Compare Nightingale EMR and Athenahealth - Feb 2023

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Feb 17, 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Nightingale EMR or Athenahealth?

Nightingale EMR is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Athenahealth, and Athenahealth is rated higher (96/100) than Nightingale EMR (82/100). Athenahealth offers users more features (16) than Nightingale EMR (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Athenahealth!

Looking for the right Medical 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:

Nightingale Vs. Athenahealth

Nightingale: Nightingale is a software company with offices in Canada and the US. Founded in 2002, our goal is to simplify the day-to-day challenges of healthcare providers. We achieve this by creating software that is truly intuitive – minimizing training and maximizing adoption.We build innovative cloud-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Manage...

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? Nightingale EMR or Athenahealth?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Medical 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 Nightingale EMR and Athenahealth.

Nightingale EMR accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Nightingale is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Medical 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 Medical software cost.

Bottom line: Nightingale EMR cost is around the same cost of Athenahealth.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Nightingale EMR Vs. Athenahealth based on some of the most important and required Medical features.

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

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

Target customer size

Nightingale EMR's typical customers include: Medium and large size businesses,

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

Nightingale EMR

ITQlick rating
(3/5)

Nightingale is a web-based health IT solution that is commonly suited for medical practices of all sizes and also caters to the requirements of all specialties. Nightingale software provides services that suppo...

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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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Nightingale EMR: 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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Nighting...
ITQlick rating
3/5
Score
82/100
Pricing
4.6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
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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
NextGen ...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$299 per provider/month
Functionality
20
Practice...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2.6/10
License pricing
$149 per provider/month
Functionality
41
WebPT
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$3 per provider/day
Functionality
30
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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.