A collaboration between MASS Design Group and Ariadne Labs. Across the world urban hospitals are scrambling to convert and repurpose space on the fly. We drew from the Ebola experience in Africa, real-time insights from the epicenter of COVID in New York City, and methods from the Ariadne innovation arc, to describe how designing these spaces thoughtfully makes us all safer.

Neel Shah speaks to WBUR about Boston hospital policy to test pregnant patients prior to giving birth.

Dr. Asaf Bitton on the large-scale effort at Ariadne Labs, supported by the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, to provide protocols to all levels of the health care system.

Massachusetts Coalition for Serious Illness Care founded in 2016 by Ariadne Labs pens op-ed on serious illness conversations in the time of COVID-19.

An article on end-of-life planning details the COVID-19 guide, recently released by Ariadne Labs and The Conversation Project, which includes action items to do right now to be prepared.

Rachelle Bernacki speaks to the GeriPal podcast about the state of COVID-19 at the Brigham and Women’s hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Center in Boston.

Asaf Bitton speaks with USA Today about how to stay safe while outside.

Rachel Smith speaks with Bloomberg about the psychological consequences medical workers are experiencing.

Dr. Bitton’s social distancing counsel from “Not a Snow Day” included in this article on Thrive Global.

Safe Surgery Fellow Jason Pradarelli, MD, and Brigham & Women’s Department of Surgery chair Gerard Doherty, MD, write about leadership qualities required to address COVID-19.