Ten years ago, a team of medical experts were convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) to achieve a simple yet daunting goal. The WHO wanted to make surgery safer for everyone, everywhere. Not only that, the approach needed to be inexpensive and easy enough to impact millions of lives, in all medical settings. It… Continue reading Ten years later, Surgical Safety Checklist delivers better care for millions
Through support from the Cambia Health Foundation’s Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program, three Ariadne Labs faculty lead the way to advancing the field of palliative care in the U.S. Compared to other medical specialties, palliative care is young. In fact, American medical accreditors did not recognize Hospice and Palliative Medicine as a subspecialty until 2006. With… Continue reading Three Ariadne Labs faculty are recognized for their work to advance the field of palliative care
The United States is experiencing rapid growth in health care from mergers, acquisitions and affiliations. Changing health care markets and new payment models have led systems to make these broad, institutional changes to improve operational and financial stability. On September 27, 2018, at 2 p.m., Ariadne Labs researcher Dr. Susan Haas will co-lead a webinar… Continue reading Upcoming Webinar Spotlights Ariadne Labs Research on Health Care Expansion
Over the last two years, Ariadne Labs has provided technical support and facilitation for the Primary Health Care Measurement for Improvement collaborative within the Joint Learning Network. This week the Primary Health Care (PHC) Measurement for Improvement collaborative has released Measuring the Performance of Primary Health Care: A Practical Guide for Translating Data into Improvement, a… Continue reading 15 Countries Launch a Guide for Using Data to Improve PHC