Community health centers, including federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) that serve patients regardless of ability to pay, often compare Azara Healthcare and Relevant Healthcare for population health reporting. Both pull data out of a health center's EHR to build quality reports, patient registries, and lists of patients who are overdue for care. Azara's main product is DRVS, a reporting and care-gap platform that also takes in claims and social-needs data. Relevant pairs its dashboards with hands-on analytics help from its own staff.
Community health centers that need UDS reporting, quality measures, and lists of patients overdue for care
Buyers without quality or population-health owners to act on the lists
Community health centers that want approachable EHR dashboards and quality reports with hands-on help from the vendor
Organizations that refuse any data-warehouse or EHR extract work
| Axis | Azara Healthcare | Relevant Healthcare |
|---|---|---|
| Data it brings together | Stronger DRVS combines EHR, claims, and social-needs data for value-based programs. |
Dashboards are built mainly from EHR data extracts. |
| UDS and quality reporting | Stronger UDS, the annual report health centers file with the federal government, and other quality measures are core, and quality outcomes score 7.8. |
UDS and quality reports come in its report packs, and quality outcomes score 7.0. |
| Help from the vendor | Health center quality owners and care managers run the reports week to week after setup. | Stronger Hands-on analytics support and consulting hours come with the subscription. |
| Track record | Stronger KLAS has recognized Azara in population health for safety-net providers. |
A small firm with revenue estimates near $2M and less published proof of results. |
| Getting it set up | Stronger Setup centers on connecting each EHR feed and checking the reports, which scores 7.2. |
Setup means EHR extracts and data-warehouse work before dashboards go live, which scores 6.6. |
| Knowing what you will pay | Stronger Mid-market quote sized by clinics or patients covered, modules, and data sources. |
Custom quote by health center size, data sources, report packs, and consulting hours. |
Azara Healthcare is for an FQHC or safety-net network that wants a widely used platform for UDS reporting, registries, and care-gap lists, with claims and social-needs data in the same place. Relevant Healthcare is for a smaller health center that wants friendly dashboards and a vendor team to help with the analysis, and can accept a small company with less published proof.
Walk away from both if no one on staff will follow up on the lists of overdue patients, because the lists help only when care teams call those patients. Walk away from both if you are a multi-state health system or accountable care organization that needs tools for value-based contracts.