Designing Solutions.
Transforming Care.
Improving Lives.

Ariadne Labs is a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

We create scalable systems-level solutions for better care now and for what’s next in health care. From checklists and conversation guides to fostering international collaborations and establishing global standards of measurement, our work has been accessed in more than 165 countries, touching hundreds of millions of lives.

About Us

Our Work

We design, test and spread scalable systems-level solutions that address gaps in the health care system. Our solutions improve health care processes, enhance purposeful interactions between patients and their providers, and impact populations at scale.


Our Focus Areas

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

Quality maternal and newborn care is a fundamental health care right.

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PATIENT SAFETY

Innovations aimed to reduce avoidable patient harm.

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INTEGRATED CARE

Health care systems require integration and communication for high-quality, equitable care.

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HEALTH CARE AT HOME

Our Impact

140
Million
patient lives touched in 2024
55
new tools
developed and disseminated
147
Thousand
health care workers touched in 2024
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Highlights

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Solving the Rural Health Crisis: Care from the Comfort of Home

After a surgery in 2022, Carl developed an infection. He was told treatment would require a 10-day hospital stay, and he was dreading the long days of beeping machines, interrupted sleep, and mediocre food. So when he learned that he qualified for the hospital’s newly launched Rural Home Hospital Program, he was thrilled. Carl could… Continue reading Solving the Rural Health Crisis: Care from the Comfort of Home

Dec 1 2025
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Primary Care Needs a Triple Double: A Call to Action

Dr. Asaf Bitton pens a call to action published by the Millbank Memorial Fund on his vision of a “triple double” for primary care by 2030.

Nov 19 2025
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Healthcare Reframed: Reimagining Primary Care: How Family Medicine Can Fix U.S. Healthcare

Drs. Asaf Bitton and Bruce Finke join the Healthcare Reformed podcast in a wide-ranging discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of the American primary care system and the importance of the relationship between a patient and their doctor to deliver better care.

Nov 14 2025