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There are hundreds, if not thousands of books written on how to give feedback. In my own readings, Radical Candor by Kim Scott and Thanks for the Feedback by Stone and Heen rank as two of the stronger efforts in this area. But many fewer books are written about the specific[…] Read More

If you are a healthcare leader of any type, and particularly if you are in charge of maintaining a healthy IT infrastructure for your healthcare team, you are already well aware of the rampant increase in cyber attacks, increasing a whopping 128% from 2022 to 2023 alone. Read More

In an era where digital infrastructure is the backbone of modern healthcare, the recent CrowdStrike outage has served as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities and challenges that come with reliance on networked systems. For healthcare providers, this event underscores the[…] Read More

If you are well-versed in the art of reducing unwarranted clinical variation or the behavioral economic study of how peer comparison impacts change, you are likely in effect familiar with the work we do at Agathos. In short, Agathos empowers clinicians across the organization[…] Read More

Once again we were honored to have three accomplished medical directors join us for a webinar to discuss their ideas and insights on how to best share unblinded process metrics with clinical teams. Read More

Last week we enjoyed an insightful discussion about best practices for sharing clinical-level physician data. This webinar was a direct result of watching our own clients across the country improve their efforts to inspire change by how they engage with physicians in team[…] Read More

If you are a healthcare leader, you are quite aware that decisions relating to the cost and quality of care lie in the hands of physicians. You also, particularly yet not exclusively within value-based care arrangements, are quite interested in motivating optimal actions and[…] Read More

One of the longest standing in-house debates at Agathos is around engagement. What is it? Is it an end in itself? If so, how does it compare to more ultimate ends such as practice improvement, care improvement, and — most ultimately — improved patient outcomes? There are two[…] Read More

We have enjoyed a long partnership with a large not-for-profit health system serving portions of the eastern US coast. Earlier this year we put out a case study that highlights many of the successes we have shared with this organization. You can find that case study here. Read More

“We already have individualized data … our physicians just never look at it.” Read More

We recently invited Bradley Schmidt, MD, VPMA to share his journey in getting meaningful feedback into the hands of their hospitalists and advanced practitioners. The webinar was an insightful discussion that covered these topics: Read More

We are ready to let the world know we have added our Primary Care insight library to Agathos’ solution suite. Read More