Halemind Alternatives for Clinic EHR and Hospital Software

Halemind is still running. HaleMind Inc. sells it as electronic health record and practice management software, with modules for EMR, hospital management, clinic management, pharmacy and lab work. The company lists offices in Naperville, Illinois and Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. You can start free or ask for a trial, but Halemind does not publish prices.

The only public figure comes from Halemind's Capterra profile, which shows a Basic plan from $10.26 per feature per month, a free version, and apps for web, Android and iOS. The same profile has no user reviews yet, so there is little outside feedback to go on. That is a common reason to compare it with better-known systems.

Halemind spans small clinics to hospitals with pharmacies and labs, so the seven picks below cover both ends. Five are clinic and practice EHRs sold mainly to US practices. Two are open source and free to run, including one built for hospitals. Prices are in US dollars unless a vendor says otherwise.

Prices below are as of November 8, 2026. Our method is on How we review tools.

Quick comparison

CharmHealth

CharmHealth is a cloud EHR with practice management, billing and telehealth, and it is the easiest pick here to price before talking to sales. Its pricing FAQ lists a free plan for practices with fewer than 50 encounters a month, an Encounter Plan billed per visit, and a Provider Plan billed per enrolled provider.

The Encounter Plan works out to $0.50 per consult up to 2,000 consults, with a $25 monthly minimum, and drops to $0.30 per extra consult above that. Provider Plans come at $200 and $350 a month, each with an allowance of texts and e-faxes. Billing is "use and pay", charged in the first week of the next month, and annual contracts paid up front get a discount.

Best for: Solo doctors and small clinics whose patient volume changes month to month.

Pricing:

• Free plan: limited features, under 50 encounters a month
• Encounter Plan: $0.50 per consult up to 2,000 a month, $25 monthly minimum; above 2,000, $1,000 plus $0.30 per extra consult
• Provider Plan: $200 or $350 per provider per month; non-physician providers $200 a month
• Overages: $0.08 per text, $0.10 per e-fax
• Annual contracts: paid in advance at a discount, price on request

Watch out for:

• Passing 50 encounters in a month moves a free practice to paid Encounter pricing automatically, per the CharmHealth pricing FAQ.
• The same FAQ describes the $250 yearly EPCS licence and $10 monthly Rx charge in two different ways, so confirm controlled-substance prescribing costs in writing.

Official site: CharmHealth.

OpenEMR

OpenEMR is a free, open source EHR and practice management system with ONC certification and more than 30 languages. Version 8 came out on February 13, 2026, and the project has since announced version 8.5.

You can run it on your own servers, deploy it on AWS, or, for US providers, use a free fully hosted version the project now offers. Along with Bahmni, it is one of two picks that a clinic outside the US can install, translate and change without a vendor contract, which matters for practices drawn to Halemind's India and US footprint.

Best for: Clinics with IT help that want to own their EHR and pay nothing for the software.

Pricing:

• Software and downloads: free and open source
• Hosting: your own servers or AWS at your own cost; free hosted option for US providers
• Paid support: from independent vendors, prices not published

Watch out for:

• The OpenEMR project sets upgrade deadlines to keep ONC certification active, such as March 1, 2026, so self-hosters must keep up with releases.
• HIPAA compliance on AWS depends on configuring it properly, and help beyond the community forum comes from paid vendors.

Official site: OpenEMR.

Bahmni

For hospital buyers, Bahmni comes closest to Halemind's full scope. It is a free, open source hospital information system that joins OpenMRS for medical records, Odoo (formerly OpenERP) for inventory, billing and accounts, OpenELIS for the lab, and DICOM and PACS for imaging.

The project says it is built for low-resource settings, clinics, NGOs and governments, and lists 500+ sites in 50+ countries, 4,000+ users and 20 million patient records. A hospital that wants pharmacy stock, lab orders and patient files in one system, without a per-feature subscription, should look here first.

Best for: Hospitals and NGOs that need EMR, lab, pharmacy stock and billing without licence fees.

Pricing:

• Software: free and open source
• Servers, setup and support: your own cost or a partner's quote

Watch out for:

• It is several systems joined together, so installing and upgrading it takes more technical work than a single cloud app, as the Bahmni component list shows.
• It is aimed at low-resource hospitals, NGOs and governments, so a US practice that needs ONC-certified e-prescribing should start with OpenEMR instead.

