Unfortunate Paradox: Most in Massachusetts are more comfortable writing wills for after our deaths than controlling how we want to spend the end of our lives People think end-of-life conversations will be challenging, but 76% of respondents said speaking to their physicians was not at all difficult BOSTON, May 9, 2017—Nearly everybody in Massachusetts—96%—believes that… Continue reading New Mass Coalition survey: Most are not talking about wishes for serious illness care

The Ariadne Labs Serious Illness Program is featured prominently in an April 29 cover story in The Economist, among the world’s most influential news magazines. The cover package, How life ends, includes a news story, A better way to care for the dying, with interviews with Serious Illness Care Program Director Dr. Susan Block, Ariadne Labs… Continue reading Serious Illness Care Program featured in The Economist

BOSTON–April 3, 2017–The Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care today unveiled #WriteYourScript, a digital quiz designed to be an icebreaker for talking about our wishes for care when facing a serious illness. The initiative coincides with the 10th anniversary of National Healthcare Decisions Day. The Coalition — of which Ariadne Labs is a founding member… Continue reading Massachusetts Coalition launches novel effort to help people talk about what they want at life’s end

Largest non-profit health system in Texas is first in U.S. to roll out innovative, patient-centered approach to care DALLAS (February 7, 2017) – Baylor Scott & White Health became the first large U.S. health system to implement the Serious Illness Conversation and Care Planning Program developed by Ariadne Labs, a joint center of Brigham and… Continue reading Baylor Scott & White Health Pioneers Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care Program

BOSTON, December 14, 2016—A pioneering study of over 22 million hospital admissions found significant variation in health outcomes across the United States. Patients in low-performing hospitals (bottom 10%) are three times more likely to die and 13 times more likely to experience complications than those in high-performing hospitals (top 10%). These are the key findings… Continue reading New research identifies significant variation in health outcomes across hospitals

Dr. Atul Gawande moderated a Presidential Plenary on the future of medicine and health care innovation with President Barack Obama at the White House Frontiers Conference on Oct 13. In his remarks, Dr. Gawande, executive director of Ariadne Labs, spoke of changes needed in the next century of science. “The last century was the century of… Continue reading Watch the video: Atul Gawande leads panel with President Obama on the future of medicine