DrChrono
AI-powered cloud EHR by EverHealth — iPad-friendly charting, practice management, medical billing, OnPatient portal, and built-in telehealth for independent practices.
- Best for
- Independent practices that want a mobile-first EHR with scheduling, billing, and telehealth in one cloud product
- Price
- Contact for pricing
- HQ
- United States
- Profile updated
- September 26, 2026
Worth it for your operation?
Pros
- All-in-one EHR, PM, billing, telehealth, and patient portal narrative
- Strong mobile / iPad EHR positioning (long-running Black Book mobile EHR claims)
- Online scheduling, reminders, eligibility, and claims tools on public pages
- OnPatient portal for messaging, intake, and payments
Watch-outs
- Pricing page shows tiers and feature matrices without a clear public dollar starter
- No Meta WhatsApp inbox
- Some clinical tools (e.g. medication management) appear as plan add-ons
- Growth marketing is lighter than Tebra’s PatientPop-era stack
Score by criterion
The dark mark on each bar is the average of the 10 systems in this ranking. Criteria with higher weight pull the overall score more.
Native electronic health record with history, notes, and attachments — not a contact card with a PDF on the side.
Eligibility, claims, denials, and patient payments inside the product — not a separate billing company as the only path.
Recalls, campaigns, portals, or acquisition tools that keep the panel full after the first visit.
Native SMS or messaging inbox on the patient record, with team history. WhatsApp Business API also counts. One-way reminder blasts, portal-only chat, and marketplace apps do not.
Public plan in USD, trial, and what sits outside the monthly fee. Percent-of-collections quotes without a rate card lower the score for opacity.
English UI, clinical vocabulary, and time until the front desk and a provider can work without a long implementation project.
What ships natively
We only mark “yes” when the feature is part of the product — marketplace integrations or third-party apps do not count.
- Yes
Electronic health record
Native electronic health record with patient history and attachments
- Yes
Online scheduling
The patient books themselves via the vendor’s link, site, or app
- Yes
E-prescriptions
Prescriptions and certificates with digital signature without leaving the system
- Yes
Insurance billing
Insurance claims and batch billing for US payers
- Yes
Clinic billing
Accounts payable/receivable, cash, and provider payouts
- No
Native messaging
Native SMS or messaging inbox on the lead/contact card (history preserved). WhatsApp Business API also counts. Marketplace apps, Zapier, browser extensions, website chat buttons, and sibling-SKU modules do not
- Yes
Telehealth
Telehealth visit inside the product, not a link to another tool
- Yes
Patient acquisition & recall
Acquisition pipeline, campaigns, or patient recall sequences
Editorial analysis
DrChrono in detail
DrChrono is the mobile-first independent EHR on this ranking: chart on the tablet, schedule and claims in the same cloud, telehealth without a second login in the product story.
Who it is for
Solo and small-group clinicians who chart away from a desk and want billing in the same vendor. Practices shopping primarily on published seat price may prefer Tebra or SimplePractice.
What drives the score
Charting and learning curve (for mobile-native users) are strong. Billing is real. Price suffers from a feature-matrix page without a blunt USD starter. Messaging stays low — no clear native two-way SMS inbox on the record.
How we read the sources
Based on drchrono.com and the pricing feature matrix. Black Book “#1 Mobile EHR” lines are vendor-cited awards, not our score.
Frequently asked questions
Why is DrChrono’s price score mid-low?
The official pricing page documents Foundation / Growth / Premium capability tiers but does not publish a clear public starting dollar amount in the same way Tebra or SimplePractice do. Opacity hurts the price axis.
Is DrChrono only for iPad users?
No. The brand is famous for mobile EHR, but the public product is a cloud suite with desktop access, telehealth, billing, and the OnPatient portal. Mobility is the differentiator, not a hard limit.
Sources consulted
Everything on this profile comes from the pages below. We did not lab-test the platform.
Profile updated September 26, 2026. Found something outdated? Corrections are welcome.