Klara review

A top-tier, HIPAA-compliant messaging platform that reduces phone calls and streamlines communication.

Verdict

Klara provides the best secure messaging experience in the market, functioning like a HIPAA-compliant chat app for practices. It excels at centralizing patient conversations, sharing files, and enabling internal team collaboration around a specific patient case, dramatically reducing phone tag.

What customers praise

Its user interface is exceptionally clean and intuitive for both patients and staff, leading to high adoption rates with minimal training required.

What customers criticise

Acquired by ModMed, its development roadmap is now tightly coupled with that EHR, and its feature set is narrower than all-in-one platforms, lacking advanced payment or marketing tools.

Best for

Specialty practices (like dermatology and plastics) that require secure, asynchronous patient messaging and team collaboration.

At a glance

• Integrations: Modernizing Medicine (ModMed), athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, DrChrono
• Compliance: HIPAA, HITECH
• Regions served: North America
• Typical onboarding: 14 days

Red flags

Public risk signals as of June 2026: none. No material public risk signals as of 2026-06-12. See the full red-flag report.

Alternatives

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Source: Top 11 The 11 Best Patient Engagement Software, verified June 12, 2026 — no paid placement.