Athenea

What Athenea does

Athenea (Sistemas y Soluciones Athenea S.A.S.) is a Colombian-headquartered healthcare IT company founded in 2007 that builds a modular, web-based management software platform for healthcare institutions (IPS) including hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers, and laboratories. The platform is built on a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) with a multi-layer development model, multi-browser compatibility, and a proprietary connectivity engine (Athenea Connect) that integrates with medical analyzers and external systems using ASTM, HL7, Web Services, and flat-file protocols. The product surface spans 15+ specialized modules covering clinical laboratory, blood bank, pathology, emergency, hospitalization, surgery, diagnostic imaging, outpatient services, administrative and financial processes, inventory, scheduling, environmental lab, dentistry, nursing, reporting, and accounting, with a dynamic-fields and dynamic-screens capability that allows each institution to customize workflows without code changes and an automated 15-day update cycle.

Athenea monetizes primarily through subscription-based software licensing with annual maintenance fees, deployed either on-premises or via an ASP (Application Service Provider) cloud-hosted model from its own datacenter. The company sells through direct enterprise field sales with offices in Bogotá, Medellín, Mexico City, and Guadalajara, and serves approximately 115+ healthcare customers across Colombia and Mexico (as of approximately 2014). Its customer base is fragmented across verticals: it includes public hospitals (Fundación Cardio Infantil, ESE Hospital Regional Sur Oriental, multiple departmental hospitals), diagnostic and genetic labs (Biogenética y Diagnóstica, Colcan, ADN Análisis), clinics, and a notable cluster of Colombian National Police health service entities (Sanidad Policía del Tolima, Boyacá, Quindío, Santander, Cartagena, Bucaramanga, and laboratories in Barranquilla, Pereira, and Meta). The company is privately held, founder-controlled, with no disclosed external funding, no AI/ML capabilities, and no published revenue figures.

Name

Athenea

Legal name

Sistemas y Soluciones Athenea S.A.S.

Website

https://atheneasoluciones.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Colombian healthcare IT company founded in 2007 that develops a modular, web-based hospital and laboratory management software platform with SOA architecture, deployed via on-premises or ASP cloud models to hospitals, clinics, labs, and IPS across Colombia and Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Information Systems / Hospital Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Provider ERP (Hospital Operations, Supply Chain, Finance) (HDAEAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Integration Engines & Interface Management (HL7 v2/X12/API) (HLACABAC), Revenue Cycle, Coding & Telehealth Compliance Platforms (for provider orgs) (HLALABAM)

Keywords

• Healthcare management software
• Hospital information systems
• Clinical laboratory information
• Electronic medical records
• Medical billing software

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogota, Bogota

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing and Subscription: Athenea sells its integrated healthcare management software platform under both a traditional on-premises installation model and an ASP (Application Service Provider) cloud-hosted model. The company charges annual maintenance fees which include minor development requests, updates, and adaptations. No specific pricing is publicly disclosed.
2. Professional Services (Implementation): The company provides implementation, deployment, and configuration services for its software, likely as a paid engagement given the complexity of deploying hospital information systems across healthcare institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Athenea develops and sells a modular, web-based healthcare management software platform for healthcare institutions (IPS) such as hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers, and laboratories. The platform integrates clinical processes (laboratory, blood bank, pathology, emergency, hospitalization, surgery, imaging, outpatient, nursing, dentistry), administrative and financial workflows (billing, contracts, accounts receivable, accounting, inventory), and analytics/reporting, delivered either via traditional on-premises installation or ASP (cloud-hosted) deployment. It includes a proprietary connectivity engine (Athenea Connect) for integration with medical analyzers using ASTM, HL7, and Web Services protocols.

