Ariadne works with local champion to bring Safe Childbirth Checklist to Rwandan hospital

In November 2016, Ariadne Labs implementation team leaders Nabihah Kara and Emily George were invited to Kigali, Rwanda by Dr. Eugene Tuyishime to provide implementation training of the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist to maternity providers at the Masaka District Hospital. During their training, they partnered with clinical leaders to customize the checklist and provided strategies… Continue reading Ariadne works with local champion to bring Safe Childbirth Checklist to Rwandan hospital

Creating a new language for primary health care around the world

The Ariadne Labs Primary Health Care team has been working with countries around the world on how to improve primary health care, a cornerstone of achieving universal health coverage. The team, including lead researcher Dr. Asaf Bitton, PHC Research Specialist Hannah Ratcliffe, PHC Research Assistant Emily Wendell, Program Manager Brooke Huskey and Ariadne Labs Affiliate… Continue reading Creating a new language for primary health care around the world

New coaching effort enhances maternal care in Indonesia & Mexico

By Emily George, RN, BSN, MPH Clinical Implementation Specialist, Nurse Liaison A baby died the night I arrived in Chiapas, Mexico to provide implementation training on the Safe Childbirth Checklist. The mother almost lost her life, too. She was laboring at home with a midwife when suddenly, her labor stopped progressing and the baby started… Continue reading New coaching effort enhances maternal care in Indonesia & Mexico

Enhancing best practices to improve childbirth care in Nigeria

Every so often, a pregnant woman whose water broke the day before — maybe even two or three days before — is rushed into the urban teaching hospital where Dr. Rosemary Ogu delivers babies and trains new doctors. The mother has waited to come to the hospital and now she needs urgent medical attention.  In… Continue reading Enhancing best practices to improve childbirth care in Nigeria

Data providing important insights into strengths and weaknesses of primary health care

Primary health care is one of the most cost-effective ways to equitably reduce morbidity and mortality and improve population health One of the most important but most neglected systems required for meeting people’s health needs is primary health care. The Ariadne Labs primary health care research team is working around the world to understand what… Continue reading Data providing important insights into strengths and weaknesses of primary health care

What can maternal health learn from the aviation industry?

By Katherine Semrau, Ph.D. Growing up in West Tennessee, I have fond memories of going to see my grandparents with my family. Mind you, this trip was not on a short car trip, bus or train ride. It was an eight-hour flight in a small Cessna with me, my sister, my mom and my father—who… Continue reading What can maternal health learn from the aviation industry?

Using a surgical safety checklist saves lives, according to an international study

By Dr. George Molina The use of a surgical safety checklist was associated with a lower 30-day postoperative mortality rate after emergency abdominal surgery compared with the same operations performed at hospitals that did not have a checklist, according to a recent study by the GlobalSurg Collaborative in the British Journal of Surgery (BJS). This… Continue reading Using a surgical safety checklist saves lives, according to an international study

Read Dr. Atul Gawande’s testimony before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on serious illness

  Ariadne Labs Executive Director Dr. Atul Gawande testified on June 23 before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on how we, as a nation, can improve care for individuals with serious illness. The hearing, “The Right Care at the Right Time: Ensuring Person-Centered Care for Individuals with Serious Illness.” was led by Committee Chair… Continue reading Read Dr. Atul Gawande’s testimony before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on serious illness

Atul Gawande to Caltech graduates: Science is not a major, it’s a commitment to a way of thinking

Ariadne Labs Executive Director Dr. Atul Gawande delivered the 2016 Commencement address at the California Institute of Technology June 10, telling graduates that as the newest member of the scientific community they “also inherit a role in explaining it and helping it reclaim territory of trust at a time when that territory has been shrinking.” In his… Continue reading Atul Gawande to Caltech graduates: Science is not a major, it’s a commitment to a way of thinking

Five years of Lifebox: 10 million stories of safer surgery

By Sarah Kessler Lifebox Foundation is the only NGO in the world devoted to safer surgery in low-resource countries. An independent charity led by Ariadne Labs Executive Director Atul Gawande, we deliver targeted interventions that support effective use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in some of the most challenging surgical environments around the world.… Continue reading Five years of Lifebox: 10 million stories of safer surgery