AI Scribe for athenahealth
The ways to get an AI-written visit note into athenaOne, with sources. athenahealth has its own Ambient Notes, so that comes first. VoiceboxMD is the $49 option that works at your cursor.
The Short Answer
athenahealth has its own scribe, called Ambient Notes. Its website says it is embedded in athenaOne Mobile and works by "recording the visit, using generative AI to create a note summary, and seamlessly placing it into the patient encounter". If your practice has it, try it first.
If you want a scribe outside athenaOne, there are two kinds. Freed and Sunoh.ai connect to athenahealth, at $119 and from $149 a month. VoiceboxMD does not connect. Its desktop app places the note in the athenaOne field your cursor is in, for $49 per provider per month with no note cap.
So the choice is mostly price against convenience: a push into the chart, or one keyboard shortcut per note or per section.
Who wrote this page: VoiceboxMD publishes it and sells one of the options below. What we say about other products comes from each company’s own website, checked on November 9, 2026. Each row links to its source.
Your Options for an AI Scribe in athenaOne
| Option | How the note reaches athenaOne | Published price | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| athenahealth Ambient Notes | Built into athenaOne. athenahealth says it is embedded in athenaOne Mobile and works by "recording the visit, using generative AI to create a note summary, and seamlessly placing it into the patient encounter". It also lists "Multiple ambient models" to choose from. | No price on the page we checked | athenahealth.com |
| Freed (EHR push) | A Chrome extension. Freed says it "sits next to the chart you have open" and pushes the note in with one click. athenahealth is on Freed's list of 13 EHRs. EHR push is included in the Premier and Groups plans. | $119 a month for Premier, or $104 a month billed annually | getfreed.ai |
| Sunoh.ai | Sunoh.ai's website names athenahealth among the EHRs it integrates with. | From $149 per user per month ("for a limited time") | sunoh.ai |
| VoiceboxMD (publisher of this page) | No integration. The Mac or Windows app places the finished note at your cursor in athenaOne, whole or one section at a time. You sign it yourself. | $49, $79 or $99 per provider per month. Scribe on every plan, no note cap. | This page |
Checked on November 9, 2026. Products and prices change, so confirm on the source page before you decide. Product names belong to their owners. VoiceboxMD is not affiliated with any company in this table.
How VoiceboxMD Works With athenaOne
Record the visit
Start the scribe on your phone, in the web app, or in the Mac or Windows app, and talk with your patient as usual. It listens through the microphone of the device you started it on.
Read the draft
A structured note is drafted in SOAP, H&P or your own template. On our service, half of the notes were ready within 29 seconds of the recording finishing its upload (September 6 to November 5, 2026). Read it and change anything you want.
Place it in athenaOne
Open the finished note in the Mac or Windows app and click into the athenaOne field you want, in whichever browser you use. Press Ctrl+Alt+0 (Cmd+Option+0 on a Mac) to place the whole note, or Ctrl+Alt+1 to 9 (Cmd+Option+1 to 9 on a Mac) to place one section at a time. Then review and sign the encounter in athenaOne.
Which athenaOne Setup Do You Have?
athenaOne in a browser on your Mac or Windows computer
Install the desktop app. It works at the cursor and not inside the browser, so there is no extension to install and it does not matter which browser you use. On a Mac, allow VoiceboxMD in Accessibility settings first.
Phone in the exam room, computer at your desk
Record the visit on your iPhone or Android phone. The finished note shows up in the desktop app, ready to place in the encounter you have open in athenaOne.
A computer you cannot install software on
Record the visit in the iPhone or Android app. Open the finished note in the web app on that computer and copy it into the chart. Nothing is installed on the workstation.
Referral letters and after-visit summaries
On Power and Premium, VoiceboxMD also drafts a referral letter, a prior-authorization letter or an after-visit summary from the same visit. Place or copy it into athenaOne like any other text.
What VoiceboxMD Does Not Do in athenaOne
No athenaOne integration
VoiceboxMD does not connect to athenaOne through an API or a browser extension. It does not pull your schedule, patient details or earlier notes, and it never signs or files a note. You place the text and you sign it.
Placing the note needs the desktop app
The Mac or Windows app puts the note at your cursor. The web app and the phone apps let you copy or share the note instead.
English visits, one microphone
The ambient scribe works in English only. It records your microphone, so it does not capture telehealth call audio, and it does not label who is speaking.
No E/M level
Power and Premium suggest ICD-10 and CPT codes with the supporting text. VoiceboxMD does not suggest an E/M level.
What It Costs
Essential, $49 a month
The ambient scribe and live dictation, with no monthly note cap. SOAP, H&P and your own templates.
Power, $79 a month
Adds ICD-10 and CPT code suggestions, letters and after-visit summaries, and upload of a recording you already have (in the web app).
Premium, $99 a month
Adds a writing style learned from your own edits, applied to new notes.
Prices are per provider. The free trial is 7 days on monthly billing and 14 days on annual billing. A card is collected at checkout and is not charged during the trial. A Business Associate Agreement is included on every plan, including the trial. See full pricing.
Try it on one real visit. Record it, read the draft, and place it in athenaOne. No sales call.
Start free trialAI Scribe for athenaOne: Frequently Asked Questions
Does athenahealth have its own AI scribe?
Yes. It is called Ambient Notes. athenahealth says it is embedded in athenaOne Mobile and that it works by "recording the visit, using generative AI to create a note summary, and seamlessly placing it into the patient encounter".
athenahealth does not list a price on that page. Ask your athenahealth account team. We checked the page on November 9, 2026.
Does VoiceboxMD integrate with athenaOne?
No. It is not an athenahealth Marketplace app and it does not use an athenahealth API. The Mac or Windows app places the finished note at your cursor in athenaOne, the same way typing would.
It does not pull your schedule, patient details or earlier notes from athenaOne, and it never signs or files a note.
How is this different from Freed for athenahealth?
Freed connects to athenahealth. Its EHR push is a Chrome extension included in the Premier plan at $119 a month, and Freed says its EHR connect, on the Groups plan, works with athenahealth today.
VoiceboxMD has no connection to athenahealth. You press a shortcut and the note goes into the field your cursor is in. It costs $49 a month with no note cap, and works in any browser.
Which browsers does it work with?
Any browser you run athenaOne in on a Mac or Windows computer. The desktop app pastes at the cursor and does not run inside the browser, so there is no extension to install.
Can I record on my phone and finish in athenaOne on my computer?
Yes. Record the visit in the iPhone or Android app. The finished note shows up in the desktop app on your computer, and you place it in the encounter you have open.
Without the desktop app, open the note in the web app and copy it.
What does an AI scribe for athenahealth cost?
athenahealth does not list a price for Ambient Notes on the page we checked. Freed Premier, the plan with EHR push, is $119 a month or $104 billed annually. Sunoh.ai lists a starting price of $149 per user per month.
VoiceboxMD is $49, $79 or $99 per provider per month. The scribe is on every plan and there is no note cap.
Related Pages
Prefer to speak the note yourself? See dictation for athenaOne. Comparing scribes? Read the AI medical scribe comparison, Freed alternatives and Freed vs VoiceboxMD. Alternatives to other scribes: Heidi Health, Sunoh.ai, DeepScribe and Dragon Copilot.
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