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Startup & small team · Prompt 4 of 8 · September 2026

A real buyer question from the September 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“Which EHR is best for a solo primary care physician on a budget?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

…If I had to narrow it down for a budget-conscious solo PCP, I’d look first at: Elation Health – often favored by small/solo primary care practices for usability and primary care workflow CharmHealth – strong value option, especially for small independent practices athenaOne – good if you want stronger billing/network support, but cost structure can be less ideal on a tight budget Practice Fusion – historically…

Named across its answers: 1. Practice Fusion2. Elation Health3. CharmHealth4. Tebra5. athenahealth

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Elation Health leads with near-universal mention across all three models and an average position of 2.4, making it the clearest AI consensus pick for budget-conscious solo primary care. Practice Fusion trails closely but neither eClinicalWorks nor Epic convert their strong category rankings into any presence here, suggesting AI models treat this buyer segment as a distinct, smaller-vendor conversation.

AI-generated read of the September 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Contested Consensus

All three models name Practice Fusion, Elation Health, CharmHealth and OpenEMR on this question.

ChatGPT

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Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Elation Health 31431223 8/9 · 2× first · #2.4

Practice Fusion 2414332 7/9 · 1× first · #2.7

CharmHealth 123111 6/9 · 4× first · #1.5

Tebra 52317 5/9 · 1× first · #3.6

OpenEMR 52274 5/9 · never first · #4

athenahealth 434 3/9 · never first · #3.7

DrChrono 446 3/9 · never first · #4.7

Amazing Charts 554 3/9 · never first · #4.7

Kareo 16 2/9 · 1× first · #3.5

Jane App 55 2/9 · never first · #5

SimplePractice 2 1/9 · never first · #2

athenaOne 3 1/9 · never first · #3

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 14 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: eClinicalWorks, Epic, NextGen Healthcare.