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By Evan M. Benjamin, MD, MS, and Meghan Long, MHA Illustrated by Courtney Staples As we gear up for the Boston Marathon, one of the world’s best known road races, we are also marking Patient Safety Awareness Week. This celebrated 26-mile race next month is a testament to commitment, dedication and persistence in the face… Continue reading Patient Safety is a Marathon, not a Sprint
Joseph (Joey) Ross, MPA, is an Associate Director at Ariadne Labs where he leads the Primary Health Care team’s work in designing and testing innovations in PHC measurement, integrated service delivery, and population health management in the United States and globally. His expertise lies in creating and managing multidisciplinary teams and diverse partnerships that develop… Continue reading Joseph (Joey) Ross
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
With 2.5 million new research articles published annually, clinicians cannot possibly stay abreast of every new discovery. Moreover, those in resource-limited settings can be geographically and professionally isolated and lack access to the latest educational tools. These clinicians also care for some of the largest, sickest patient populations in the world. They must know and… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Welcomes the Better Evidence Project