Epic, Athenahealth win 2025 overall Best in KLAS awards

Overall Health System Suite

For the fifteenth consecutive year, KLAS has named Epic the top Overall Health System Suite (previously titled the Overall Software Suite). Epic also won fourteen other Best in KLAS awards across various market segments.

Coming in second in the Overall Health System Suite category was MEDITECH, followed by Oracle Health.

The Overall Health System Suite rankings are reserved for those vendors that provide a suite of products health systems would purchase to address their core health IT needs.

Overall Independent Physician Practice Suite

Athenahealth won the Overall Independent Physician Practice Suite award (previously the Overall Physician Practice Vendor) for the second consecutive year. The vendor also received Best in KLAS awards in the following segments: Ambulatory EHR: Independent (11–75 Physicians) and Practice Management: Independent (11–75 Physicians).

Coming in second place for the Overall Independent Physician Practice Suite award was NextGen Healthcare, proceeded by Greenway Health.

The Overall Independent Physician Practice Suite ranking is reserved for vendors that offer a suite of solutions used by independent practices of varying sizes.

Overall IT Services Firm

KLAS named Chartis the top Overall IT Services Firm, marking the first time the firm has won this award. Chartis also won the Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm award and received Best in KLAS awards in Data & Analytics Services, ERP Implementation Leadership and HIT Core Clinical Implementation Leadership.

Overall Implementation Services Firm

Evergreen Healthcare Partners was named the top Overall Implementation Services Firm, the firm's second consecutive win in this category. On a scale of 100, the firm scored over 95.0 in each of the three segments in which it was measured: HIT Core Clinical Implementation Leadership, HIT Staffing and IT Planning and Assessment.

"Ultimately, healthcare affects the people we love: parents, grandparents, children, friends," Adam Gale, CEO and co-founder of KLAS Research, said in an emailed statement. "Every improvement in healthcare circles back to benefit the people we care about most deeply. For me, that is why the frustration and exertion of improving healthcare will always be worth it."

Hannah Nelson has been covering news related to health information technology and health data interoperability since 2020.