Blogs

New York Times: The Aftermath of a Pandemic Requires as Much Focus as the Start

Dr. Atul Gawande pens an essay published in the New York Times on the aftermath of the pandemic and the need to reorient our health systems toward primary care.

Cherokee Phoenix: Cherokee Nation implements ‘TeamBirth’ initiative at Hastings Hospital

Coverage of the TeamBirth launch at Hastings Hospital in Cherokee Nation, expanding state-wide implementation in Oklahoma.

Ariadne Labs Launches Behavioral Health Home Hospital Feasibility Initiative

The U.S. behavioral health care system is facing a capacity crisis. The country currently has 13% fewer state psychiatric beds than it did in 2010; in Massachusetts alone, more than 700 patients await inpatient psychiatric care every day. Many patients wait for psychiatric care in the emergency department, sometimes for days, delaying their treatment and… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Launches Behavioral Health Home Hospital Feasibility Initiative

Becker’s Hospital Review: Viewpoint: Strengthening the CDC is ‘a matter of national security’

Becker’s Hospital Review covers the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security report “Building the CDC the Country Needs”.

Panel Highlights Lessons of Costa Rica’s Primary Health Care System  

Since 2015, Ariadne Labs’ Primary Health Care team has studied Costa Rica’s effective primary health care system and extrapolated the lessons the system offers to the United States and other countries. These lessons were explored in a Jan. 27th panel, hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH,… Continue reading Panel Highlights Lessons of Costa Rica’s Primary Health Care System  

HSPH: Building a Stronger CDC

Dr. Asaf Bitton answers three questions on the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security recently published report “Building the CDC the Country Needs.”

Five Questions with June-Ho Kim: Treating the Whole Person

In our Five-Question series to mark the 10-year anniversary of Ariadne Labs, we highlight the staff and faculty behind the lab’s compelling work.  Even during his medical training, June-Ho Kim, MD, MPH, Interim Director of Ariadne Labs’ Primary Health Care program, was drawn to the realm of public health and health policy change. Working in… Continue reading Five Questions with June-Ho Kim: Treating the Whole Person

Ukrainian Save a Life Online Video Series Provides Lifesaving Resources to Those Affected by Ongoing Conflict

A partnership between Ariadne Labs, UNHCR-The UN Refugee Agency, ELEMENT Productions, International Medical Corps and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative launch new series of 26 online educational videos to empower all Ukrainians—the public, healthcare workers, medics, firefighters and law enforcement—with the critical skills to save lives.

Ariadne Labs’ Spark Grant Opportunities for 2023-2024

We are pleased to announce the 2023- 2024 Ariadne Labs Spark Grant program. Please find RFP and Letter of Interest (LOI) instructions below. The Ariadne Labs Spark Grant Program is an incubator grant program for Ariadne staff and faculty to design and test innovative solutions to solvable problems in health care delivery. HOW IT WORKS… Continue reading Ariadne Labs’ Spark Grant Opportunities for 2023-2024

Improving the Implementation of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist

By Anupama Murthy, MD; Mary Brindle, MD, MPH; Alex B. Haynes, MD, MPH; and George Molina, MD, MPH Twelve years ago, the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist was introduced in a publication in The New England Journal of Medicine, sparking a worldwide movement to improve the culture of surgical safety. A major study in Scotland subsequently indicated that the use… Continue reading Improving the Implementation of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist