How to Connect Athenahealth to Albato

Last update: 3/18/2026 · 3 min read

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Athenahealth is a platform that helps healthcare providers and medical practices manage clinical workflows, patient records, and revenue cycle operations. It serves physician groups, hospitals, and health systems that need to coordinate care delivery with administrative processes. Connect Athenahealth with Albato to integrate it with 1,000+ apps, including AI tools like ChatGPT, Grok, or Gemini, and automate workflows. Follow the steps below to complete the setup.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Log in to your Albato account.

2. Go to the Apps section and click Add a connection.

3. Type Athenahealth in the search field and select it from the results.

4. Log in to your Athenahealth Developer Portal and open your application. Make sure the app is configured with App Category = 2-Legged OAuth and Authentication Method = Secret.

5. Go to the Credentials tab. Copy your Client ID and Secret.

6. Go to the Scopes tab. Add the following scopes if they are not already listed: athena/service/Athenanet.MDP.*, system/Patient.read, system/Organization.read, system/Practitioner.read, system/Provenance.read, system/Patient.s, system/Organization.s, system/Practitioner.s, system/Provenance.s.

7. Return to Albato. In the connection form, enter a name for the connection, select the Domain (Preview or Production), then paste your Client ID and Client Secret into the corresponding fields. Click Continue.

8. The connection is created.

The connection is set up. If you have any questions, contact support on the website.

About Athenahealth

Athenahealth is a cloud-based platform for healthcare organizations.

With it, you can:

• Sync patient records and appointment data with external CRM, scheduling, or analytics tools;
• Automate billing and claims processing by connecting Athenahealth with accounting or ERP systems;
• Route clinical data to AI services for analysis, reporting, or patient communication workflows.