Athenahealth - Top 4 Alternatives (Mar 2022)

Shlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 09, 2022

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In terms of competition, AthenaHealth goes head-to-head with some of the most recommended medical systems in the medical software industry. Some of its closest alternatives are Kareo, Cerner, NextGen, and eClinicalWorks. Here are how AthenaHealth compares with these systems in crucial aspects:

• Functionality: Compared to its alternatives, AthenaHealth has general functionalities like Telehealth, EHR, Patient Engagement, Care Delivery, Billing, Interoperability, etc. Kareo, eClinicalWorks, and NextGen have similar features to AthenaHealth, but Cerner has fewer features, with Telehealth being the notable omission.
• Customers/Industries: In terms of industries/clinics targeted, AthenaHealth targets 14 healthcare industries ranging from Orthopedics to Ancillary Service Organizations, while its competitors like Kareo targets 45 from pathology to general surgery, eClinicalWorks targets 25, and NextGen targets 32 healthcare industries.
• Cost: AthenaHealth has been established as a low-cost cloud-based EHR software and compared to the closest alternatives, it is still low-cost. However, AthenaHealth does not offer a demo like its close alternatives (eClinicalWorks, NextGen, and Kareo).
• Cloud-Based/On-Premise: AthenaHealth has both cloud-based and on-premise versions, but its alternatives have only a cloud-based version.
• Popularity: AthenaHealth can be considered average when compared with its competition in terms of popularity. AthenaHealth, founded in 2019, is used by more than 110 different specialties, and it is publicly traded as ATHN. AthenaHealth competitor, like Cerner, was founded 40 years ago, has more than 26,000 associates, has 600 patents globally, and is also publicly traded as CERN. Kareo and NextGen are equally publicly traded and have a global presence.
• Scalability: AthenaHealth and its competitors are scalable medical systems that help clinics of various sizes to grow from small to medium and to large.
• Support: AthenaHealth and all its competition provide email, phone, helpdesk. However, only NextGen and Kareo offer chat support for their clients.