<img alt="" src="https://secure.said3page.com/223749.png" style="display:none;">

Our Blog


Community perspectives on clinical variation, high-value care, behaviorial economics, and health IT

Category: Clinical variation

Agathos Selected for Dreamit HealthTech's Cohort

Dreamit Ventures has selected Agathos along with seven other startups for the fall 2018 class of its HealthTech cohort. See the MedCity announcement. Read More

Agathos Pitches at TMCx Demo Day

On June 7, Agathos joined 20 other digital health companies, more than 500 attendees, and around 200 viewers on live stream to showcase Agathos' physician engagement platform to hospital leaders, physicians, investors, and the media at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston,[…] Read More

CLINICAL VARIATION INSIGHT: DAILY COMMON LABS

The Society of Hospital Medicine and Choosing Wisely recommends reducing the frequency of daily unnecessary phlebotomy. We examined the lab ordering practices of 29 hospitalists and presented personalized data via the Agathos platform. Read More

Erlanger/MDP Hospitalists selected as a Top 15 Research and Innovation Oral Abstract

In April, Agathos was fortunate to have attended The Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference where Dr. David Alvarez, Hospitalist Medical Director at Erlanger Health System, presented on the power of mobile tools guiding physician performance, particularly Agathos’[…] Read More

Clinical Variation Insight: Folate Testing

Folate deficiency is rare, and folate testing is rarely indicated. We sent 29 hospitalists personalized guidance about folate testing and will measure the impact of this intervention over the next few months. Read More

Agathos welcomes Dr. Michael van Duren as Clinical Variation Lead

Agathos is thrilled to welcome Dr. Michael van Duren as Clinical Variation Lead. In this role, Michael will support Agathos’ clinical variation analytics, business development, and training with new and existing physician users and leaders. Read More

WHY PHYSICIAN ATTRIBUTION DRIVES PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT

Provider attribution, the process of associating outcomes to the care of individual providers, is a critical component of an effective performance improvement initiative. Hospitals can realize big gains using data to drive performance—but doing so requires understanding how[…] Read More