Ariadne Labs Executive Director Atul Gawande delivered a keynote address at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists World Congress in Cape Town. The March 21 address drew more than 2,500 maternal health clinicians from around the world. In his talk, Dr. Gawande explored how a simple tool – a checklist — can transform the… Continue reading The Checklist Effect: From Surgery to Childbirth
Read article in Health Affairs Ariadne Labs’ March 2017 study analyzes how Costa Rica has built one of the highest functioning primary health care systems in the world. Copyrighted and published by Project HOPE/Health Affairs as: Madeline Pesec, Hannah L. Ratcliffe, Ami Karlage, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Atul Gawande, and Asaf Bitton “Primary Health Care That… Continue reading Primary Health Care That Works: The Costa Rican Experience
Largest non-profit health system in Texas is first in U.S. to roll out innovative, patient-centered approach to care DALLAS (February 7, 2017) – Baylor Scott & White Health became the first large U.S. health system to implement the Serious Illness Conversation and Care Planning Program developed by Ariadne Labs, a joint center of Brigham and… Continue reading Baylor Scott & White Health Pioneers Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Deborah O’Neil O: 617-384-5588 C: 305-215-5675 E: doneil@ariadnelabs.org BOSTON, MA (Jan. 26, 2017) — Even though the hospital where a woman gives birth may be her biggest risk factor for having an unnecessary C-section, a new study by Ariadne Labs suggests most women don’t factor hospital quality into their decision… Continue reading Most women don’t value hospital C-section rates in choosing where to give birth, according to new study
In the January 23, 2017, issue of The New Yorker, in “Tell Me Where It Hurts” (p. 36), Atul Gawande explores the state of health care in America, particularly our emphasis on rescue medicine and neglect of the kind of steady, intimate care over time that often helps people more. Our health-care system was built at a time… Continue reading When Will We Grasp the Power of Incremental Care?