AvodahMed vs Beam Health

AvodahMed, from Avodah, Inc. in Westlake, Texas, is an ambient scribe covering pre-visit context, live transcription and one-click sync of notes, diagnoses and referral documentation to athenahealth and Epic. Its security page shows SOC 2 Type II covering security, availability and privacy, and a BAA on request. The vendor says it has partnered with 20,000 clinicians.

Beam Health, aimed at independent practices and clinics, sells a scribe beside Intake, Revenue, Support and Growth agents that can run standalone or together. Its homepage names Epic, Nextech, Canvas, Chartpath, Healthie, PointClickCare and athenahealth, and the vendor says go-live takes two to three weeks. Its FAQ describes a per-user monthly subscription with a typical six-month initial term.

An athenahealth practice that only needs a scribe and wants the SOC 2 scope written out has AvodahMed's security page to read, while Beam's pages show SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA badges. On that buyer's terms, Beam Health falls short. A clinic that wants eligibility checks and coding agents next to the scribe goes the other way.