Healthcare Innovation August 22, 2024
David Raths

Susan Albano, M.B.A., CEO of Prime Healthcare, says athenahealth will help it fully embrace the value-based care environment

Prime Healthcare, an 80-provider multi-specialty physician group based in West Hartford, Conn., recently made the difficult decision to switch EHR vendors. In an interview with Healthcare Innovation, Susan Albano, M.B.A., Prime’s CEO, said the move is driven in part by the need to succeed in value-based care.

Healthcare Innovation: Before we get into the EHR switch, could you tell us a little about Prime Healthcare’s history?

Albano: Prime was founded in 1998 by a group of primary care doctors in the Hartford market. At a time when there was a lot of capital investment coming in to buy practices, and hospitals...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Health IT, Payment Models, Physician, Provider, Technology, Value Based
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