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The BetterBirth team announced the findings of its childbirth quality-of-care research trial to the scientific community gathered at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists World Congress in Cape Town in March. The gathering of more than 2,500 maternal health clinicians and academics from around the world offered a first look into the data of… Continue reading BetterBirth team shares results at RCOG scientific conference

Ariadne Labs Executive Director Atul Gawande delivered a keynote address at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists World Congress in Cape Town. The March 21 address drew more than 2,500 maternal health clinicians from around the world. In his talk, Dr. Gawande explored how a simple tool – a checklist — can transform the… Continue reading The Checklist Effect: From Surgery to Childbirth

Largest non-profit health system in Texas is first in U.S. to roll out innovative, patient-centered approach to care DALLAS (February 7, 2017) – Baylor Scott & White Health became the first large U.S. health system to implement the Serious Illness Conversation and Care Planning Program developed by Ariadne Labs, a joint center of Brigham and… Continue reading Baylor Scott & White Health Pioneers Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Deborah O’Neil O: 617-384-5588 C: 305-215-5675 E: doneil@ariadnelabs.org BOSTON, MA (Jan. 26, 2017) — Even though the hospital where a woman gives birth may be her biggest risk factor for having an unnecessary C-section, a new study by Ariadne Labs suggests most women don’t factor hospital quality into their decision… Continue reading Most women don’t value hospital C-section rates in choosing where to give birth, according to new study

In the January 23, 2017, issue of The New Yorker, in “Tell Me Where It Hurts” (p. 36), Atul Gawande explores the state of health care in America, particularly our emphasis on rescue medicine and neglect of the kind of steady, intimate care over time that often helps people more. Our health-care system was built at a time… Continue reading When Will We Grasp the Power of Incremental Care?