Product overview

Athenea is a healthcare management software platform with a modular architecture comprising a web-based core platform and specialized add-on modules. The core platform features Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), layered development, multi-browser compatibility, and supports both traditional on-premise installation and ASP (Application Service Provider) cloud deployment models. The main modules include Athenea Laboratorio Clínico (integrating pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases with analyzer connectivity via Athenea Connect), Athenea Banco de Sangre (managing donation and transfusion with Athenea SID/SIH), Athenea Patología (tracking pathology from sample intake to diagnosis), Athenea Urgencias (emergency services with Triage), Athenea Hospitalización (bed and clinical management), Athenea Salas de Cirugía (surgical procedures), Athenea Ayudas Diagnósticas (imaging with PACS connectivity), Athenea Consulta Externa (outpatient services), Athenea Administrativo (billing and finances), Athenea Suministros (inventory), Athenea Agenda (scheduling), Athenea Laboratorio Ambiental (environmental testing), Athenea Odontología, Athenea Enfermería, Athenea Reportes y Estadísticas (analytics), and Athenea Contabilidad. Supporting tools include Athenea Connect (analyzer integration), Athenea Reports (report generation), Athenea Consulta Web de Resultados, Athenea Mail, Athenea Tareas, Athenea Kiosko, Athenea Tablero de Control, and Athenea Mobile. The platform also includes Athenea Update for automatic updates every 15 days.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Athenea Healthcare Management Platform Integrated, modular, web-based healthcare management software platform for healthcare institutions (IPS) including hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centers, laboratories, blood banks, and pathology centers. Built on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) with multi-browser compatibility and layered development, it unifies clinical workflows (laboratory, blood bank, pathology, emergency/Triage, hospitalization, surgery, diagnostic imaging with PACS connectivity, outpatient services, nursing, dentistry, environmental laboratory), administrative and financial processes (cashiers, multiple tariffs, contracts, billing, glosas management, accounts receivable, accounting, inventory/supplies, scheduling), and analytics/reporting with KPIs and regulatory statistics. Supports traditional on-premises installation or ASP/cloud-hosted deployment from Athenea's datacenter, and integrates with medical analyzers and external systems via the proprietary Athenea Connect engine (ASTM, HL7, Web Services, flat files). Includes Athenea Update automated update cycle delivering new software versions every 15 days.

Quantifiable outcome

• Automated updates every 15 days ensuring the software remains current with regulatory changes and feature improvements
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers58 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature12 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Pixeon: Brazilian healthcare software company offering LIS, RIS/PACS, and HIS modules. Competes head-to-head with Athenea in the laboratory and diagnostic-imaging software niche across Latin America.
• Dedalus Group: Italian-headquartered healthcare IT vendor with a significant Latin American footprint (notably Brazil and Mexico) selling HIS, LIS, and diagnostic-imaging modules. Comparable to Athenea in target customer (hospitals, labs, diagnostic centers) and product scope (clinical + administrative HIS modules).
• MV Sistemas (MV Saúde): Brazilian HIS vendor serving hospitals, clinics, and laboratories with integrated clinical, administrative, and billing modules. Strongly comparable to Athenea in product architecture (modular HIS/LIS) and customer profile (mid-sized healthcare institutions in Latin America).
• InterSystems (HealthConnect / TrakCare): Provides HealthConnect integration engine and TrakCare HIS — directly mirroring Athenea Connect's HL7/ASTM interoperability role and the broader HIS platform. A key competitor on the integration-engine layer that Athenea monetizes.

Broad incumbents

• Oracle Health (formerly Cerner): Global EHR/HIS incumbent with growing Latin American presence. Competes with Athenea in larger hospital networks in Colombia and Mexico, though typically at a different scale and price point.
• Siemens Healthineers: Global health-IT and medical-imaging vendor with a strong presence in Latin America through its Digital Health portfolio. Comparable to Athnea in its integration with diagnostic equipment and diagnostic-aisle workflows.
• Philips Healthcare (Tasy): Global healthcare technology vendor whose Tasy HIS is deployed in Latin American hospitals. Direct overlap with Athenea's hospital-clinical and administrative module footprint.
• Epic Systems: Largest US-based EHR vendor, increasingly expanding into large Latin American academic medical centers. Indirectly competitive with Athenea for the upper tier of the Colombian and Mexican hospital market.

Regional players

• TOTVS Saúde: Brazilian enterprise software leader with a dedicated healthcare vertical offering EHR and hospital management modules. Comparable to Athenea in serving Latin American mid-market healthcare institutions.
• Indra (Minsait Healthcare): Spain-based IT services and healthcare software vendor with a strong presence in Latin America (especially Colombia and Mexico). Competes with Athenea in HIS/RIS implementations for public and private hospital networks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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