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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. | '''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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| + | * [http://www.athenahealth.com athenahealth, Inc.] | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 3 February 2015
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. [1]
History
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.[1]
Growth
2000 As a natural evolution of their EMR Athenahealth,they introduced AthenaCollector which was physician billing and practice management service.
2006 AthenaClinicals was launched and was touted as the "first economically sustainable, service-based" electronic medical records (EMR) system.
2008 They announced the acquisition of MedicalMessaging.net and integrated it into their physician solution systems.
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. [2]
2014 Athenahealth acquires RazorInsights to enter the smaller community hospital EHR market. [3]
Products
AthenaCollector Physician billing and practice management service combining software, proprietary claims knowledge, and business services.
AthenaClinicals Integrated electronic medical records (EMR) service, combining software with clinical and payer intelligence.
AthenaCommunicator Automated calling and emailing platform and customizable patient portal system.
AthenaCoordinator Cloud-based care coordination service for order transmission, insurance pre-certification and patient registration among physicians and hospitals, surgical centers and imaging centers.
Certification
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. [4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.athenahealth.com/about-us/fact-sheet.php
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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/
- ↑ Anonymous. (2010). Athenahealth earns preliminary interim final rule stage 1 EHR certification from CCHIT. Health & Beauty Close - Up,
