Ariadne Labs and Lifebox on adapting the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist during COVID-19.
The strain that COVID-19 has placed on health care systems has had immediate and consequential effects on hospital surgeries and procedures, physician capacity, redeployment, the rapid onboarding of physicians rushed into service, and the safety of health care workers.
Ariadne Labs is focusing on developing resources to help health systems and providers navigate the impact of COVID-19 to ensure the safety of patients and the health care workforce.
We have developed guidance on non-emergency surgery cancellations and postponements. We are also studying the operational, ethical, and legal challenges associated with maintaining a well-equipped, healthy workforce, as well as the rapid onboarding of clinicians being redeployed to new roles or health care settings.
Resources
Rapid Onboarding Toolkit
This toolkit can can support leaders
developing or strengthening a rapid onboarding program in departments or hospitals.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Perspectives
News
Bloomberg CityLab: What the Post-Pandemic Hospital Might Look Like
Dr. Neel Shah featured in Bloomberg on how U.S. health care could emerge from the pandemic with better, more resilient infrastructure and practices.
Building Design + Construction: Are hospitals prepared for the next pandemic?
MASS Design Group and Ariadne Labs' design study is featured.
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...
Press Release: New Report Detailing How South Korea is Protecting Health Care Workers During COVID-19
Country’s low health care worker infection rate offers valuable lessons for leaders; Research draws on interviews with front-line workers and health care system leaders in South Korea and a review of the...
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...
Bloomberg: A Psychological Crisis Is Looming for Medical Workers
Rachel Smith speaks with Bloomberg about the psychological consequences medical workers are experiencing.
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.
Boston Globe: ICU doctor shares heartbreaking impact of hospital visitor bans as coronavirus spreads
Dr. Daniela J. Lamas is interviewed about her heartbreaking experiences in the ICU of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
NBC News: Hospitals make room for coronavirus patients by trying to treat people at home
A look at an effort by Brigham and Women's hospital to treat COVID-19 patients at home, which can be a model for future care, including an interview with Dr. David Levine.
