Ariadne Labs is pleased to announce that Executive Director, Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, will be honored for his work in primary health care with awards from the Primary Care Collaborative at the 2023 Barbara Starfield Awards Dinner. Dr. Bitton will receive the Barbara Starfield Primary Care Leadership Award for his work to advance the field… Continue reading Asaf Bitton to be Recognized with Primary Care Collaborative Awards
In our Five-Question series, we highlight the staff and faculty behind the compelling work at Ariadne Labs. When joining the lab, Jonathan Wolinsky, MPP, was drawn to Ariadne Labs’ commitment to human-centered innovation, and he was surprised how nimble it was. Jonathan, the Assistant Director of Project Management for Delivery Decisions Initiative (DDI), oversees the… Continue reading Five Questions with Jonathan Wolinsky: Building Autonomy and Trust in Childbirth
Spark Grants provide seed-funding for new and early-stage ideas Ariadne Labs today announced three recipients of the Ariadne Labs Spark Grant innovation awards for the 2023-2024 year. The Spark Grant program provides support for new and early-stage ideas to make health care safer, more equitable, and more integrated for patients everywhere. Now in its 11th… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Announces Spark Grants to Support Work in Nursing Home and Childbirth Care
Fellowship applications are currently open for the 2024 – 2025 academic year Ariadne Labs’ Home Hospital program is pleased to announce Michael Montalto, MBBS, PhD, as its first Home Hospital International Fellow. The Home Hospital International Fellowship was developed to advance the field of home hospital care internationally by providing a space for current clinicians… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Announces Michael Montalto, MBBS, PhD, as First Home Hospital International Fellow
Checklist updates drew on a multidisciplinary panel of experts When a medical crisis strikes in the operating room, there is not a second to waste. Surgical teams need to be prepared with the knowledge, supplies, and processes to respond quickly and efficiently to cases of cardiac arrest, hemorrhage, failed airways, and more. It has been… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Releases Digital Operating Room Crisis Checklists
The process engaged patients, caregivers, and clinicians to reflect diverse experiences Talking about what matters most to patients during a serious illness is rewarding – both for patients and for clinicians. Ten years ago, Ariadne Labs’ Serious Illness Conversation Guide was created to make those conversations easier by giving clinicians the language to discuss patients’… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Updates Serious Illness Conversation Guide to Foster Equity and Inclusivity
Committee announcement builds on momentum of recent Primary Health Care International Conference Ariadne Labs Executive Director Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, has recently been appointed to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Standing Committee on Primary Care. This newly established committee comprises experts in primary care delivery, research, and policy who will help… Continue reading Asaf Bitton Named to National Academies Standing Committee on Primary Care
In the first of a series of events to mark Ariadne Labs’ ten-year anniversary, Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, the labs’ Executive Director, led a discussion on April 5, 2023, about the future of public health and health care with Michelle A. Williams, SM, ScD, Dean of the Faculty of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public… Continue reading The Future of Public Health and Health Care
In our Five-Question Feature to mark the 10-year anniversary of Ariadne Labs, we highlight the staff and faculty behind the lab’s compelling work. Katherine Semrau, PhD, MPH, director of the BetterBirth Program at Ariadne Labs, has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of maternal, newborn, and child health and epidemiology, including significant… Continue reading Five Questions with Katherine Semrau: Seeing Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health from All Angles
The U.S. behavioral health care system is facing a capacity crisis. The country currently has 13% fewer state psychiatric beds than it did in 2010; in Massachusetts alone, more than 700 patients await inpatient psychiatric care every day. Many patients wait for psychiatric care in the emergency department, sometimes for days, delaying their treatment and… Continue reading Ariadne Labs Launches Behavioral Health Home Hospital Feasibility Initiative