Certified EMR software backed by guaranteed payments

We are the only EMR vendor in the industry to guarantee physicians' payment, not just software. In fact, many of our clients are beginning to receive their year-one HITECH Meaningful Use payments of up to $18,000.⁵

Your own Meaningful Use Performance Team

Avoid the time-consuming work of registration and attestation with government agencies. Our team does it all for you, while also supporting you with expert coaching and guidance on achieving Meaningful Use measures.

Meaningful Use resources at your fingertips

Get the information you need in our online Meaningful Use Training Resource Center. You and your staff have easy access to self-guided step-by-step training, reporting tools, webinars and more.

athenaClinicals, release 10.10, is:

Quality Management Engine

Stay current with—and take advantage of—Meaningful Use, PQRI, Bridges to Excellence, and other Pay-for-Performance programs while getting prepared for new risk-based payment programs and models, such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Our Quality Management Engine includes a continuously updated database that injects clinical knowledge into your patient encounters, so you stay current and get paid what you deserve.

Your eyes and ears in Quality Management

When new valuable information is pulled into the "cloud," our Quality Performance Team keeps you informed. They also assess data across the athenahealth client base to identify workflow improvements, best practices, and solution enhancements for everyone. The team is constantly tuned into new Pay-for-Performance changes and rules so you're always up to date.

A faster route to Patient-Centered Medical Home

With athenaClinicals, you can participate in the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model more quickly and with less burden on your staff. Our EMR has been qualified as a service that facilitates the PCMH model and our PCMH Accelerator Program is designed to speed the way for your practice to achieve the National Committee for Quality Assurance's (NCQA) recognition.

Back-office document services

Leave the bulk of your paperwork and your most labor-intensive administrative tasks in our hands. We receive and route clinical information to patient charts and tie incoming results to the original orders, closing the loop on care.

The information you need – in your inbox

Now you don't have to waste time tracking down which orders have been filled or unfilled, finding out when results have come in, and other critical updates on your patients. Our Clinical Inbox puts all the timely information you need in one place, so you can easily access it and act on it.

Uncover new pay-for-performance opportunities

Rely on athenahealth's experts to proactively seek out new Pay-for-Performance opportunities and other incentive programs and to share them with you on an ongoing basis.

Get the secure clinical interfaces you need

We can build the secure interfaces you need with pharmacies, hospitals, registries, and Health Information Exchanges—at no extra charge.

A 5-stage workflow to drive efficiency

Our EMR won't slow you down when you're conducting exams. With athenahealth's 5-stage workflow, you can focus your attention on patients and keep data collection and pay-for-performance measures outside of the exam room wherever possible.

Ensuring your success through tracking, benchmarking and coaching

When you move to our cloud-based network, we're able to track and benchmark your performance at the provider level against your peers. We'll coach you on how to increase the efficiency of each patient visit. athenaClinicals is so effective at boosting productivity, our clients typically see an 3.4% increase in patient volume.²

Designed to support your method of documentation

athenaClinicals helps speed adoption by supporting multiple documentation and charting modes, including jotter, key-board entry, Dragon voice recognition software, and even paper-based note taking. Our 98.6% average provider adoption rate offers compelling proof that our model works.⁴

Gain access anywhere, anytime

Gain quick, convenient web access to the information you need—whether you're in the exam room, at the hospital or at home. The advantages of athenaClinicals follow you wherever you provide care.

Low upfront costs, no ongoing fees

The start-up costs of plugging into our cloud-based network are minimal. Unlike other EMRs, there are no licensing fees and you won't have to deal with the hassle and expense of installing and maintaining servers.

No software upgrades

Regular updates are free and automatic for everyone on the network. That means you don't have to worry about costly and disruptive upgrades or providers being on different and disconnected networks.