The challenge

Healthcare clients enlist Agathos to shape behaviors that

• Reduce length of stay
• Reduce clinical variation
• Improve patient flow
• Improve provider happiness
• Improve patient outcomes

The Agathos solution

Agathos shows physicians how their practice patterns compare to those of their peers. This piques their curiosity and sparks self-determined change that leads to positive impacts on all of the above challenges.

5 steps to changes in practice patterns

1. Agathos works with you to determine which practice patterns may have the greatest impact at your hospital. (See the insights we currently track on the back of this sheet.)
2. Agathos sends a text once/week to physicians with individual practice pattern data and how each physician compares to peers in that specific practice area. 86% of the physicians with access to Agathos regularly log in and interact with their data. (Compare that to physician engagement with your current dashboards.)
3. Physicians can drill down to review recent cases.
4. Curiosity piqued, physicians engage with one another to arrive at new ways to practice. (Many physicians share the positive impact this has on culture and team engagement.)
5. Practice patterns change without heavy administrative burden. Physicians improve on their own. At the same time, metrics trend in the right direction. Our ROI model includes the hard costs you care about as well as qualitative impacts on physician satisfaction and culture.
   

Healthcare leaders seeking to reduce clinical variation are often unsure of the best way to accelerate change. Agathos shows physicians how their practice patterns compare to those of their peers. This piques their curiosity and sparks self-determined change that lowers the cost of care and improves patient outcomes.

What makes Agathos unique is our focus on meeting the data needs of the physician as the end user. While administrative, operational, and financial leadership has received a great deal of attention, solutions for physicians have been largely ignored. The Agathos approach for physician engagement with data is led by our team of data scientists and seven physician advisors. Our key differentiation is that physicians self-select into using Agathos with sustained engagement levels as high as 85%, without the need for administrative pressure or mandates.

To learn more on how physician engagement can drive better outcomes at your hospital, visit www.agathos.health.

• On-demand staffing: ShiftMed provides hospitals with on-demand access to a pool of 450,000+ qualified healthcare professionals to fill staffing gaps and meet fluctuating patient volume needs.
• Time and cost savings: By reducing the need for costly agency/travel staffing solutions, reducing overtime costs, and increasing efficiency, ShiftMed can save hospitals time and money.
• Quality assurance: ShiftMed's rigorous screening and onboarding process ensures that the healthcare professionals working with hospitals are qualified and experienced, reducing the risk of staff turnover and maintaining consistent quality of care.
• Enhanced staff retention: By providing healthcare facilities with a pool of qualified healthcare professionals, ShiftMed can help reduce staff turnover, which in turn reduces recruitment and training costs.
• Flexibility: ShiftMed's platform offers healthcare facilities and professionals a flexible and convenient way to manage work schedules and connect with each other, increasing opportunities for successful and satisfying work experiences.

ShiftMed is the complete healthcare workforce solution, combining internal resource management technology with an on-demand workforce marketplace, to help organizations efficiently manage internal resources and seamlessly supplement their workforce with external workers.

This video addresses the build vs. buy question. https://vimeo.com/729760171

More videos to common questions on this page: https://www.agathos.health/agathos-common-questions

This video explains how we handle physician attribution. This is a key differentiator. 

https://vimeo.com/729764222

Fully interoperable with any nurse scheduling system

Enables health system to create their own internal agency

• ShiftMed uses a W2 workforce instead of a 1099 workforce, which means that the healthcare professionals who work with ShiftMed are considered employees, rather than independent contractors. By using a W2 workforce, ShiftMed is able to provide a higher level of support and stability for its healthcare professionals, and assumes the risk for its health system partners.

• ShiftMed integrates with UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), a workforce management and human capital management software, to provide a seamless experience for healthcare facilities and professionals. The integration allows healthcare facilities using UKG to access ShiftMed's platform and book qualified healthcare professionals directly from within the UKG platform. This helps to simplify the staffing process for healthcare facilities, enabling them to manage their workforce more efficiently and effectively.

• ShiftMed has partnered with Uber Health to provide reliable and efficient transportation for healthcare professionals using the ShiftMed platform. Uber Health is a HIPAA-compliant transportation solution that enables healthcare providers to order rides for their patients and employees. Through the partnership, ShiftMed healthcare professionals can use Uber Health to get to and from their shifts at healthcare facilities, ensuring that they arrive on time and are able to provide high-quality care to their patients.