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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

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   

Ariadne Labs Executive Director Dr. Asaf Bitton has been selected as the 2019 Allan Sandler Visiting Scholar in General Internal Medicine by Massachusetts General Hospital. The honor was established 19 years ago to commemorate Dr. Sandler, who practiced internal medicine at the MGH for more than 40 years. As the Sandler Scholar from Oct. 23… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Executive Director Asaf Bitton honored as Sandler Scholar