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Ten years ago, a team of medical experts were convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) to achieve a simple yet daunting goal. The WHO wanted to make surgery safer for everyone, everywhere. Not only that, the approach needed to be inexpensive and easy enough to impact millions of lives, in all medical settings. It… Continue reading Ten years later, Surgical Safety Checklist delivers better care for millions
Through support from the Cambia Health Foundation’s Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program, three Ariadne Labs faculty lead the way to advancing the field of palliative care in the U.S. Compared to other medical specialties, palliative care is young. In fact, American medical accreditors did not recognize Hospice and Palliative Medicine as a subspecialty until 2006. With… Continue reading Three Ariadne Labs faculty are recognized for their work to advance the field of palliative care
Katherine (Katie) Shea Barrett is the Policy Director for Care Delivery Transformation and Strategy at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC). The HPC, established in 2012, is an independent state agency charged with monitoring health care spending growth in Massachusetts and providing data-driven policy recommendations regarding health care delivery and payment system reform. She is… Continue reading Katherine Shea Barrett, MPH
Mahek A. Shah leads and directs the Value Measurement for Health Care projects at Harvard Business School. As Senior Researcher and Senior Project Director, he designs and implements time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) globally to help providers, governments, and employers understand real and actual costs of care delivery. He focuses on maximizing value for all stakeholders through… Continue reading Mahek A Shah, MD
Dr. Ruvandhi Nathavitharana is a TB researcher and attending physician in Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She graduated from Imperial College Medical School London with honors and obtained her MPH from Harvard School of Public Health as a UK Kennedy Scholar. Dr. Nathavitharana completed internal medicine residency at… Continue reading Ruvandhi Nathavitharana, MD, MPH
The United States is experiencing rapid growth in health care from mergers, acquisitions and affiliations. Changing health care markets and new payment models have led systems to make these broad, institutional changes to improve operational and financial stability. On September 27, 2018, at 2 p.m., Ariadne Labs researcher Dr. Susan Haas will co-lead a webinar… Continue reading Upcoming Webinar Spotlights Ariadne Labs Research on Health Care Expansion
Audrey Provenzano MD, MPH is an internist who specializes in the care of vulnerable populations. After completing her training in internal medicine and primary care at Brigham and Women’s hospital and the Kraft Fellowship in Community Health Leadership, she joined the faculty at MGH and HMS, where she provides clinical care, supervises trainees, works in… Continue reading Audrey Provenzano, MD, MPH
Jennifer Reidy, MD, MS, FAAHPM, is Chief of the Division of Palliative Care at UMass Memorial Health Care, and Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Reidy has a master’s degree in journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism, and formerly worked as a newspaper reporter. She is passionate about language… Continue reading Jennifer Reidy, MD, MS, FAAHPM