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EHR Vendor athenahealth Launches Voice-Driven Tech to Cut Clinician Burnout

by Hannah Nelson

EHR vendor athenahealth has announced the release of athenaOne Voice Assistant Powered by Nuance, a voice-driven application that aims to alleviate clinician burnout and enhance the patient...

athenahealth Engineers Honored for Mentorship of Women in Health IT

by Hannah Nelson

The Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) has recognized two engineers from EHR vendor athenahealth among its 2022 award winners for their commitment to supporting women in health IT. Deepa...

Urgent Care Org Expands Partnership with EHR Vendor athenahealth

by Hannah Nelson

MedWise Urgent Care has announced an expanded partnership with EHR vendor athenahealth in efforts to enhance the patient experience and reduce clinician burden. As it continues to scale its network of...

EHR Vendor athenahealth Acquired by Hellman & Friedman, Bain Capital

by Sarai Rodriguez

athenahealth, an EHR vendor boasting cloud-based tech solutions, has been acquired by two private equity firms, Hellman & Friedman LLC and Bain Capital, for $17 billion. “We are thrilled to...

Private Equity Firms Acquire Cloud-Based EHR Vendor athenahealth

by Hannah Nelson

Private equity firms Hellman & Friedman LLC and Bain Capital will acquire cloud-based EHR vendor athenahealth for $17 billion, according to reporting from Reuters. This announcement comes as...

Primary Care Org Taps EHR Implementation for Interoperability

by Hannah Nelson

Primary care organization Florence Health has announced that it will deploy an athenahealth EHR implementation in efforts to enhance interoperability for care coordination. Florence Health, which will...

How Cloud-Based EHR Implementations Support Primary Care Delivery

by Hannah Nelson

The implementation of a cloud-based EHR system has helped a primary care company scale its business while promoting positive patient experiences. CareTeam operates an enhanced primary care model for employer-sponsored health plans. Unlike...

Pain Management Group Taps athenahealth EHR for Care Coordination

by Hannah Nelson

Advanced Pain Care (APC), a pain management group in Texas, is implementing a cloud-based EHR implementation from athenahealth that is expected to boost interoperability for enhanced care...

Clinical Workflow Optimization Key for EHR Usability, Satisfaction 

by Hannah Nelson

On a research mission observing numerous orthopedists years ago, Paul Brient, athenahealth’s chief product officer, said it was almost as if the doctors were doing different things altogether,...

athenahealth Expands Health IT Partnership, Prescription Drug Price Transparency

by Hannah Nelson

epocrates, an athenahealth company, has expanded its partnership with health IT vendor ConnectiveRx in efforts to boost clinical decision support through prescription drug price transparency. The...

More FQHC Docs Report Physician Burnout Than Independent Docs

by Hannah Nelson

Physicians who are women, under the age of 65, and/or employed at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) report the highest levels of physician burnout, according to a new survey from athenahealth...

Epic, NextGen Healthcare, athenahealth Boast Top EHR Training

by Christopher Jason

Epic, NextGen Healthcare, and athenahealth led the top large ambulatory EHR vendors in quality EHR training and clinician preparedness, according to a recent KLAS report. Although high-quality EHR...

Epic Systems, athenahealth, MEDITECH Top 2021 Best in KLAS Awards

by Christopher Jason

Epic Systems proved its supremacy over its EHR vendor competitors, taking home 11 Best in KLAS 2021 awards, highlighted by the Top Overall Software Suit for the 11th straight year and the Top Overall...

Epic Systems Awarded 2021 Best in KLAS for Top Overall Suite

by Christopher Jason

For the 11th straight year, Epic Systems was awarded the top overall software suite in the 2021 Best in KLAS health IT rankings. Overall, Epic earned 11 awards, including the top overall physician...

athenahealth Fined $18.25M for Illegal EHR Kickback Scheme

by Christopher Jason

athenahealth will pay a $18.25 million fine after an illegal EHR kickback scheme to boost its EHR sales, according to a statement released by the Department of Justice for the District of...

Top EHR Implementations of 2020, So Far

by Christopher Jason

When the novel coronavirus began its spread across the United States, it transformed healthcare in its entirety. That includes the health IT sector, where EHR vendors had to brainstorm and develop new...

Epic, Cerner Win Most EHR Contracts Among Community Hospitals

by Kate Monica

Epic and Cerner won more EHR contracts with community hospitals than any other vendor over the past 12 months, according to an April 2018 KLAS report. The report focused on the EHR selection,...