With athenahealth's Fall 2026 release, athenaAmbient turns on automatically for family medicine and internal medicine providers on athenaOne from 29 October, and providers in other specialties can join an open beta. It is included with athenaOne at no added cost, is optimized for primary care, and supports only English for some specialties.
Our readAmbient documentation becomes a default feature of the EHR for primary care rather than a separate purchase, which changes the math for practices weighing a standalone scribe. Practices that opted in after 15 October activate on 3 December.