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Primary Health Care Resources


  • News
    2019-2-6

    Registration now open for Ariadne-Harvard leadership training for physicians

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2018-11-6

    Transparency and apology after medical errors lowers financial impact on hospitals, study finds

    Delivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2018-11-1

    Newly Published WHO Case Studies on Primary Health Care Share Global Lessons in PHC

    Primary Health Care

    2018-6-20

    Ariadne Labs founder Atul Gawande transitions to chairman and becomes CEO of new health care organization

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2018-5-15

    Faculty Invited to Submit Applications for Ariadne Labs Spark Grant

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2018-5-1

    Ariadne and HSPH offer new custom course on checklist design and use for quality and safety

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2018-4-30

    The Importance of Primary Care

    Read Article at The Economist
    Primary Health Care

    2018-4-23

    The Costa Rica model: high-quality affordable primary health care for all

    Primary Health Care

    2018-4-11

    Ariadne Labs Year 5 Story

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2018-1-18

    What Happens When Primary Health Care Is Universal?

    Read Article at Project Syndicate
    Primary Health Care

    2017-12-15

    Want to get great at something? Get a coach.

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-10-26

    Atul Gawande Keynote Address: Teamwork a foundation for improved outcomes

    Read Article at Anesthesiology 2017 Daily News
    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-10-18

    Checklists are boring, but death is worse

    Read Article at The Harvard Gazette
    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-10-18

    How a simple health care fix can save more lives than penicillin

    Read Article at The Boston Globe
    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-10-16

    Improving Primary Health Care in Ghana: A Strategic Meeting with Key Stakeholders in Accra

    Read Article at Ariadne Labs
    Primary Health Care

    2017-10-16

    Strong Primary Health Care critical for UHC-Stakeholders

    Read Article at Ghana News Agency
    Primary Health Care

    2017-10-11

    Atul Gawande & Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-10-1

    National patient safety leader joins Ariadne Labs as Chief Medical Officer

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-9-28

    “Is Health Care a Right?” Dr. Atul Gawande’s latest article in The New Yorker explores this question

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-9-15

    Designing Innovation in Primary Care

    Read Article at MedPageToday
    Primary Health Care

    2017-8-24

    In poor countries it is easier than ever to see a medic

    Read Article at The Economist
    Primary Health Care

    2017-8-19

    100 Most Influential People in Healthcare 2017

    Read Article at Modern Healthcare
    BetterBirthPrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-7-28

    Data Is Critical for Better Care, Expanded Access

    Read Article at NIH Record
    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-6-22

    Analysis indicates that insurance expansion improves access to care, health, and survival

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-5-30

    Healthy China: Deepening Health Reform in China

    Read Article at The World Bank
    Primary Health Care

    2017-5-10

    HUBweek Change Maker: Atul Gawande

    Read Article at Medium
    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-5-4

    What Can Low- and Middle-Income Countries Learn from U.S. Primary Care?

    Read Article at PHCPI
    Primary Health Care

    2017-5-4

    Primary Care in the United States: Lessons Learned to Inform Global Efforts to Improve Primary Care

    Read Article at Qualis Health
    Primary Health Care

    2017-4-4

    Researchers Find Vast Disparity in Access to High-Quality Primary Health Care in Haiti

    Primary Health Care

    2017-3-29

    This doctor changed Atul Gawande’s mind on primary care. Will he change yours?

    Read Article at Advisory Board
    Primary Health Care

    2017-3-27

    Care coordination in U.S. lags other developed nations

    Read Article at Reuters
    Primary Health Care

    2017-3-27

    Quality Rounds: Gawande on the Heroism of Incremental Care

    Read Article at BWH Bulletin
    Primary Health Care

    2017-1-16

    When Will We Grasp the Power of Incremental Care?

    Delivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2016-12-15

    New research identifies significant variation in health outcomes across hospitals

    BetterBirthPrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2016-12-14

    Go to the Wrong Hospital and You’re 3 Times More Likely to Die

    Read Article at The New York Times
    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2016-10-14

    Watch the video: Atul Gawande leads panel with President Obama on the future of medicine

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2016-10-12

    Livestream: Atul Gawande Joins President Obama to discuss future of medicine and health care innovation

    BetterBirthPrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2016-9-28

    Keynote Speaker — a Surgeon — Sings Family Medicine’s Praises

    Read Article at American Academy of Family Physicians
    Primary Health Care

    2016-9-16

    Atul Gawande: for the first time in human history, ineptitude is a bigger problem than ignorance

    Read Article at Vox
    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2016-8-30

    Study Urges Overhaul in Chinese Health Care

    Read Article at The Wall Street Journal
    Primary Health Care

    2016-8-4

    The “Better” Bet

    Read Article at Stanford Social Innovation Review
    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2016-8-3

    Ariadne researchers identify barriers preventing primary care clinicians from having serious illness conversations with patients

    Primary Health CareSerious Illness Care

    2016-7-7

    New faculty and research innovations highlighted at Year-End Health Systems Innovation Meeting

    BetterBirthPrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2016-5-20

    The Next Big Idea: Primary Health Care for UHC

    Read Article at Women Deliver LIVE
    Primary Health Care

    2016-5-19

    Enhanced Primary Care and Impact on Quality of Care in Massachusetts

    Read Article at American Journal of Managed Care
    Primary Health Care

    2016-5-5

    Childbirth team to share innovations and research at Women Deliver 2016

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health Care

    2016-1-10

    Brigham and Women’s Magazine Spotlights Ariadne Labs: Simple Solutions Spark Sweeping Changes in Medicine

    BetterBirthPrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2015-9-28

    Partnership Aims to Bolster Local Health Care Providers

    Read Article at New York Times
    Primary Health Care

  • Research
    2018-10-22

    The 5S-5M-5C schematic: transforming primary care inputs to outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries

    Read Article at BMJ Global Health
    Primary Health Care

    2018-6-20

    Does quality influence utilization of primary health care? Evidence from Haiti

    Read Article at Globalization and Health
    Primary Health Care

    2018-6-11

    Prevalence and factors associated with burnout among frontline primary health care providers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

    Read Article at Gates Open Research
    Primary Health Care

    2018-4-6

    The Risks to Patient Safety From Health System Expansions

    Read Article at JAMA
    Primary Health CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-12-20

    Better Measurement for Performance Improvement in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI) Experience of Conceptual Framework Development and Indicator Selection

    Read Article at The Milbank Quarterly
    Primary Health Care

    2017-12-19

    Building a Thriving Primary Health Care System: The Story of Costa Rica

    Read Article at Ariadne Labs
    Primary Health Care

    2017-9-19

    High Levels Of Capitation Payments Needed To Shift Primary Care Toward Proactive Team And Nonvisit Care

    Read Article at Health Affairs
    Primary Health Care

    2017-9-19

    Risk Stratification Methods and Provision of Care Management Services in Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative Practices

    Read Article at Annals of Family Medicine
    Primary Health Care

    2017-9-19

    Behavioral Health and the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) Initiative: findings from the 2014 CPC behavioral health survey

    Read Article at BMC Health Services Research
    Primary Health Care

    2017-9-19

    Insurance Transitions and Changes in Physician and Emergency Department Utilization: An Observational Study

    Read Article at Journal of General Internal Medicine
    Primary Health Care

    2017-9-19

    Implementation of Treat-to-Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis Through a Learning Collaborative: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Read Article at Arthritis & Rheumatology
    Primary Health Care

    2017-9-19

    Behavioral Health Integration into Primary Care: a Microsimulation of Financial Implications for Practices

    Read Article at Journal of General Internal Medicine
    Primary Health Care

    2017-6-22

    Analysis indicates that insurance expansion improves access to care, health, and survival

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-6-9

    Building resilient health systems: a proposal for a resilience index

    Read Article at The BMJ
    Primary Health Care

    2017-3-27

    Assessing the quality of primary care in Haiti

    Read Article at WHO Bulletin
    Primary Health Care

    2017-3-7

    Primary Health Care That Works: The Costa Rican Experience

    Read Article at Health Affairs
    Primary Health Care

    2016-12-12

    Primary Health Care as a Foundation for Strengthening Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Read Article at Journal of General Internal Medicine
    Primary Health Care

    2016-9-13

    Effects of New Funding Models for Patient-Centered Medical Homes on Primary Care Practice Finances and Services: Results of a Microsimulation Model

    Read Article at Annals of Family Medicine
    Primary Health Care

    2016-8-8

    Mitigating disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Tanzania: an exploratory study of the effects of two facility-based interventions in a large public hospital

    Read Article at Reproductive Health
    BetterBirthPrimary Health Care

    2016-8-8

    Applying a participatory approach to the promotion of a culture of respect during childbirth

    Read Article at Reproductive Health
    BetterBirthPrimary Health Care

    2016-8-3

    Ariadne researchers identify barriers preventing primary care clinicians from having serious illness conversations with patients

    Primary Health CareSerious Illness Care

    2016-5-19

    Enhanced Primary Care and Impact on Quality of Care in Massachusetts

    Read Article at American Journal of Managed Care
    Primary Health Care

    2015-11-6

    The End of the 15–20 Minute Primary Care Visit

    Read Article at Journal of General Internal Medicine
    Primary Health Care

    2015-10-20

    Medicare Chronic Care Management Payments and Financial Returns to Primary Care Practices: A Modeling Study.

    Read Article at Annals of Internal Medicine
    Primary Health Care

    2015-2-6

    Implications of workforce and financing changes for primary care practice utilization, revenue, and cost: a generalizable mathematical model for practice management.

    Read Article at Medical Care
    Primary Health Care

    2014-10-28

    Using Electronic Health Record Clinical Decision Support Is Associated With Improved Quality of Care

    Read Article at The American Journal of Managed Care
    Primary Health Care

    2014-10-1

    Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiatives Expanded In 2009–13: Providers, Patients, And Payment Incentives Increased

    Read Article at Health Affairs
    Primary Health Care

    2014-9-1

    The Harvard Medical School Academic Innovations Collaborative: Transforming Primary Care Practice and Education

    Read Article at Academic Medicine
    Primary Health Care

    2014-4-1

    Toward a Better Understanding of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Practice

    Read Article at The American Journal of Managed Care
    Primary Health Care

    2012-6-27

    Health information technology in the era of care delivery reform: to what end?

    Read Article at JAMA
    Primary Health Care

    2011-10-4

    Projected effects of tobacco smoking on worldwide tuberculosis control: mathematical modelling analysis

    Read Article at BMJ
    Primary Health Care

  • Videos
    2018-1-30

    TED: Want to get great at something? Get a coach | Atul Gawande

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-10-13

    Ariadne Labs: Five years of innovation

    BetterBirthDelivery Decisions InitiativePrimary Health CareSerious Illness CareSurgery: OR Crisis ChecklistsSurgery: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist

    2017-5-4

    Qualis U.S. Primary Care Symposium: Financing Advanced Primary Care – Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH

    Primary Health Care

    2016-1-7

    United Nations Event Launches Primary Health Care Initiative Moderated by Dr. Atul Gawande

    Primary Health Care

  • Case Studies

    Deepening Health Reform In China – Building High-Quality And Value-Based Service Delivery

    Primary Health Care

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