New report finds widespread uptake and impact of the WHO Safe Surgery Checklist in its first decade and explores opportunities for the future ADDIS ABABA/BOSTON/LONDON/NEW YORK, JANUARY 15, 2020 – Global safe-surgery non-profit Lifebox and health system innovation center Ariadne Labs announce the release of the “Checking in on the Checklist” report. The report and… Continue reading Checking in on the Checklist
Ten years ago, a publication in The New England Journal of Medicine introduced the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist. With that publication began a new movement in surgical safety around the world. Over the past year, Ariadne Labs partnered with Lifebox, the global surgical safety non-profit, to develop an in-depth report on the impact… Continue reading New Report Reflects on a Decade of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
In a new patient safety effort, Ariadne Labs and the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) collaborated on the creation, development and testing of a new tool, called the Device Briefing Tool. This is aimed at improving the safety of surgical devices, especially during their first use in the operating… Continue reading New Communication Tool Developed by Ariadne Labs and the Johnson & Johnson Office of the Chief Medical Officer Aims to Improve Surgical Safety with New Operating Room Devices
By June-Ho Kim, Jessica Wiken, and Joey Ross Countries around the world are driving towards universal health coverage by 2030. There is growing consensus that high-quality health coverage must be supported by strong primary health care (PHC) systems. However, many PHC systems are not capacitated with the governance, policy, and finance levers needed to be… Continue reading Advancing Primary Health Care in Uganda through Innovative Measurement and Effective Partnership
In early December, representatives from Ariadne Labs joined the thousands of health care professionals, industry leaders, and visionaries at the 2019 Institute for Healthcare Improvement National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, held in Orlando, FL. Ariadne Labs hosted four presentations, a poster session, and staffed a booth in the convention hall, where we… Continue reading Ariadne Labs representatives share their reflections on IHI National Forum
For many people facing serious illness, religious belief can offer an important source of strength and hope in difficult times. Despite the clear importance of religion in the lives of many Americans, physicians may view it as a barrier to meaningful conversations about end-of-life care, and struggle to reconcile religion’s role in the context of… Continue reading Spirituality and the Serious Illness Conversation Guide