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The name appears on hundreds of papers, dating back to the 1980s: Lipsitz S or Lipsitz SR. The papers’ subjects roam a wide landscape of medical and health topics: cancer, C-section rates, drug efficacy, and more. The name may not always be the lead author, but the lead authors will likely say that without the… Continue reading Number Cruncher: The man behind the data at Ariadne Labs

In our 5-Question series, we highlight the staff and faculty behind the compelling work at Ariadne Labs. Health care facilities are constantly looking for ways to improve. How to streamline the admission process? How to promote teamwork in the operating room? But efforts to improve are often frustrating. One size does not fit all when… Continue reading The Atlas Initiative: Five Questions with Natalie Henrich

Partnership Helps More than 1.8 Million Patients Worldwide Receive Quality Care  February 10, 2020 – Ariadne Labs and Wolters Kluwer today announced the celebration of their 10-year partnership to provide free UpToDate access to health providers in resource-limited settings through the Better Evidence Program. Since 2009, Wolters Kluwer has donated free UpToDate subscriptions to over… Continue reading Ariadne Labs and Wolters Kluwer Celebrate Ten Year Partnership Providing UpToDate Access to Clinicians in Resource-Limited Settings

Around the world, many countries are moving toward systems that support universal health coverage. In the United States, universal access to care has long been a topic of debate, with varying definitions and proposed solutions.  While there may not be a one-size-fits-all approach to ensuring universal health coverage, there are valuable lessons to be learned… Continue reading Lessons from Costa Rica: Building A Universal Primary Health Care System

Participants at the International Leadership Development Program for Physicians Amith Shetty welcomed the added responsibilities of becoming a hospital director, even if he admittedly wasn’t sure how to properly execute them. His schooling as an emergency physician didn’t focus on business management. “I noticed that the leadership styles, models, and skills learned through acute medical… Continue reading Registration now open for Ariadne Labs and Harvard leadership training for physicians

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

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