NEWS
Boston Globe: Primary care is on life support

Dr. Asaf Bitton quoted in this Boston Globe Opinion by Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett

Apr 21 2022
NEWS - Perspectives
The Commonwealth Fund – The Dose: The Case for Investing in Primary Care

Dr. Asaf Bitton joins The Dose podcast from the Commonwealth Fund with host Shanoor Seervai to discuss what it will take to rebuild the nation’s broken primary care system.

Mar 11 2022
NEWS - Resources
Exemplars in Global Health: Costa Rica’s health success due to PHC – not because it’s a ‘crazy, magical place’

Exemplars in Global Health talk with Hannah Ratcliffe, Ariadne Labs’ former associate director of research for PHC, and Dr. Madeline Pesec, a PHC research assistant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, about their research on the Costa Rican system and what lessons it could hold for other countries.

Feb 25 2022
NEWS
Report Captures Primary Health Care Progress Three Years After Declaration of Astana

Primary health care is the foundation of strong health systems everywhere. Better measurement of how well primary health care systems are functioning can support changes needed to achieve resilient, quality health care for all.  In October 2018 leaders from around the world convened at the Global Conference on Primary Health Care in Astana, Kazakhstan to… Continue reading Report Captures Primary Health Care Progress Three Years After Declaration of Astana

Oct 26 2021
NEWS - Resources
PHCPI Launches New Digital Report: “If Health Systems Could Talk: Illuminating the Vital Signs of Strong Primary Health Care”

New digital report shares insights from the process of creating the first 23 Vital Signs Profiles – PHCPI’s signature measurement tool – and set the scene for the next chapter of PHCPI’s work.

Oct 12 2021
Sarah Payne

Sarah Payne is a Research & Project Coordinator on the Primary Health Care and Safe Surgery / Safe Systems teams at Ariadne Labs exploring innovative ways to enhance the delivery and performance of our health systems. Sarah supports a diverse set of portfolios across both teams ranging from global measurement of primary care to the… Continue reading Sarah Payne

CASE STUDY: Lessons from Ghana

Study that measured person-centeredness in Ghana’s health system underscores the importance of experiential quality in determining patient satisfaction and outcomes.

CASE STUDY: The PHC China Health Study

In 2014 Ariadne Labs was tasked with analyzing high-performing primary health care systems around the world to develop recommendations for strengthening primary health care delivery in China. The results were distilled into the Eight Tenets of Primary Health Care Improvement, which have been used to inform widespread health care reform in provinces across China.