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In the first study of country-level impact of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, Scotland saw a 36.6 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths since implementing the checklist as part of a national health safety program. The findings, reported in the April 17 British Journal of Surgery, are based on an analysis of 6.8 million operations performed… Continue reading Hospital deaths after surgery fell by a third following the launch of Surgical Safety Checklist in Scotland

A freak spring snowstorm has blanketed Atlanta, and the staff of Chastain Park Memorial Hospital scramble to handle the consequences. Someone has been brought in with critical hypothermia. A surgeon must operate to save the life of a young father without a trusted attending physician. An ethical quarrel erupts about how – or if –… Continue reading Ariadne faculty member lands writing gig on Fox drama “The Resident”

BOSTON, MA – Across the United States, millions of individuals face serious, life-limiting illness like cancer, heart disease and stroke, respiratory disease and diabetes. The final year of life with serious illness can be filled with emotional distress and uncertainty about treatment options. When people with serious illness have conversations with their doctors and nurses… Continue reading New study on Serious Illness Care Program underscores significant benefit of more, better, and earlier conversations between clinicians and patients

BOSTON – The U.S. health care system is the most expensive in the world, with spending projected to rise by more than five percent each year through 2026, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. What can be done to turn the tide?    Rhode Island may have a solution. Researchers from Ariadne… Continue reading Price controls and increased primary care lower healthcare spending, according to new study

At dawn on the fifth day after Christine Poland was admitted to the hospital, a doctor and team of nurses and midwives approached her bed. Having been up all night from yet another labor induction treatment, Poland was emotionally and physically drained. The doctor, she says, told her the latest treatment had failed and to… Continue reading Birth right: Health care experts convene to analyze tactics for bettering safety and dignity during childbirth

Dr. Joanna Paladino’s commitment to palliative care runs deep. As a palliative care physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, she has initiated meaningful conversations with patients facing a serious illness about what matters most to them. She’s coached other clinicians on doing the same by using the Serious Illness Conversation… Continue reading Ariadne physician-researcher aiming to improve serious illness care receives prestigious grant

FEBRUARY 4, 2019 BOSTON – A targeted effort to make hospital cesarean delivery rates transparent and understood by women increased their awareness of this important quality measure, but did not drive them to choose hospitals with lower rates, according to a new study. The randomized controlled trial of 18,293 women was published Monday in the… Continue reading Study finds campaign to educate women on hospital C-section rates does not change their choice of hospitals