessarily love...

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Analyst/Coordinator

athenahealth normally does a pretty good job of responding to tickets. I don't feel like I have to...

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Analyst/Coordinator

athenaIDX still doesn't talk to our EHR system very well. It is only a one-way solution. Our EHR...

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Manager

athenahealth tends to charge for every little thing. They are notorious for that. For example, if an...

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Manager

When issues occur, they don't happen in a vacuum, especially with revenue cycle management, where...

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Manager

At our organization, we have a few different systems along with athenaIDX, and that can be...

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Manager

The athenaIDX platform is comprehensive and capable of delivering everything that we need while...

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Manager

The specific, tangible benefit that our organization has realized from using multiple solutions from...

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VP/Other Executive

I would definitely buy athenaIDX again if we needed an analytics solution.

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VP/Other Executive

The most frustrating thing for the users is that when we are managing a patient in athenaIDX, we...

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Director

The biggest thing our organization has realized from using multiple solutions from athenahealth is...

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Director

athenahealth has a lot of the same core people; they are really good. The support for athenaIDX is...

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Director

athenahealth kind of gets us on a little bit of everything. Every year, we are increasing our...

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Director

There aren't a lot of upgrades making athenaIDX better. It is stagnant.

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Director

athenahealth’s training is not very good. The vendor doesn't have any online training for new hires....

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Analyst/Coordinator

athenaIDX could use a bit of updating here and there, but for the most part, it is good. The...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I don't like athenaIDX's instances of downtime with the backup and shutdown of the system. The...

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Analyst/Coordinator

athenahealth's support is wonderful. It is the best support that I have ever worked with in all my...

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