Ariadne Labs is pleased to announce the kick-off of the application process for the Ariadne Labs Spark Grant Program for 2022 – 2023. Ariadne Labs is committed to the pursuit of simple, innovative healthcare solutions that save lives and reduce suffering, and our Spark Grant program is an important generator of new ideas and projects… Continue reading Announcing Spark Grant Opportunities for 2022-2023
Health care delivery innovation grants support early-stage work to close gaps in obstetrics, palliative care, surgical care, and more.
Meghan (“Meg”) Long is a seasoned healthcare innovation leader with over a decade of experience driving transformative change. Her expertise spans design thinking, project management, and improvement science to successfully implement lasting solutions in areas such as maternal health, primary care, geriatrics, and surgery. Driven by a deep commitment to enhancing the human experience in… Continue reading Meghan Long
Recipients working on improving prenatal-primary care transition, expanding home-based palliative care, and addressing postpartum care following cesarean delivery BOSTON, MA — January 26, 2021 – Ariadne Labs today announced three recipients of the Ariadne Labs Spark Grant innovation award. Now in its eighth year, the Spark Grant program was founded to “spark” new and early-stage… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Announces 2020-2021 Spark Grant Recipients
The more than 2.1 million people living in nursing homes and residential care communities in the United States have emerged as a group hit particularly hard by the pandemic. There have been approximately 101,000 COVID-19 deaths in these long-term care facilities, accounting for about 39% of virus-related deaths nationwide.
Since the onset of COVID-19, Ariadne Labs began exploring ways to address this crisis in nursing homes. Our initial research quickly uncovered deeper structural problems in long term care facilities, exacerbated by the effects of the pandemic. Urgent change is required to transform nursing homes into sites of clinical excellence, where we can offer the best of healthcare in a home-like setting. Ariadne Labs has committed to support a year of design work to develop a new model of care in nursing homes, including a suite of tools that supports structural changes in care delivery with expected positive outcomes for both staff and residents. Our model is built on a framework of integrating the best of healthcare with the best of home in these long term care facilities.
As COVID-19 began to strain the world’s health care systems, members of Ariadne Labs’s global community quickly pivoted to launch initiatives and produce research aimed at mitigating the pandemic. Ten of those projects were highlighted in the labs’ first virtual Community Meeting, “Health Innovation in the Time of COVID-19,” held on June 11. More… Continue reading What COVID-19 Has Sparked: Ariadne Labs Research Community Shares Innovations from Across the Health Care Spectrum
Faculty Invited to Submit Applications for Ariadne Labs Spark Grant The next great idea to improve health and well-being for all is often waiting on the edges of health care, beyond the spotlight of flashier approaches. These are not necessarily new drugs or technologies, but rather innovations that change how health care should be delivered.… Continue reading Faculty Invited to Submit Applications for Ariadne Labs Spark Grant
Experts in design thinking and systems engineering, the Innovation team ensures our work is more likely to succeed and be adaptable in a variety of settings.