Yara Altaher is a Research Coordinator on the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) program team, where she provides support to the TeamBirth and Nurse Impact projects. She contributes to ongoing solution and design, as well as oversees research on TeamBirth. As part of Nurse Impact, Yara primarily works on qualitative research including conducting interviews and performing… Continue reading Yara Altaher
Lindsey Renner is a Research Assistant on the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs, where she works on TeamBirth, providing project management and research support, and designing implementation materials and graphics. Prior to her work at Ariadne Labs, Lindsey served as a Resource Specialist at Home Base – a National Center of Excellence that delivers… Continue reading Lindsey Renner
Jonathan Wolinsky, MPP is the Assistant Director of Project Management for the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) where he oversees project management, planning, and finance, for the team. Jonathan works across the portfolio of DDI projects to support the teams work from project design to funding requests to contracting and deliverable submission. Prior to joining Ariadne… Continue reading Jonathan Wolinsky
Trisha Short is the Clinical Implementation Specialist of the Delivery Decisions Initiative at Ariadne Labs. Trisha has been an obstetrical nurse for 17 years specializing in high risk obstetrics, quality improvement and is a certified AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Instructor. She joined the Ariadne team after leading the successful implementation of TeamBirth at her hospital… Continue reading Trisha Short
Forbes interviews the filmmakers of Aftershock, a documentary covering the black maternal health crisis.
Amber Weiseth speaks with FOX23 in Tulsa on the TeamBirth care process being implemented in every delivering hospital in the city.
TeamBirth is an innovative approach to improve communication and teamwork in childbirth pioneered by Ariadne Labs’ Delivery Decision Initiative (DDI). The care process, which relies on a patient-facing planning board and team huddles, ensures people giving birth and clinicians have shared input and understanding into decision-making during labor, delivery and postpartum. Three recently published papers… Continue reading Three Papers Detail Design, Test, and Spread of TeamBirth
In March of 2022, hospitals in Oklahoma — including Hillcrest Hospital South, Hillcrest Claremore Hospital, St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Bailey Medical Center, and Mercy Hospital — launched TeamBirth. Developed by Ariadne Labs’ Delivery Decisions Initiative, TeamBirth is a communication and teamwork process that closes gaps in communication that challenge the safety and dignity of… Continue reading TeamBirth Launches in Oklahoma Hospitals
The Delivery Decisions Initiative publishes on the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of the TeamBirth care process in Birth.
In October 2021, Amber Weiseth, DNP, MSN, RNC-OB, became the new Director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI) at Ariadne Labs and the lab’s only director with a nursing background, “which I believe is an honor,” Weiseth said. Weiseth brings 18 years experience as a perinatal nurse to DDI, a research and social impact program focused… Continue reading A Q&A with Amber Weiseth, Director of the Delivery Decisions Initiative