"You have the computer and all that access and now I'm starting to have patients say, 'Three years ago, I had a colonoscopy. Who did that?' and now with a click of a button I can pull that right up. The longer you're in athenaClinicals the more benefits and the …

“athena has given [providers] visibility and transparency within their practice, It’s been really terrific for them to be able to see exactly where they’re at, to be able to pull specific reports about how much they’re collecting for newborns at the hospital...[or] from a specific insurance company. And how they’re …

"The transparency athenaCollector has created has made a night and day difference in practice financials. "We can't say enough about how pleased we are with the service."

“athenahealth’s systems meshed perfectly with the Ideal Medical Practice model. They took work off my hands, so I had more time for my patients.”

“athenahealth has made it a lot easier for us to run our practice. They’re always staying ahead of where I need to be.”

"Before athenahealth, at times we had to pull the same chart three times in one day and it would be 'Where is the chart?' or 'Who has the chart?'. Now, the integration of faxes from the hospital and from other health care providers into the electronic record has reduced the …

"In short, athenahealth became a tool for us to address issues across the board, not just billing."

“athenaCoordinator carries the philosophy that our group’s had for the last 20 years, reflecting that all improvements in health care require cooperative work and thinking. “I think it certainly takes a collaborative effort. The challenges are great, the demands are many. But athena has been a very effective partner in …

“We had so much support from athena, and the work athena provides for the Meaningful Use achievements, that with proper planning and confident monitoring, we did an excellent job meeting our goals."

"Getting out of the office at the end of the day is my metric, It just makes the whole practice better. It’s more efficient. It kind of cleans everything up. Everything is tightened up. And we just do a better job of delivering health care.”

“Ask yourself: Are you getting paid quickly and accurately for the services your practice provides? Are you maximizing efficiency and lowering costs at every point in the process? athenahealth has made such a positive difference in the efficiency and the profitability of our practice that we haven't looked back.”

“Athenahealth pulls up the information that I and my staff want to know, when we need it. I also have a series of procedures in athena—my injections, my cast applications, and so on. All of those things are simply a click and a couple of drop-down screens away; so, after …

"They turned it on and I said 'Wow. We're almost there on every measure, All we had to do was change some of our workflow to meet a few of the criteria."

“With athenahealth, it’s easier to see when mistakes are made. Our administrators are more accountable for their claims because the system can pinpoint missing slips and incorrect information in a claim. If an insurance number or billing code is entered incorrectly, athenahealth fl ags the error and immediately identifi es …

“Using athenahealth enables us to take time with patients, pay our staff a fair wage, and have a wonderful working environment.”