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In our new series, we highlight the staff and faculty behind the compelling work at Ariadne Labs. Hannah Ratcliffe discusses how the Ariadne team is working to strengthen primary health care globally.  After obtaining a degree in biology, Hannah Ratcliffe worked as a bench scientist but says she soon realized “the details of protein pathways… Continue reading Five questions with Hannah Ratcliffe

A new viewpoint written by palliative care experts at Ariadne Labs and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlights key strategies for communicating prognosis with patients. The viewpoint discusses the challenges associated with delivering difficult news to patients and how not receiving this information can create patient anxiety and distance them… Continue reading New viewpoint highlights strategies for communicating prognosis with patients

More than 75 policymakers, implementers, and researchers map the gaps in global knowledge and prioritize key questions in new BMJ Global Health special issue Globally, primary health care is finally getting the attention it deserves. With the international commitment to achieving Universal Health Care coverage in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, there is growing… Continue reading A new global research agenda to advance primary health care and achieve UHC

  Kelly and Michael Davoli delivered their son, Michael, at South Shore Hospital, one of four pilot sites testing tools, including the Labor and Birth Planning Board, created by Ariadne’s Team Birth Project. Team Birth’s tactics have gotten widespread media attention. A string of articles and news stories citing Ariadne Labs and its partners is… Continue reading Media roundup: Team Birth Project gains national attention

In our new series, we highlight the staff and faculty members behind the compelling work at Ariadne Labs.  Born and raised in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Erik Fromme received his MD at the University of Oklahoma and initially thought he would practice primary care in a rural setting. Then he and his wife moved to Baltimore for… Continue reading Five questions with Erik Fromme of Ariadne Labs

Maternal-newborn health leaders agree: after decades of significant global progress, it is possible to drive the changes that will be needed to finally end the preventable deaths of women and newborns in childbirth worldwide. A new Ariadne Labs report launched at betterbirth.ariadnelabs.org aims to support the global effort with unprecedented data and evidence about what… Continue reading New report: Creating a “systemness” in childbirth care can end preventable deaths of women, newborns

The Ariadne Labs BetterBirth team launched a landmark report with research findings, frontline insights, and global recommendations for improving maternal-newborn care at the 2019 Women Deliver Conference, the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and well-being of girls and women. The timing of the release of the 80-page BetterBirth Report at… Continue reading BetterBirth team brings maternal-newborn care recommendations to Women Deliver 2019

  Dramatic rescues by heroic surgeons and tear-jerking twists of fate are the bread and butter of TV medical dramas. A recent episode of Fox’s “The Resident” delivered all that and something more: a maternal death based on a true story and a presentation of solutions that reflects recommendations by Ariadne Lab’s Delivery Decisions Initiative.… Continue reading Heartbreaking story tied to maternal health crisis hits prime time

On May 1, Dr. Asaf Bitton becomes the second executive director of Ariadne Labs. Read more about Bitton’s background in the official announcement. A Brigham and Women’s Hospital primary care physician, Bitton has led the Ariadne Labs Primary Health Care Program since 2014. Communications Director Deborah O’Neil sat down with Bitton to talk about health… Continue reading A Conversation with New Executive Director Asaf Bitton

BOSTON – Ariadne Labs announced today that health system innovation leader Dr. Asaf Bitton, a Harvard professor and Brigham and Women’s Hospital primary care physician, has been selected as its new executive director. He succeeds Dr. Atul Gawande, who now assumes the role of chairman of the Ariadne Labs Governance Council. “Asaf is the ideal… Continue reading Global public health expert and primary care physician to lead Ariadne Labs