Saravanan Thangarajan, MDS, MMSc, MBA, is the 3rd Home Hospital International Fellow. Dr. Thangarajan is a global health leader who builds systems where equity and innovation meet, bridging science, policy, and technology to expand access to quality care in low-resource settings. Over the past decade, Dr. Thangarajan has led reforms bringing advanced, equitable care to… Continue reading A Conversation with Dr. Saravanan Thangarajan, International Home Hospital Fellow
A new resource index aims offers support for primary care clinicians diagnosing dementia Diagnosing dementia is hard. Early cognitive changes can be subtle, and it’s a difficult subject for clinicians to bring up with their patients. For primary care clinicians, short appointment times and ever-growing to-do lists make recognizing the need and initiating these conversations… Continue reading The Right Tool(kit) for Your Job: Indexing Dementia Diagnosis Resources
After a surgery in 2022, Carl developed an infection. He was told treatment would require a 10-day hospital stay, and he was dreading the long days of beeping machines, interrupted sleep, and mediocre food. So when he learned that he qualified for the hospital’s newly launched Rural Home Hospital Program, he was thrilled. Carl could… Continue reading Solving the Rural Health Crisis: Care from the Comfort of Home
Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death during childbirth. Every year, it affects 14 million women around the world. About 70,000 of those women die as a result, and many more require urgent surgery to control the bleeding. Global guidelines have offered insight into how to effectively manage postpartum hemorrhage in a clinical… Continue reading Combating Postpartum Hemorrhage with Effective Implementation
Spark Grants provide seed-funding for new and early-stage ideas Ariadne Labs today announced Associate Faculty members Maximilian J. Pany, MD, PhD, and J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD, as the recipients of the 2024-2025 Spark Grant innovation award. The grantees will use their funding to study innovations and opportunities to improve primary care referrals to specialty… Continue reading Ariadne Labs 2024-2025 Spark Grant Funds Work to Improve Specialty Referrals
In a strong step forward for patient safety, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have included the Patient Safety Structural Measure (PSSM) in the public reporting and payment provisions for the FY2025 Medicare Program, which starts October 1, 2024. These CMS measures ensure hospitals have the necessary systems in place to provide high-quality… Continue reading CMS to Improve Harm Response with New Patient Safety Measure
TeamBirth is an evidence-based process that uses team huddles and a Shared Planning Tool to improve communication and teamwork during birth and beyond. It has been implemented in more than 130 hospitals around the US and in Sweden. To be eligible for TeamBirth Recognition, sites must have an existing TeamBirth program, undergo TeamBirth huddle observations… Continue reading Six Hospital Sites Honored with TeamBirth Recognition for Excellence
Ariadne Labs’ Home Hospital program recently announced Michael Montalto, MBBS, PhD, as its first Home Hospital International Fellow. The Fellowship was developed to advance the field of home hospital care internationally by providing a space for current clinicians and researchers to conduct research, share experiences, build new partnerships, and actively advise and mentor students and… Continue reading The Future of Home Hospital: A Conversation with International Fellow Michael Montalto
The Pathway to Accountability, Compassion, and Transparency (PACT) today announced the founding members of the PACT Leadership and Innovation Network. With the goal of accelerating national implementation of Communication and Resolution Programs, this first-of-its-kind network brings together thought leaders, national experts, and organizations committed to improving how health care systems respond to patient harm. “Patient… Continue reading PACT Launches Leadership and Innovation Network
Since its creation more than a decade ago, the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist has made surgery safer for patients around the world. However, simply displaying the Checklist in an operating room wall does not guarantee better outcomes. How the Checklist is implemented and ingrained into clinical culture plays a key role in its success. A… Continue reading Surgical Safety Checklist Reimplementation Improves Patient Outcomes