The 146 job cuts represent less than 3 percent of the medical software company’s workforce.
Although athenahealth is scaling back jobs in two cities, the company is planning to grow in others. Moving forward, the company will focus on growing three research and development hubs in Watertown; Austin, Texas; and Chennai, India, athenahealth spokeswoman Holly Spring told the Boston Globe.
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