The ranch house, which is about 15 miles outside the small town of Vernal, Utah, sits along a rugged landscape of wind-sculpted hills and sagebrush-dotted desert. About 175 miles east of Salt Lake City, this area is home to many older residents who pride themselves on their independence and who also may need medical attention… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Tests New Model for Rural Home Hospitalization
In an effort to more effectively and efficiently scale healthcare innovations in the U.S., Ariadne Labs has partnered with the Peterson Center on Healthcare on a new initiative to research factors that drive adoption of healthcare innovations. Through this 18-month project, the Atlas Initiative, researchers will test the feasibility of a comprehensive context-assessment tool that… Continue reading Atlas Initiative launches to guide successful implementation of improvement projects
In our 5-Question series, we highlight the staff and faculty behind the compelling work at Ariadne Labs. It has been a banner year for hospital expansion and mergers. “Health system megamergers continue to push deal activity to near-historic levels,” says Modern Healthcare. Moreover, “the amount of revenue tied up in such deals was nearly four… Continue reading 5 Questions with Susan Haas: Mergers Effect on Patient Safety
Ariadne Labs and Boston College School of Nursing will launch a new project to help nurses use data to understand how their practices influence childbirth outcomes. The new work is made possible by a grant from the Rita & Alex Hillman Foundation’s Hillman Innovations in Care program, launched in 2014 to support bold, evidence-based interventions… Continue reading New project will help nurses use data to improve childbirth safety
Many find the pervasiveness of mobile phones both distracting and annoying, yet that very ubiquity may prove to be a boon for those recovering from surgery. A paper published online in the Journal of the American Medical Association Surgery demonstrates how a special smartphone application can be used to record the movements and activity of… Continue reading Study finds smartphone potential in measuring post-surgical recovery