athenaInstitute

athenahealth’s athenaInstitute

Our mission

Healthcare stands at a crossroads. While AI breakthroughs and innovation dominate headlines, complexity continues to challenge physicians and healthcare leaders every day. At athenahealth, we view that complexity not as a barrier, but as an invitation to lead. The athenaInstitute turns insight into action.

Here we publish timely research, convene the industry’s leading minds, and amplify proven innovation to help healthcare organizations and policymakers understand the challenges and work together toward solutions that create a healthier ecosystem.

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Our purpose

For more than twenty years, athenahealth has built trust by championing physician-centric innovation. Today, we are at an inflection point where rapid technological advancement and the business of care converge.

The athenaInstitute’s purpose is to explore that intersection by aligning evidence, expertise, and energy to accelerate meaningful progress across ambulatory care. What we do:

Publish

Share actionable data, insights, and thought leadership that illuminate and simplify care delivery.

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Convene

Bring together clinicians, policymakers, technology leaders, and researchers to challenge assumptions and collaborate on real-world solutions.

Amplify

Spotlight proven and emerging innovations and voices reshaping the future of care.

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Our areas of focus

The Institute offers a 360° view of care delivery through three lenses:

Ecosystem health

Examining the dynamics of the healthcare ecosystem across practices, payers, and patients.

athenaInstitute leadership

Healthcare is an interconnected industry, shaped by business, technology, societal, and medical shifts. The athenaInstitute is led by co-chairs who advise researchers, clinicians, data scientists, analysts, and strategists committed to improving the business and delivery of care.