2012 - Our History 2012

  • Ariadne Labs launches with 13 employees after Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health sign off on creation of a first-of-its-kind joint center for health systems innovation.
  • Ariadne Labs, Stanford University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, and Cooper Hospital form the Emergency Manuals Implementation Collaborative to promote use of cognitive aids during OR crises.
  • Serious Illness Care Program begins its flagship study at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to test a system intervention that supports patient-clinician guided conversations about patient goals and values.
  • The Safe Childbirth Checklist Collaborative launches with 30+ countries to implement the checklist and share best practices.
  • Ariadne-led study demonstrates that when surgical teams use checklists during OR crises, they complete nearly 100% of lifesaving steps. Without them, they complete only 77%.