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Clinically speaking, the 164 caregivers gathered at the Hynes Convention Center for three days at the end of June was an unusual bunch. Oncologists, nephrologists, palliative care experts, sports medicine doctors, social workers, OB/GYNs, pharmacists, primary care physicians, nurses, chaplains and even one veterinarian, among others, representing 9 countries, 27 states, 80 institutions, and 17… Continue reading Clinicians learn how to talk to patients about what matters most and be change agents for better care

More than 140 members of the Ariadne Labs community gathered for the annual Year-End Health Systems Innovation Meeting in June to learn about ongoing research and welcome new faculty members. Following a “one-slide, five-minute” format, 11 physicians and researchers from the Ariadne Labs associate and affiliate faculty presented their ongoing work in a variety of… Continue reading New faculty and research innovations highlighted at Year-End Health Systems Innovation Meeting

 JUNE 27, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Research Initiative to Provide Expecting Mothers Vital Information on Pregnancy Care Options  BOSTON, MA — Every day, pregnant women face important choices that impact their health. Most turn to popular books or to their family and friends for advice, but often times, reliable, objective information about quality of… Continue reading New Research Initiative to Provide Expecting Mothers Vital Information on Pregnancy Care Options

For immediate release End-of-life care: New MA survey shows deep chasm between what we know and what we do Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care convenes to jump-start essential conversations BOSTON, May 12, 2016—Eighty-five percent of Massachusetts residents believe that physicians and their patients should talk about end-of-life care – but only 15 percent have actually… Continue reading Ariadne Labs joins state coalition to encourage serious illness conversations

This month, Ariadne Labs will join 6,000 global health leaders, policymakers, and advocates in Copenhagen at Women Deliver, the world’s largest conference on women and girls. The Ariadne Labs team will share its maternal health research, which spans childbirth undertreatment where women fail to receive basic, lifesaving care, to over-treatment where women can be harmed… Continue reading Childbirth team to share innovations and research at Women Deliver 2016

More than 35 years ago, Dr. Susan Block began making house calls to very seriously ill patients struggling with physical pain, fear and desperation, and, sometimes, paralyzing family distress. At the time, the problems in the care of patients at the end of life were unrecognized, and the specialty of palliative medicine was unknown in… Continue reading Palliative care pioneer Dr. Susan Block honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Registration is open for an innovative course to prepare clinicians and health systems to improve conversations with seriously ill patients Every day, clinicians face difficult conversations with seriously ill patients about the care they want to receive. Although many clinicians have developed their own ways of initiating these critical discussions, there are significant gaps in how… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Announces 2016 “Communication in Serious Illness” Course