Compare MacPractice and Athenahealth - Feb 2023

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Feb 17, 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - MacPractice or Athenahealth?

Athenahealth is more expensive to implement (TCO) than MacPractice, and Athenahealth is rated higher (96/100) than MacPractice (85/100). Athenahealth offers users more features (16) than MacPractice (0).

Looking for the right Practice Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

MacPractice Inc. Vs. Athenahealth

MacPractice Inc.: MacPractice is dedicated to developing, implementing, and supporting the premier practice management and clinical software solutions for doctors who prefer to use Macs. For more than 25 years, the developer of MacPractice has listened to clients and responded by creating applications that leverage the powerful features of each new version of Apple’...

Athenahealth: athenahealth delivers cloud-based services for EHR, practice management and care coordination. Our mission is to be caregivers' most trusted service, helping them do well doing the right thing.

Who is more expensive? MacPractice or Athenahealth?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Practice Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for MacPractice and Athenahealth.

MacPractice price starts at $100 per hour , On a scale between 1 to 10 MacPractice MD is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Practice Management software. Athenahealth price starts at $140 per provider/month + 4% to 7% , When comparing Athenahealth to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Practice Management software cost.

Bottom line: Athenahealth is more expensive than MacPractice.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared MacPractice Vs. Athenahealth based on some of the most important and required Practice Management features.

MacPractice: We are still working to collect the list of features for MacPractice.

Athenahealth: Security, Accounting & Finance, Billing & Invoicing, Email, Task Management.

Target customer size

Customers of the software include medical businesses and practices of all sizes and a variety of types.

Athenahealth's medical software is primarily designed for medical practices, including primary care physicians, specialists, and small to mid-size practices.



MacPractice

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

starts at $100 per hour

MacPractice MD is an on-premise medical practice management solution that is developed to be used by physicians in improving the quality of practices they offer their patients. the software is developed to be u...

Categories: Medical, Allergy EMR, Anesthesia EMR, Cardiology EMR.

Athenahealth

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

starts at $140 per provider/month + 4% to 7%

Athenahealth is a cloud-based medical, EMR and EHR software small, medium, and large healthcare enterprises. Its key features include electronic health records, medical billing, patient engagement, claims manag...

Categories: Billing & Invoicing, Medical, Billing Management, Electronic Medical Records, Hospital Management.

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Compare features

MacPractice: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

Athenahealth: 16 Features

Security
Accounting & Finance
Billing & Invoicing
Email
Task Management
Backup
Remote Access
Billing & Invoicing
Scheduling
Appointment Management
Charting
E-Prescribing
E/M Coding
HIPAA Compliant
Patient portal
Voice Recognition
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
Software review
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MacPract...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$100 per hour
Functionality
25
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Athenahealth
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
96/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$140 per provider/month + 4% to 7%
Functionality
61
CareClou...
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$349 per provider/month
Functionality
29
MDConnection
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
2.4/10
License pricing
$199 per provider/month
Functionality
30
Intergy ...
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
22

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.