By Susan Haas MD, MS and Rachel Smith MS, PA-C The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to redeployment of thousands of U.S. clinicians to treat patients using new or updated skills and practicing in unfamiliar locations of the...
COVID-19 has affected the way hospitals and health care systems function in nearly every capacity. With the ability to enact change at a system level, health care administrators have a critical role to play in ensuring that systems are in place to provide patients with high quality care while protecting workers on the front lines. As the COVID-19 landscape continues to evolve, administrators will be key in helping systems adapt to new challenges and demands on resources.
Experts from Ariadne Labs have developed resources to support administrators in developing and enacting policies aligned with expert opinion and the available latest evidence. Topics include appropriate conservation of personal protective equipment, triage surgical procedures, visitation policies, and human resource contingency plans for health systems bracing for a patient surge.
Resources
Resource: Supporting Strong Primary Health Care During the Pandemic
The Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI) has developed a suite of materials and tools to support primary health care systems during the pandemic
Exemplars: Emerging COVID-19 Success Story: South Korea Learned the Lessons of MERS
Dr. June-Ho Kim and colleagues are featured by Exemplars of Global Health for their research on South Korea's response to COVID-19.
Global Learnings from Japan: The Japanese Health System Response During COVID-19
By Ariadne Labs’ Community Mitigation Global Learnings team.
Serious Illness Care Program COVID-19 Response Toolkit
(Updated June 9, 2020 with Long-Term Care Resources) Conversations between patients and clinicians about what matters most lead to higher quality care and improved quality of life for patients and those who care for...
BU School of Public Health: Community Health Centers Face Telehealth Hurdles
An article on a new commentary published in Health Affairs by Ariadne Labs and BU School of Public Health researchers.
NEJM Catalyst: How South Korea Responded to the Covid-19 Outbreak in Daegu
Our Global Response team on the strategic and comprehensive approach to the coronavirus pandemic and how it helped South Korea achieve a relatively low rate of infection within hospitals.
Webinar: Alliance for Health Policy – The Changing Landscape of Primary Care
Dr. Asaf Bitton joined the Alliance for Health Policy’s webinar on May 20, 2020 to discuss the changes in primary care that have come and will come about because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Overview: Primary...
Global Learnings from South Korea: Protecting Health Care Workers From COVID-19
By Ariadne Labs’ Community Mitigation Global Learnings team.
COVID-19 Crisis Mode: Building Resilience
As COVID-19 strains the US health care system, caring for the mental health and resilience of front line health care workers is paramount especially to minimize moral injury and burnout. This guide provides strategies...
Health Systems & Reform: National Response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and Lessons Learned for Other Countries
New research describes the main strategies undertaken and selected facilitators and challenges in order to identify transferable lessons for other countries working to control the spread and impact of COVID-19
Redesigning Hospital Spaces on the Fly to Protect Healthcare Workers
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...
Tackling the COVID-19 Human Resource Emergency
An outline of important principles that may help organizations guide the formulation of human resource contingency plans should a surge of critically ill patients occur in your specific institution.
Zero Visitation Policy: A Call for Empathy During Troubling Times
Download as a PDF Pandemic precautions are now in place. Zero visitation policies at hospitals mean no one besides patients are allowed into the facility. Zero—no family members, no friends, no loved ones. It goes...
Keeping Kids Out of the Clinic Who Don’t Need to Be There
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on March 18, 2020: “Keep children out of the health care system if it’s not necessary.Use telemedicine and other non-direct...
Perspectives
News
Self: Coronavirus Might Make Black Maternal Mortality Even Worse
Dr. Neel Shah comments on maternal health issues faced by Black women in the wake of COVID-19.
Vice: Singapore Is Putting Trackers on Some Travelers. Should Other Countries Do the Same?
Dr. Evan Benjamin remarks on quarantine tracking technology and basic public health approaches.
New York Times: Black and Pregnant During Covid
Dr. Neel Shah highlights the maternal health challenges for Black pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Times Radio: Vaccine Nationalism
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub joins Times Radio UK to discuss vaccine nationalism (at ~65 minute mark)
Marketplace: U.S. and EU vaccine deals raise fears of ‘vaccine nationalism’
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub joins Marketplace to discuss the risks of vaccine nationalism.
HealthLeaders: Exchange: Three Big Ideas
Dr. Asaf Bitton on Ariadne Labs' Serious Illness Care program in HealthLeaders Innovation
HSPH: Lessons from Japan’s COVID-19 response
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health covers latest Health Affairs piece of Japan's COVID-19 response
Building Design + Construction: Are hospitals prepared for the next pandemic?
MASS Design Group and Ariadne Labs' design study is featured.
STAT: An experiment in end-of-life care: Tapping AI’s cold calculus to nudge the most human of conversations
Dr. Justin Sanders comments on the use of AI in caring for seriously ill patients.
New York Times: Study Raises Concerns for Pregnant Women With the Coronavirus
Dr. Neel Shah comments on new data released on pregnant women hospitalizations during the pandemic.
MedPage Today: Can PCPs Survive COVID-19? Only If Fee-for-Service Goes
Dr. Asaf Bitton is quoted in MedPage Today on why primary care practices need new ways of being paid if they are going to survive and thrive in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CNN: On GPS: How a Boston hospital guarded against Covid-19
Dr. Atul Gawande on how attentive screening and rigorous hygiene at a Boston hospital have yielded results that could inspire us all
MASS Design Group Webinar: Architecture Can Heal: Adapting Healthcare Spaces in Response to COVID-19
In his opening remarks as moderator of a May 12 virtual roundtable on ways health care facilities can design better spaces to prevent the spread of COVID19, Neel Shah, MD, MPP, Director of the Delivery Decisions...
PBS NewsHour: How the pandemic is reshaping hospital architecture and design
Neel Shah speaks with PBS NewsHour about Ariadne's partnership with Mt. Sinai Hospital and MASS Design to protect health care workers.
World Architecture: MASS Design Group Redesigns Hospital Spaces On The Fly…
Profile of Ariadne Labs' partnership with MASS Design and Mount Sinai Hospital to use design principles to protect health care workers.
Architectural Record: MASS Design Offers Guidance for Adapting Hospitals on the Fly
Ariadne partnership with MASS design and Mt. Sinai to redesign hospital spaces to protect health care workers
The Week: There’s another way to fight coronavirus
Atul Gawande's global response research featured in The Week
MASS Design Group: New Design Research Partnership Identifies Spatial Interventions that Can Help Mitigate Infection Risk Among Healthcare Workers
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...
GeriPal: The State of COVID19 in Boston: Podcast with Zara Cooper, Rachelle Bernacki, and Ricky Leiter
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.
Boston Globe: To Fight Coronavirus, America Needs Leaders Who are First Followers
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.
BMJ Wellbeing: Some advice on working in PPE
Mary Brindle talks about the struggles of working in PPE and the importance of communication when you can't see colleagues' faces on The BMJ Podcast.
WBUR: Doctor Who Pioneered Handwashing In Hospitals On Defeating COVID-19
Ariadne Labs founder Atul Gawande speaks with WBUR's Robin Young to discuss COVID-19, how to flatten the curve, and above all, how to protect healthcare workers.
