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| − | '''Athenahealth, Inc.''' (ATHN) is a publicly traded American company that provides multiple solutions for physicians and hospital systems. Services include the following: medical billing, practice management, and an integrated electronic medical record (EMR) service. The company was founded in 1997 in San Diego, California, and today is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, with operational sites in Belfast, Maine; San Francisco, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Princeton, New Jersey; and Chennai, India. <ref name="history">http://www.athenahealth.com/about-us/fact-sheet.php</ref>
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| − | Athenahealth was started in 1997 by Jonathan Bush, nephew of George. W. Bush, Athenahealth cofounders Jonathan Bush and Todd Park. In the early stages, Athenahealth began as women's health and birthing practice in San Diego, California, called Athena Healthcare. The startup ran into resistance from obtaining reimbursement by insurance companies. Due to their difficulties, they looked for solutions of practice management to streamline their practice, cut overhead and interact with third party insurance companies. After unsuccessfully finding a solution, they created Athenahealth as a solution to these issues other medical practices had. Ed Park,Todd's brother was hired as a software developer and they developed an EMR with a rules engine for billing purposes.<ref name="history"></ref>
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| − | ==Growth==
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| − | 2000 As a natural evolution of their EMR Athenahealth,they introduced '''AthenaCollector''' which was physician billing and practice management service.
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| − | 2006 '''AthenaClinicals''' was launched and was touted as the "first economically sustainable, service-based" electronic medical records (EMR) system.
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| − | 2008 They announced the acquisition of '''MedicalMessaging.net''' and integrated it into their physician solution systems.
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| − | 2013 Athenahealth acquires '''Epocrates''', a leader in mobile pharmacy applications. The Epocrates app, which as of August was used by 338,000 U.S. physicians to call up summaries on drugs, including side effects and interactions. Athenahealth estimates about 90 percent of doctors had heard of Epocrates, three times the recognition of Athenahealth itself. <ref name="Epocrates acquisition">Burrows, P. Athenahealth Acquires Epocrates, the Angry Bird of Healthcare. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-07/athenahealth-acquires-epocrates-the-angry-birds-of-healt.html</ref>
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| − | 2014 Athenahealth acquires '''RazorInsights''' to enter the smaller community hospital EHR market. <ref name="RazorInsights">Versel, N. Athenahealth Enters Hospital EHR Market with RazorInsights Acquisition. http://www.forbes.com/sites/neilversel/2015/01/14/athenahealth-enters-hospital-ehr-market-with-razorinsights-acquisition/</ref>
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| − | ==Products==
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| − | '''AthenaCollector''' Physician billing and practice management service combining software, proprietary claims knowledge, and business services.
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| − | '''AthenaClinicals''' Integrated electronic medical records (EMR) service, combining software with clinical and payer intelligence.
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| − | '''AthenaCommunicator''' Automated calling and emailing platform and customizable patient portal system.
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| − | '''AthenaCoordinator''' Cloud-based care coordination service for order transmission, insurance pre-certification and patient registration among physicians and hospitals, surgical centers and imaging centers.
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| − | == Certification ==
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| − | AthenaClinicals Versions 0.27 and 10.6 were also certified in the CCHIT Certified 2006 and 2008 programs respectively. The CCHIT Certified program is a separate, independently developed certification that includes a rigorous inspection of an EHR's integrated functionality, interoperability, and security using criteria developed by the CCHIT's broadly representative, expert work groups. Since athenahealth's services reside on one application, all athenaClinicals EHR’s are Stage 1 certified EHR technology with no upgrades necessary. <ref name="Anonymous (2010)”>Anonymous. (2010). Athenahealth earns preliminary interim final rule stage 1 EHR certification from CCHIT. Health & Beauty Close - Up, </ref>
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| − | == Awards ==
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| − | In 2011, AthenaClinicals were named the best electronic health record (EHR) systems for practices with one to 75 physicians, based on interviews by KLAS, a Utah-based research company.x. AthenaClinicals was named the top-ranking EHR system for practices with 11 to 75 physicians. Adam Gale, KLAS president, states the rankings spotlight vendors that best keep their promises in their market segments for offering a combination of superior products, strong service, and high customer value.<ref name="Gale(2012)”>Gale (2012). KLAS names best systems, software for medical practices. (2012, January 25). Medical Economics, 89(2), 50. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxyhost.library.tmc.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA280721293&v=2.1&u=txshracd2509&it=r&p=HRCA&sw=w&asid=5a2f8fb587ab908a437811a660cf6c3c</ref>
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| − | ==References==
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://www.athenahealth.com athenahealth, Inc.]
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