On May 1, Dr. Asaf Bitton becomes the second executive director of Ariadne Labs. Read more about Bitton’s background in the official announcement. A Brigham and Women’s Hospital primary care physician, Bitton has led the Ariadne Labs Primary Health Care Program since 2014. Communications Director Deborah O’Neil sat down with Bitton to talk about health… Continue reading A Conversation with New Executive Director Asaf Bitton
BOSTON – Ariadne Labs announced today that health system innovation leader Dr. Asaf Bitton, a Harvard professor and Brigham and Women’s Hospital primary care physician, has been selected as its new executive director. He succeeds Dr. Atul Gawande, who now assumes the role of chairman of the Ariadne Labs Governance Council. “Asaf is the ideal… Continue reading Global public health expert and primary care physician to lead Ariadne Labs
In the first study of country-level impact of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, Scotland saw a 36.6 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths since implementing the checklist as part of a national health safety program. The findings, reported in the April 17 British Journal of Surgery, are based on an analysis of 6.8 million operations performed… Continue reading Hospital deaths after surgery fell by a third following the launch of Surgical Safety Checklist in Scotland
A freak spring snowstorm has blanketed Atlanta, and the staff of Chastain Park Memorial Hospital scramble to handle the consequences. Someone has been brought in with critical hypothermia. A surgeon must operate to save the life of a young father without a trusted attending physician. An ethical quarrel erupts about how – or if –… Continue reading Ariadne faculty member lands writing gig on Fox drama “The Resident”