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July 7, 2021 Ariadne Labs is pleased to announce Namita Seth Mohta, MD, as the new director of the Serious Illness Care Program, following a national search. As director, Dr. Mohta will lead the staff and faculty of the Serious Illness Care Program, establish programmatic vision and strategy, and sustain and expand the program’s portfolio… Continue reading Namita Seth Mohta, MD, to Lead Ariadne Labs Serious Illness Care Program

Supporting every person with serious illness to be known and cared for on their own terms
Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care Program aims to make compassionate, clear conversations about patients’ priorities, values, and goals for care accessible to all patients and clinicians. The program centers on the Serious Illness Conversation Guide, a tool to guide clinicians in conducting effective conversations with patients, and provides the implementation support needed for systems to… Continue reading Community of Practice Ambassadors Share Their Support for Serious Illness Conversations
In June of 2019, Ariadne Labs launched the second, year-long phase of its Serious Illness Implementation Collaborative – a training and support program for health systems implementing the Serious Illness Care Program. The program promotes more, earlier, and better conversations among patients and clinicians about patient priorities, goals, and values for care when facing a… Continue reading 15 Health Systems Celebrate Implementation Success at Conclusion of Serious Illness Care Program Collaborative
Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care Program and its key component, the Serious Illness Conversation Guide, have been shown to decrease emotional distress, depression, and uncertainty about treatment options in patients facing a life-threatening illness. Studies have also shown that implementation of the program leads to more, better, and earlier conversations, and more easily locatable documentation… Continue reading Study Shows Additional Benefit of Serious Illness Care Program: Decreased Health Care Costs
September 3, 2020 – Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Amplifire, an innovative knowledge engineering and training platform, today announced the launch of an online educational module developed to introduce clinicians to Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care Program’s… Continue reading Ariadne Labs and Amplifire Develop Online Training on Serious Illness Care Program COVID-19 Resources