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.
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
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.
Ariadne Labs celebrates Women in Medicine Month
Sarah Payne is a Senior 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 health care… Continue reading Sarah Payne
Study that measured person-centeredness in Ghana’s health system underscores the importance of experiential quality in determining patient satisfaction and outcomes.
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.
Dr. Atul Gawande’s latest in The New Yorker features Ariadne Labs’ Primary Health Care research in Costa Rica.
Indigo Miller, MPH, BSN, RN is a Senior Clinical Implementation Specialist on the Implementation Platform at Ariadne Labs. In this role, Indigo supports the programs by tailoring quality improvement implementation strategies and designing health care and public solutions for scale. While at Ariadne Labs she has led the design and testing of implementation and spread… Continue reading Indigo Miller
Research from members of our Primary Health Care team published in Health Policy and Planning concludes that increasing managerial autonomy alone is not sufficient for improving overall health facility performance and that many factors, specific to individual managerial functions, mediate relationships between decision space and performance in Ugandan healthcare facilities.
