CGM (CompuGroup Medical) vs athenahealth
Last updated October 2026
Looking for a European alternative to athenahealth? Here's how CGM (CompuGroup Medical) compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.
Our pick for a European buyer: CGM (CompuGroup Medical). We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.
What it is
German healthcare practice management with EHR, lab integration and telemedicine
Integrated EHR, revenue cycle, and practice management platform for healthcare providers.
Headquarters
🇩🇪 DE
🇺🇸 US · 1997
EU data residency
not established
Not offeredNo EU or German data residency is offered.
DSGVO / GDPR
No
not established
Certifications
No
HITRUST CSF, PCI-DSS, SOC 1 (SSAE 18), DirectTrust, Kantara, EHNAC, EPCS, 2015 Edition ONC Health IT
Price from
No
No
Free plan
No
No
Open Source
No
No
Ratings
Integrations
No
CommonWell Health Alliance, Carequality, CertifyOS, Stanson Health, Avhana +4
Where each one wins
CGM (CompuGroup Medical)
athenahealth
Strengths
- +Seamless integration of clinical and billing workflows
- +Strong interoperability with health information exchanges
- +Robust patient portal for engagement
- +Continuously updated rules engine for compliance
Limitations
- −Steep learning curve for new users
- −High cost for small practices
- −Complexity in customization
- −Limited transparency on data storage locations
Data residency & compliance
CGM (CompuGroup Medical)
athenahealth
EU data residency
not established
Not offeredNo EU or German data residency is offered.
Transfer mechanism
not established
not established
DPA
not established
not established
Sub-processors
not established
not established
Certifications
No
HITRUST CSF, PCI-DSS, SOC 1 (SSAE 18), DirectTrust, Kantara, EHNAC, EPCS, 2015 Edition ONC Health IT
Features
CGM (CompuGroup Medical)
- Clinical Documentation
- Ambient AI (CGM AMBI) for automatic clinical note generation, AI-assisted naming, sorting, and management of incoming documents and faxes, E-prescription capabilities
- Practice Management
- Patient portal access, Appointment scheduling, Billing and payment processing
- Lab and External Systems
- Lab integration, Connectivity with over 1,500 healthcare external systems
- Payment Solutions
- CGM PAY for patient payment processing, Unique ID and QR code linking to online payment portal
athenahealth
- Clinical records and workflows
- EHR and clinical documentation, Patient records management, Order management, Lab results integration
- Revenue cycle and billing
- Billing and collections, Claims management, Rules engine for compliance
- Practice management
- Scheduling, Workflow management, Reporting and analytics
- Patient engagement
- Patient portal, Appointment scheduling, Bill payment, Forms and communications
- Interoperability and data exchange
- Patient-record exchange (CommonWell, Carequality), HL7 and C-CDA interfaces, Bulk data extraction