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Clarus vs Keona Health

Clarus and Keona each put an AI agent on a practice's phones, and they part at the clinical call. Keona's pages describe a nurse triage queue on licensed Schmitt-Thompson content, 600+ adult and pediatric topics, with calls ordered by acuity and documented into the chart in one click. The same pages call the protocols licensed content, not a cleared device, and say 1 in 8 calls to Kara are escalated to a human. Clarus says its agent follows practice-approved scripts, does not diagnose or give medical advice, and tells callers describing an emergency to hang up and call 911. Urgent calls go to the on-call provider or staff, and the OnCall app masks providers' numbers. A practice with its own on-call schedule suits Clarus. An orthopedic group staffing nurses on an after-hours line goes to Keona, which names its protocol content where Clarus describes practice-approved scripts.

Patient triage · Reviewed November 2, 2026

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Clarus

by Clarus Care, LLC · founded 2013

AI agent and call handling for medical practices and home health: scheduling, refills, records requests and on-call routing.

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Keona Health

by Keona Health

Kara AI call agent answers and books patient calls. Nurse Triage software supports nurses with protocol-based call routing.

When to pick each one

Clarus

  • Agent follows practice-approved scripts, per vendor
  • OnCall app masks providers' numbers
  • Works with athenaOne, eClinicalWorks, NextGen and Epic
Read the full Clarus review

Keona Health

  • Schmitt-Thompson content, 600+ adult and pediatric topics
  • Calls queued by acuity, charted in one click
  • Epic, athena and ModMed among the EHRs named
Read the full Keona Health review

Score

Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.

Clarus

43of 100

Competitive

Keona Health

32of 100

Competitive
Score by dimension for Clarus and Keona Health
DimensionClarusKeona HealthDifference
FDA clearance0 / 15.60 / 15.60
HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA13 / 137.8 / 13+5.2
EHR integrations (count)9.8 / 149.8 / 140
Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena)8 / 88 / 80
Bidirectional write-back0 / 40 / 40
Peer-reviewed papers0 / 140 / 140
RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review0 / 60 / 60
Funding & adoption signal3 / 123 / 120
Pricing transparency2.5 / 52.5 / 50
Years in market6 / 60 / 6+6

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How scores are computed

Pricing

Clarus

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Enterprisen/an/aNo public price. Vendor page: "book a demo".

Keona Health

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Enterprisen/an/aNo public price. Kara is priced on call volume rather than per-seat licenses.

Evidence

Clarus

FDA decisions

No FDA decision cited in our research as of November 2, 2026.

Keona Health

FDA decisions

No FDA decision cited in our research as of November 2, 2026.

Compliance and integrations

Documented from each vendor’s own pages.

SpecClarusKeona Health
Free tierNo / unverifiedNo / unverified
HIPAAYesNo / unverified
SOC 2 Type IIYesYes
EHR integrationsathenaOne, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, Greenway, Veradigm, Meditech, Epic, Oracle HealthEpic, Allscripts, athena Practice, athenaNext, ClinicalWorks, Greenway, Cerner, Meditech, Veradigm, Altera, ModMed
Founded2013n/a
HQUSUS

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Common questions

Open the full patient triage comparison

Symptom checkers, voice agents, intake automation, post-discharge messaging. Tools that reduce front-desk load, improve access, and route patients to the right care setting.