This toolkit can can support leaders
developing or strengthening a rapid onboarding program in departments or hospitals.
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
COVID-19 Vaccine Predictor
The Center for Global Development and Ariadne Labs have created a tool to estimate vaccine success in a variety of scenarios.
COVID-19 and the Momentum for Better Maternal Health Care
This report is intended to provide a road map for health systems leaders to select where to invest in the near term to help bring these systems changes into reality.
Vaccine Allocation Planner for COVID-19
When COVID-19 vaccines become available in the US, states will need to allocate them to their highest priority populations. The Vaccine Allocation Planner for COVID-19 helps state and county decision prepare for...
Parabola Project: Tools and Strategies for Reopening Schools
The Parabola Project offers education leaders tools and strategies to minimize health risks while maximizing learning when reopening schools. Ariadne Labs and The Learning Accelerator launched the Parabola Project to...
Annals of Surgery: Critical Considerations for Reopening Scheduled Surgical Care in the Setting of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tools for approaching surgical reopening and successful triage.
Rapid Onboarding for Redeployed Clinicians: What Matters to Them? A Research Brief for System Leaders
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...
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
BBC: What it takes to vaccinate the world
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub joins BBC's Business Daily to discuss worldwide coordination of COVID-19 vaccines.
ABC News: Dr. Atul Gawande on COVID response
Dr. Atul Gawande discusses the need for transparency, learning, and leadership during COVID-19 on ABC's This Week.
NPR: Member Of Biden’s Coronavirus Advisory Board On What Could Be Done To Fight Pandemic
Dr. Atul Gawande on proposals that he hopes to offer.
Harvard Crimson: HSPH Co-Creates Interactive Planning Tool To Aid COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub explains how the Vaccine Allocation Planner for COVID-19 can help leaders prepare for vaccine distribution.
C-SPAN: Discussion on COVID-19 Vaccine Research and Development
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub joins a a virtual discussion on COVID-19 vaccine research and development.
U.S. Vaccine Allocation Planner for COVID-19 Launched by Ariadne Labs and Surgo Foundation
Data-driven tool will help state and county decisionmakers operationalize phased vaccine distribution.
POLITICO: The coronavirus vaccine race slams into reality
COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Planner shared by POLITICO
Boston Globe: As virus cases spike, calls for a nationwide mask mandate accelerate
Dr. Atul Gawande comments on the need for universal mask-wearing.
CIC Health and Ariadne Labs announce the Assurance Testing Alliance
Platform to help expand COVID-19 testing access nationwide.
Radio Open Source: Warped Speed
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub joins Radio Open Source to discuss the race for a COVID-19 vaccine.
New York Times: Coronavirus May Increase Premature Births, Studies Suggest
Dr. Neel Shah comments on the need to prioritize and protect pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show: Solving the ‘Coronavirus Test Mess’
Dr. Atul Gawande joins WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show to discuss the need to improve and scale testing in the US.
Ariadne Labs and Amplifire Develop Online Training on Serious Illness Care Program COVID-19 Resources
September 3, 2020 – Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Amplifire, an innovative knowledge engineering and...
Center for Houston’s Future Webcast: Building Public Trust in Communications about COVID-19
This webcast, presented by Center for Houston’s Future and Leadership Now, focuses on ways to build public trust in communicating about the pandemic and what strategies policymakers and health officials can use to...
HuffPost France: Coronavirus Vaccine Race
Dr. Rebecca Weintraub speaks about the international scramble to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.
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.
