The athenahealth podcast

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Going in-depth on features, enhancements, and accelerators in the athenaOne EHR, as well as industry trends impacting those on the athenahealth network. Visit the athenahealth Marketplace (marketplace.athenahealth.com) to learn more about our partner sponsors.

  1. FEB 4

    Episode 51: Incentivizing providers to close encounters faster

    The latest episode of the athenahealth podcast looks at the vital work being done in rural communities, where healthcare providers must overcome unique geographic, economic, and infrastructure challenges to deliver comprehensive care – with the help of athenaOne solutions. Get tips for engaging patients with limited internet connectivity, using incentive programs and athenaOne tools to drive clinical efficiency, and preparing reluctant clinicians for AI adoption while maintaining the personal touch that's essential to building trust in tight-knit communities.

    12 min

  2. JAN 12

    Episode 50: How your peers transitioned to Enhanced Self Check-in

    As of November, over one-third of eligible appointments on athenaOne saw patients using Enhanced Self Check-in – a significant jump even from the 23% we were seeing at the end of 2024. Enhanced Self Check-in supports practices with the ability to capture important patient information in advance of an encounter, including expanded automated check-in messaging, insurance card capture, collecting online patient payments, patient screeners, and medications review. In the latest episode of the athenahealth podcast, we're joined by Virginia Urology to hear more about how they adopted Enhanced Self Check-in.

    14 min

  3. JAN 5

    Episode 49: Curing complexity with the athenaInstitute

    Healthcare stands at a crossroads. While AI breakthroughs and innovation dominate the headlines, complexity remains a persistent challenge for too many practices nationwide. Navigating this ever-evolving landscape can feel overwhelming, but at athenahealth, we view complexity not as a barrier, but as an invitation to lead. In the latest episode of the athenahealth podcast, we introduce you to the athenaInstitute, athenahealth’s platform for championing ideas and actions that help cure complexity in ambulatory care. Through timely insights, expert collaboration, and a spotlight on industry-shaping innovation, the athenaInstitute aims to accelerate meaningful progress for practices and the patients they serve. Learn more by navigating to https://www.athenahealth.com/athenainstitute.

    19 min

  4. 12/08/2025

    Episode 48: Using AI to keep patient care personal

    In an interview recorded at Thrive Summit in November, we explore how innovative clinicians are leveraging athenaOne and artificial intelligence tools to overcome geographic barriers while maintaining the personal connection that's so vital to effective patient care. Dr. Allen Gee is a neurologist practicing in Wyoming, where he's one of only eight full-time neurologists serving a state of over 500,000 residents across hundreds of miles. With his focus on "neurohealth" — treating the whole person rather than just symptoms — Dr. Gee shares his insights on using athenaOne's tools for patient engagement, how AI is helping him focus on patients rather than screens, and why he believes the future of healthcare lies in the collaboration between human intelligence and artificial intelligence.

    18 min

  5. 11/19/2025

    Episode 47: Tips for transitioning to Appointment Schedule

    Since its launch in 2023, Appointment Schedule has gradually replaced the legacy scheduling workflow in athenaOne. Appointment Schedule offers more in-depth visibility to a provider or department’s schedule as well as open or booked slots, and it allows users to view the calendar and start booking without first selecting a patient. As of July, over 90% of athenaOne practices who scheduled an appointment did so with the new Appointment Schedule workflow. By the end of 2025, two-thirds of organizations will have fully migrated to the new Appointment Schedule workflow. Want some tips and tricks on transitioning to the new Appointment Schedule workflow from an organization that has been with us throughout the journey? Check out an interview recorded at Thrive Summit in Nashville in early November. This episode is brought to you by Pretty Good AI: https://marketplace.athenahealth.com/product/pretty-good-ai

    11 min

  6. 11/12/2025

    Episode 46: A chat with a pediatrician using AI in athenaOne

    If you were at Thrive in early November, you were in the room when we introduced the AI-native clinical encounter, a reimagined experience that anticipates clinicians’ needs, surfaces relevant insights at the moment of care, and drafts documentation, orders, and diagnoses based on the clinician-patient conversation.  Listen to a conversation with Dr. Vik Mali, a pediatrician from the suburbs of Detroit, about his experience as an early tester of these AI features -- including Sage, a digital assistant embedded into athenaOne that clinicians can use to obtain information about their patient.

    16 min

  7. 11/03/2025

    Episode 45: The Fall 2025 Release -- and beyond

    The Fall 2025 Release talks place from November 12-14. If you missed the recent Fall 2025 Release Walk-through webinar, we're publishing a conversation with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Nele Jessel that we featured in that webinar, a conversation that focused on the various ways we're using AI to transform the clinician experience in athenaOne, both with new features in the Fall 2025 Release and in the months to come.

    42 min

  8. 10/22/2025

    Episode 44: Transforming your revenue cycle experience

    Imagine a world where every step of patient care and the revenue cycle work together in a faster, smarter way, and where documentation is generated from what is said during the encounter, and is complete and compliant, with real-time, autonomously coded claims. Our ambition is to reduce your revenue cycle workload by at least 50% by 2027, while, at the same time, dramatically improving revenue cycle outcomes. It’s about taking more work off your plate than we ever thought possible.  This episode is brought to you by Pretty Good AI: https://marketplace.athenahealth.com/product/pretty-good-ai

    20 min
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Going in-depth on features, enhancements, and accelerators in the athenaOne EHR, as well as industry trends impacting those on the athenahealth network. Visit the athenahealth Marketplace (marketplace.athenahealth.com) to learn more about our partner sponsors.

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  • Creator
    athenahealth
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    51
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