2014 - Our History 2014

  • The BetterBirth study—one of the world’s largest maternal health trials—begins in Uttar Pradesh, India, to test whether the Safe Childbirth Checklist, paired with coaching, can improve quality of care and reduce mortality.
  • New York Times bestseller Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Gawande, inspires social movement around the importance of seriously ill patients and clinicians being aligned around goals of care.
  • Brigham physician Dr. Asaf Bitton joins Ariadne Labs to begin program focused on improving primary health care globally.
  • Maternal and newborn health epidemiologist Katherine Semrau joins as director of BetterBirth.
  • CDC and Ariadne Labs release Ebola checklist.