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Maria “Tika” Kartika, MD, is a graduate student at Harvard Medical School, pursuing a Master’s degree in Global Health Delivery. Tika is complimenting her graduate program by working with the Ariadne Labs Primary Health Care Team in the summer of 2024 to contribute to research on person-centered, integrated primary health care models. She brings expertise… Continue reading Maria “Tika” Kartika
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Dr. Asaf Bitton spoke with Tradeoffs via NPR on what lessons from Costa Rica’s national approach to primary care could help in the United States.
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Dr. Asaf Bitton discusses new Health Affairs Forefront article published from Ariadne Labs and collaborators at Massachusetts Health Quality Partners and Milbank Memorial Fund that demonstrates how scorecards can help strengthen struggling primary care systems in the U.S.
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Sarah Dannin, MPH, is a Project Manager on the Primary Health Care Program at Ariadne Labs. Sarah supports a diverse portfolio of projects that seek to build more equitable primary health care systems, domestically and internationally. Sarah is responsible for ensuring work is delivered with excellence: on time, on budget, on scope, and with a… Continue reading Sarah Dannin
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Madeline Pesec, MD, ScM is a Primary Health Care Fellow at Ariadne Labs and an Internal Medicine and Pediatrics resident. Her research interests include population health management, person-centered integrated healthcare, and health outcome equity. She is an expert in Costa Rica’s primary health care system, investigating the mortality impact of primary health care reform, health… Continue reading Madeline Pesec
Members of our Primary Health Care program, with colleagues Barbra G. Rabson, MPH and Christopher F. Koller, share lessons from their work in developing Primary Care Scorecards globally and in the US and strategies to strengthen and implement high-quality primary care for everyone.
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Primary Health Care Fellow, Madeline Pesec, MD, ScM, co-authors new research finding that in areas where Costa Rica opened primary care health centers offering improved and expanded care, the mortality rate fell by 13% over a nine-year period.
Primary Health Care Fellow, Madeline Pesec, MD, ScM co-authors newly published research on the relationship between Costa Rica’s PHC reforms and avoidable mortality reductions.
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Ariadne Labs is pleased to announce that Executive Director, Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, will be honored for his work in primary health care with awards from the Primary Care Collaborative at the 2023 Barbara Starfield Awards Dinner. Dr. Bitton will receive the Barbara Starfield Primary Care Leadership Award for his work to advance the field… Continue reading Asaf Bitton to be Recognized with Primary Care Collaborative Awards
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Committee announcement builds on momentum of recent Primary Health Care International Conference Ariadne Labs Executive Director Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, has recently been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Standing Committee on Primary Care. This newly established committee comprises experts in primary care delivery, research, and policy who will help… Continue reading Asaf Bitton Named to National Academies Standing Committee on Primary Care