# athenahealth

> athenahealth is a cloud-based health IT company that runs the unglamorous machinery of American medicine - the charts, the claims, the appointment reminders - for roughly 160,000 clinicians. Its flagship athenaOne platform bundles electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement into a single subscription, and unlike most of its rivals it gets paid a percentage of what it collects. After two private-equity buyouts in five years and a $17 billion price tag, the company is now rebuilding the whole thing around AI.

- **Founded:** 1997
- **Headquarters:** Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founders:** Jonathan Bush (Co-founder & former CEO), Todd Park (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~8,700-9,000 employees
- **Products:** athenaOne, athenaClinicals, athenaCollector, athenaCommunicator, Epocrates
- **Notable:** Grew from a San Diego birthing center into a network serving ~160,000 providers and care for roughly one in five Americans, Reached a $17 billion valuation in its 2022 buyout - one of the largest health-IT deals on record, Built an open marketplace of 500+ integrated applications across 60+ specialties

## Products & services

- **athenaOne** — Fully integrated, cloud-based and AI-native platform combining EHR, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement in a single subscription.
- **athenaClinicals** — Electronic health record for charting, e-prescribing, lab and diagnostic ordering, clinical task management, and telehealth visits.
- **athenaCollector** — Practice management and revenue cycle engine that scrubs claims, verifies eligibility, and manages denials and accounts receivable.
- **athenaCommunicator** — Patient engagement suite covering the patient portal, secure messaging, online scheduling, digital intake, and automated reminders.
- **Epocrates** — Clinical decision-support mobile app used by clinicians for drug reference, interaction checks, and dosing.
- **athenaOne Marketplace** — Open ecosystem of 500+ third-party applications integrated with athenaOne across 60+ medical specialties.

## Achievements

- Grew from a San Diego birthing center into a network serving ~160,000 providers and care for roughly one in five Americans
- Reached a $17 billion valuation in its 2022 buyout - one of the largest health-IT deals on record
- Built an open marketplace of 500+ integrated applications across 60+ specialties
- Embedded 80+ AI features into the athenaOne platform, including clinically inferred diagnoses and agentic patient communication

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Launched agentic AI patient-communication tools across its provider network - text and voice virtual assistants that let patients ask questions and schedule appointments inside athenaOne workflows.
- **2026** — Rolled out a revenue cycle management roadmap with more than 80 AI features built into the athenaOne platform.
- **2025-09** — Announced athenaClinicals advancements including industry-first clinically inferred diagnoses and AI document labeling; piloted Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.

## Links

- Website: https://athenahealth.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/athenahealth
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/athenahealth
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/athenahealth
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athenahealth/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/athenahealth

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Last updated: 2026-08-13