Stuart Lipsitz, ScD*
Stuart Lipsitz is a biostatistician at Ariadne Labs, and is heavily involved in virtually all programs and research at Ariadne Labs. His specialty is advanced statistical methods, and he has developed new techniques that are widely used in studies with missing data, repeated measures studies, and complex sample surveys.
Maternal-newborn health leaders agree: after decades of significant global progress, it is possible to drive the changes that will be needed to finally end the preventable deaths of women and newborns in childbirth worldwide. A new Ariadne Labs report launched at betterbirth.ariadnelabs.org aims to support the global effort with unprecedented data and evidence about what… Continue reading New report: Creating a “systemness” in childbirth care can end preventable deaths of women, newborns
BOSTON, MA – Across the United States, millions of individuals face serious, life-limiting illness like cancer, heart disease and stroke, respiratory disease and diabetes. The final year of life with serious illness can be filled with emotional distress and uncertainty about treatment options. When people with serious illness have conversations with their doctors and nurses… Continue reading New study on Serious Illness Care Program underscores significant benefit of more, better, and earlier conversations between clinicians and patients
Embargoed for release: Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 5:00 PM ET Key takeaway: A study of 53 hospitals found that certain management practices in labor and delivery units were associated with higher rates of cesarean deliveries and complications, independent of women’s health Boston, MA ─ The way certain hospital labor and delivery units are managed may put healthy women… Continue reading Hospital management practices may put women at risk for C-sections, complications during childbirth
For immediate release: Monday, April 17, 2017 Boston, MA – South Carolina saw a 22 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths in hospitals that completed a voluntary, statewide program to implement the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist. The findings of the five-year project between the South Carolina Hospital Association, Ariadne Labs, and Harvard T.H. Chan… Continue reading South Carolina hospitals see major drop in post-surgical deaths with nation’s first proven statewide Surgical Safety Checklist program
A paper in NEJM led by the BetterBirth team looks at the effects of a coaching-based WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist Program in India on adherence to essential birth practices.