DELIVERY DECISIONS INITIATIVE

Ariadne Labs and Boston College School of Nursing will launch a new project to help nurses use data to understand how their practices influence childbirth outcomes. The new work is made possible by a grant from the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation’s Hillman Innovations in Care program, launched in 2014 to support bold, evidence-based interventions… Continue reading New project will help nurses use data to improve childbirth safety

Today Ariadne Labs launches Expecting More, a national campaign that aims to raise our collective expectations of the care and support people deserve while starting or growing their families. The campaign’s website Expecting More provides a platform for resources and commentary on the realities people face during the particularly vulnerable period when starting and growing… Continue reading Ariadne Labs launches Expecting More campaign to encourage support for families

  Kelly and Michael Davoli delivered their son, Michael, at South Shore Hospital, one of four pilot sites testing tools, including the Labor and Birth Planning Board, created by Ariadne’s Team Birth Project. Team Birth’s tactics have gotten widespread media attention. A string of articles and news stories citing Ariadne Labs and its partners is… Continue reading Media roundup: Team Birth Project gains national attention

  Dramatic rescues by heroic surgeons and tear-jerking twists of fate are the bread and butter of TV medical dramas. A recent episode of Fox’s “The Resident” delivered all that and something more: a maternal death based on a true story and a presentation of solutions that reflects recommendations by Ariadne Lab’s Delivery Decisions Initiative.… Continue reading Heartbreaking story tied to maternal health crisis hits prime time

At dawn on the fifth day after Christine Poland was admitted to the hospital, a doctor and team of nurses and midwives approached her bed. Having been up all night from yet another labor induction treatment, Poland was emotionally and physically drained. The doctor, she says, told her the latest treatment had failed and to… Continue reading Birth right: Health care experts convene to analyze tactics for bettering safety and dignity during childbirth

FEBRUARY 4, 2019 BOSTON – A targeted effort to make hospital cesarean delivery rates transparent and understood by women increased their awareness of this important quality measure, but did not drive them to choose hospitals with lower rates, according to a new study. The randomized controlled trial of 18,293 women was published Monday in the… Continue reading Study finds campaign to educate women on hospital C-section rates does not change their choice of hospitals

The Ariadne Labs childbirth teams will share latest innovations in childbirth care in Brazil this month at the world’s largest gathering of ob-gyns The Ariadne Labs childbirth teams will join a record 8,000 participants from 109 countries at XXII FIGO World Congress 2018, the largest gathering of obstetricians and gynecologists globally. The 22nd International Federation… Continue reading Childbirth teams bring Ariadne Labs tools, strategies and research to FIGO 2018

BOSTON – Ariadne Labs founder and Executive Director Dr. Atul Gawande has been named the CEO of the new Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Berkshire Hathaway nonprofit health care organization and will transition to a new role as chairman of Ariadne Labs. He will remain a practicing surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a professor at… Continue reading Ariadne Labs founder Atul Gawande transitions to chairman and becomes CEO of new health care organization