Why We Love the Summer 2025 athenahealth Release
Less Admin. Better Care. Happier Patients.
At Ignite Healthcare Solutions, our mission is clear: help healthcare teams do more by doing less. Less manual work, fewer clicks, fewer bottlenecks. That’s why we’re so excited about the Summer 2025 athenahealth Release, live from July 23–25.
This release delivers practical improvements that ease administrative burden and enhance the patient experience, which are our two core priorities. You can explore the full release at athena’s Release Workspace, but we’ve highlighted six features we believe will make the most immediate impact for practices like yours.
Our Top 6 Summer 2025 Features (and Why Ignite Is Excited)
1. 🔖 Bookmarking in athenaOne
What It Is:
Save and organize up to 40 favorite pages for quick access.
Why Ignite Loves It:
This reduces mental load for admin teams. Instead of digging through menus, staff can bookmark underused but critical tools such as the Zero Pay Review or Enrollment Dashboard. This helps them stay focused on what matters.
2. 👵👩🍼 Add a “Related Person” to the Care Team
What It Is:
Caregivers and family members can now be added to the patient’s care team for visibility in Quickview and the patient chart.
Why Ignite Loves It:
This is especially helpful for pediatrics, where a child may have a grandparent, nanny, or non-parent caregiver involved. It supports more accurate communication and documentation—two key pieces of great care.
3. 📺 athenaTelehealth Patient Screen Sharing
What It Is:
Patients and providers can now share screens during virtual visits.
Why Ignite Loves It:
For virtual-first clients, this means helping patients complete forms, review results, or go over care plans in real time. This cuts down on confusion and extra follow-up.
4. 🧾 Configure Order Sets with Optional Orders and Diagnoses
What It Is:
Clinicians can now see optional items in order sets, rather than being required to complete all elements.
Why Ignite Loves It:
We love this. It’s ideal for clients who want to guide providers toward preferred labs or imaging, without creating rigid templates. We’ve already heard from several practices who were waiting on this feature to better support their clinicians.
5. 📥 Reassign Multiple Documents in the Clinical Inbox
What It Is:
Admins can reassign batches of clinical documents to different users at once.
Why Ignite Loves It:
From provider offboarding to fixing TAO misroutes, this saves time and reduces errors. It’s a quiet but powerful improvement for practice managers and team leads.
6. 🙌 Enhanced Self Check-In on Practice-Owned Devices
What It Is:
Self check-in workflows can now run on tablets or devices provided by the practice.
Why Ignite Loves It:
This improves patient experience while removing tech dependencies (like patient phones). It’s a win for front desks, especially in high-volume environments.
💡 Ignite Is Here to Help
Excited about these updates but unsure where to start?
That’s where we come in.
At Ignite, we help practices translate release notes into real operational wins, including:
📊 Tailored Workflow Optimization
🎓 Custom Training & Change Management Support
🧭 Implementation and Monitoring Strategies
Whether you're rolling out new features, onboarding providers, or reworking legacy workflows, we’ll make it manageable and meaningful.
💬 Final Thoughts: From Features to Function
The Summer 2025 Release is a reminder that great software isn’t just about adding tools. It’s about removing barriers. Every one of these enhancements is designed to make healthcare feel more human and less exhausting for staff and for patients.
Explore the full set of updates at athenahealth’s Summer 2025 Release Workspace, or reach out if you'd like help bringing these features to life in your practice.
Let’s make the most of what’s new together.
