WATERTOWN, Mass., Feb. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHN), a leading provider of network-enabled services and point-of-care mobile applications for hospital and ambulatory clients nationwide, today announced its performance assessment tool for healthcare organizations will be unveiled at the 2017 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS17), February 19-23 in Orlando, Florida. The application leverages data from thousands of high-performing physicians across athenahealth’s national network to evaluate an organization’s performance against key indicators associated with best-in-breed clinical and financial outcomes.
Through interaction with the tool at athenahealth’s booth (#3743), HIMSS17 attendees will gain actionable, vendor-agnostic insight and guidance to drive better bottom-line results.
“Thanks to the breadth of our national network, we can deliver unprecedented visibility into what drives clinical and financial performance. We know what’s working and what isn’t for our nearly 88,000 provider clients, and we want others to know what athena knows,” said Jonathan Bush, chief executive officer at athenahealth. “Our mission is to equip providers with insight and clinical information while taking away unnecessary work. Traditional software cannot optimize the business of healthcare, or serve the needs of providers and patients in the way a network can. We’re bringing this to life at HIMSS.”
In addition to the performance tool, athenahealth’s booth (#3743) will feature:
- High-Performing Physician Network (HPPN) interactive: A dynamic athenaInsight experience that teases out variables, ranging from patient portal registration to physician retention, which correlate most closely with financial outcomes.
- athenahealth Marketplace: Hear from More Disruption Please partners about athenahealth’s Marketplace where providers shop for innovative technologies that are seamlessly integrated onto an open, API-enabled platform.
- Demonstrations of athenahealth’s network-enabled services, including: athenaOne; athenaOne for Hospitals & Health Systems; and athenahealth Population Health for improved patient self-management and care coordination of at-risk populations.
Onsite Presentations
Dr. Todd Rothenhaus, chief medical officer at athenahealth, and Paul Shenenberger, chief information officer at Summit Medical Group, will discuss the business case for portal adoption during a joint talk, “Patient Engagement and Financial Health: A Roadmap,” scheduled for February 22, 11:30am-12:30pm.
athenahealth’s booth (#3837) will feature intimate fireside chats with enterprise clients and industry influencers. Topics will range from leadership lessons, to experiences on the athenahealth network, and will cover physician engagement, data-driven performance, and more. Full schedule as follows:
| Session Title | Speaker | Date/Time | |
| Monday, February 20 | |||
| Driving Performance by Refining Enterprise Metrics and Measurement | Bryan Stiltz, Senior Vice President of Physician Enterprise, Adventist Health System | February 20, 11:20-11:40am | |
| The Changing Jobs of Physician and Patient | Dr. John Halamka, Chief Information Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | February 20, noon-12:20pm | |
| Driving Data-Driven Performance in Post-EHR Era | Dr. Bryan T. Hinch, Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Toledo Medical Center | February 20, 2-2:20pm | |
| The Role of Transparency in Population Health Success | Dr. Clay Ackerly, Chief Medical Officer, Privia Health | February 20, 2:40-3pm | |
| Creating an Organizational Culture in Support of Patient Engagement | Paul Shenenberger, Chief Information Officer, Summit Medical Group | February 20, 3:20-3:40pm | |
| Tuesday, February 21 | |||
| Preventing Burnout by Engaging Physicians | Dr. Zubin Damania (“ZDoggMD”) | February 21, 10:20-10:40am | |
| A Physician’s View of Culture—How to Engage Colleagues and Build Trust | Dr. Marc Dean, Assistant Medical Director, Clinical Informatics, Harbin Clinic | February 21, 11-11:20am | |
| Driving Performance & Integration Through Physician Engagement | Dr. William Higgins, Vice President, Regional Executive Medical Director, NewYork-Presbyterian | February 21, 11:40am-noon | |
| Redesigning Care Models for Greater Quality and Efficiency Alignment | Dr. Laura Williams, Director of Medical Informatics and Interim CMIO, Trinity Health | February 21, 1:20-1:40pm | |
| Engaging Physicians in Population Health | Kevin Hoppe, Network COO, Lahey Health | February 21, 2-2:20pm | |
| The power of network medicine: fighting Zika infection from Florida to Texas | Dr. Diego I. Shmuels, Director of Clinical Practice Management, Borinquen Health Care Center of Miami Dade | February 21, 2:40-3pm | |
ZDoggMD, rap star of the social movement Let Doctors Be Doctors, will join Jessica Sweeney-Platt, executive director of athenaResearch, for a fireside chat February 21 at 10:20am at athenahealth’s booth (#3743). ZDogg will also perform his latest anthem “Lose Yourself” at the company’s annual Cloud Party on February 21 at Universal Studios Orlando City Walk.
To learn more about athenahealth and the power of the network, please visit booths #3743 or #3837 at HIMSS17 or visit www.athenahealth.com. Follow athenahealth’s social media channels for on-site activity updates, times, and locations, as well as timely insights from the athenahealth network.
About athenahealth, Inc.
athenahealth partners with hospital and ambulatory clients to drive clinical and financial results. We offer medical record, revenue cycle, patient engagement, care coordination, and population health services. We combine insights from our network of nearly 88,000 providers and nearly 86 million patients with deep industry knowledge and perform administrative work at scale. For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com.