Official site: Bahmni.

Tebra

Tebra sells to US independent practices. Its plans range from EHR Starter and Billing Starter up to two main bundles, Practice Essentials and Practice Automation. Practice Automation bundles practice management, charting, billing, telehealth and patient marketing tools such as online booking, reviews and web profiles.

Licences are per prescribing provider, and non-clinical staff get access at no extra cost. Providers who bill 100 claims or fewer a month qualify for lower-tier pricing, which helps part-time or new practices.

Best for: US practices that want the EHR and patient marketing from one vendor.

Pricing:

• All plans: custom quote, per prescribing provider
• Lower tier for providers billing 100 claims or fewer a month
• EPCS setup: about $75 per provider, one time
• PDMP integration: $500 one time per facility, plus about $50 per user per year

Watch out for:

• No plan prices are published. The Tebra pricing page says cost depends on provider count, features, setup needs and claim volume.
• The cheaper Starter plans leave out either billing or charting, so most practices end up on a bigger bundle.

Official site: Tebra.

DrChrono

DrChrono, now run by EverHealth Solutions Inc., is a cloud EHR and practice management system with an iOS app of its own for charting on the go. It sells three plans: Foundation, Growth and Premium. Growth adds medication management, medical speech-to-text and automated billing workflows, and Premium adds AI tools and the EverHealth Scribe note-taker.

Message limits rise with each plan, from 250 text and 100 phone reminders and 500 e-faxes a month on Foundation to 1,000 texts, 750 calls and 2,000 e-faxes on Premium. Email reminders and staff accounts are unlimited on all three.

Best for: Practices that want to chart and prescribe from an iPhone or iPad.

Pricing:

• Foundation, Growth, Premium: custom quote
• Extended Lab Integration: $30 per provider per month as an add-on on Foundation and Growth; included in Premium
• Eligibility checks and claims on Foundation: billed per check or claim

Watch out for:

• Prices come only by quote, and the DrChrono pricing page bills eligibility checks and claim submissions per use on the base plan.
• Speech-to-text and the AI scribe are add-ons on Foundation, so the entry plan can cost more than it first seems.

Official site: DrChrono.

AdvancedMD

Billing is where AdvancedMD is strongest. The company says about 13,000 private practices and 850 billing companies use it, and that it processes about 9.5 million claims a month. Beyond the EHR, it offers eligibility checks, coding, a central billing office, managed revenue cycle services and a partner programme for billing firms called AdvancedBiller.

It also suits multi-site groups, with multi-location management and an ODBC data warehouse for reporting. The EHR covers e-prescribing, EPCS, eMAR, immunization reporting and remote patient monitoring, and the patient side adds a portal, telehealth, reminders and a check-in kiosk.

Best for: Larger US groups, MSOs and billing companies that live on claims data.

Pricing:

• Software: custom quote; no public price

Watch out for:

• No prices are published, and its own site sends every visitor to a quote form.
• It is built around US insurance billing, so its billing tools add little for a clinic or hospital outside the US.

Official site: AdvancedMD.

athenahealth

athenahealth sells athenaOne, a single cloud suite for EHR, practice management and patient engagement, with an embedded ambient AI tool meant to cut documentation work. The company cites more than 170,000 clinicians on its network and has specialty workflows for orthopedics, OB/GYN, pain and spine, renal care and internal medicine.

It is aimed at ambulatory practices rather than hospitals with wards, pharmacies and labs. A specialty group that wants AI note-taking and a large network more than a hospital module will find it a better fit than Halemind.

Best for: Specialty outpatient practices that want AI documentation help.

Pricing:

• athenaOne: custom quote; no public price

Watch out for:

• The athenahealth site gives no pricing model at all, so you cannot compare cost without a sales call.
• No inpatient, pharmacy or lab modules of the kind Halemind sells to hospitals.

Official site: athenahealth.

How to choose

When to stay with Halemind

Halemind still makes sense for a clinic or small hospital, especially one served by its office in India, that wants EMR, pharmacy and lab modules from one vendor and likes the free start. Capterra lists per-feature pricing, which would let you pay only for the modules you use; confirm this in the quote. Before you commit, ask for a written quote in your currency and an export of a test patient record, because public reviews are scarce and you will want a way out later.

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