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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

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