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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
BOSTON – Ariadne Labs founder and Executive Director Dr. Atul Gawande has been named the CEO of the new Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Berkshire Hathaway nonprofit health care organization and will transition to a new role as chairman of Ariadne Labs. He will remain a practicing surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a professor at… Continue reading Ariadne Labs founder Atul Gawande transitions to chairman and becomes CEO of new health care organization
Center to Advance Palliative Care, Vital Talk and Ariadne Labs Collaborate on New National Strategy to Rapidly Improve the Care of Serious Illness BOSTON — Quality of communication between clinicians and patients is a major factor in the delivery of high-quality healthcare to Americans with serious illness. Communication between providers and patients has the largest… Continue reading New Communications Skills Pathfinder Portal to fill training gap for clinicians treating seriously ill patients
BOSTON — Seven leading health systems from around the country have joined with Ariadne Labs, the Center to Advance Palliative Care and VitalTalk in a pioneering new collaborative to transform care for individuals facing serious illness. The new Implementation Collaborative provides health systems with the roadmap, tools and support to bring Ariadne Labs’ innovative Serious… Continue reading New collaborative aims to improve communication between clinicians and patients with serious illness
Boston, MA – A checklist and coaching intervention to improve facility-based childbirth care and reduce deaths of women and newborns in India achieved significant gains in the quality of care during labor and delivery, but the improvements were insufficient to reduce death rates, according to a new study. The BetterBirth study is one of the… Continue reading Checklist and coaching program in India markedly improved childbirth care but did not reduce death rates
Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Care Program is excited to share with you an updated Serious Illness Conversation Guide, which has been refined through an iterative, community-engaged process.
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
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
Ariadne Labs Executive Director Dr. Atul Gawande testified on June 23 before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on how we, as a nation, can improve care for individuals with serious illness. The hearing, “The Right Care at the Right Time: Ensuring Person-Centered Care for Individuals with Serious Illness.” was led by Committee Chair… Continue reading Read Dr. Atul Gawande’s testimony before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging on serious illness
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