BOSTON (Oct. 11, 2017) – Bestselling authors Atul Gawande and Malcolm Gladwell will take to the stage at Boston’s HUBWeek for a thought-provoking conversation that explores health care’s biggest untapped opportunity to save lives and reduce suffering. The authors, both New Yorker staff writers, met in college and have enjoyed a decades-long friendship based on… Continue reading Atul Gawande & Malcolm Gladwell in Conversation
BOSTON (October 2, 2017) — Ariadne Labs announced today that Dr. Evan Benjamin, a national leader in quality improvement and patient safety, will become its new chief medical officer, leading the organization’s clinical and scientific effort to drive health systems innovation around the world. Benjamin brings 30 years of experience in clinical care, quality improvement, and population… Continue reading National patient safety leader joins Ariadne Labs as Chief Medical Officer
In the October 2, 2017, issue of The New Yorker, in “Is Health Care a Right?” (p. 48), Dr. Atul Gawande reports from his home town of Athens, Ohio, in the Appalachian foothills, where he asks people this question that divides Americans. He receives answers that have not been widely heard, however—ones that point to potential common ground. Gawande writes,… Continue reading “Is Health Care a Right?” Dr. Atul Gawande’s latest article in The New Yorker explores this question
Douglas S. Smink, MD, MPH is the Chief of Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital and the Associate Chair of Education at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is an Associate Professor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School and practices minimally invasive general surgery at both Brigham and Women’s and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospitals.… Continue reading Doug Smink
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAug. 9, 2017 Edited June 22, 2022 BOSTON — As C-section rates around the globe continue to climb, a new study shows that women who give birth by cesarean may face significant long-term health risks later in life, including an increased risk of needing a hysterectomy and more surgical complications when undergoing a… Continue reading Study tracks long-term health risks to women after having a C-section
Boston, MA – Around the United States, increasing numbers of patients in need of surgery are turning to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) for same-day surgical care. With the demand for this type of care up by 54 percent since 2001, the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded the first program to focus… Continue reading Toolkit to Improve Safety at Ambulatory Surgery Centers Helps to Promote High Quality Patient Care
Boston, MA – Emergencies can occur unpredictably in surgery, from patient hemorrhage or cardiac arrest to the rare fire in the operating room (OR). Surgical teams must take quick action in these instances to avoid harm to their patients. The Ariadne Labs Operating Room Crisis Checklists were created to help surgical teams effectively manage the… Continue reading Updated OR Crisis Checklists Help Clinicians Rescue Patients from Critical Events
The OR Crisis Checklists were developed by the team at Ariadne Labs with the goal of improving care during 12 of the most common operating room crises. The checklists were updated in May 2017.