A new resource index aims offers support for primary care clinicians diagnosing dementia Diagnosing dementia is hard. Early cognitive changes can be subtle, and it’s a difficult subject for clinicians to bring up with their patients. For primary care clinicians, short appointment times and ever-growing to-do lists make recognizing the need and initiating these conversations… Continue reading The Right Tool(kit) for Your Job: Indexing Dementia Diagnosis Resources

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

Ariadne Labs releases landscape report; launches Coalition for action on type 1 diabetes risk screening For most children with type 1 diabetes, diagnosis occurs only after a serious medical event. Warning signs can be subtle and easy to miss until they become severe, and many children are only diagnosed once admitted to the hospital already… Continue reading Scaling Screening for Type 1 Diabetes Risk

The COVID-19 pandemic was devastating for nursing homes. The close quarters, challenging infection control protocols, and medical complexity of many residents left this population extremely vulnerable. However, the pandemic also magnified the impact of non-medical factors on residents’ wellbeing. Residents were dying not just of physical illness, but of social isolation, loss of connection, and… Continue reading Prioritizing Wellbeing in Nursing Home Care

Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death during childbirth. Every year, it affects 14 million women around the world. About 70,000 of those women die as a result, and many more require urgent surgery to control the bleeding. Global guidelines have offered insight into how to effectively manage postpartum hemorrhage in a clinical… Continue reading Combating Postpartum Hemorrhage with Effective Implementation

Spark Grants provide seed-funding for new and early-stage ideas Ariadne Labs today announced Associate Faculty members Maximilian J. Pany, MD, PhD, and J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD, as the recipients of the 2024-2025 Spark Grant innovation award. The grantees will use their funding to study innovations and opportunities to improve primary care referrals to specialty… Continue reading Ariadne Labs 2024-2025 Spark Grant Funds Work to Improve Specialty Referrals