Research, Tools, and Guides
National Academies release new report, co-chaired by Dr. Asaf Bitton, making specific recommendations for CMS, to address the systemic flaws currently affecting primary care professionals and limiting the potential of high-quality primary care services for all.

The Spark Grant-funded Stroke Checklist team published their results on a 2-year quality improvement project co-designed and tested a checklist for quicker evaluation of suspected stroke cases in two emergency departments.

A perspective from participants in the PACT Collaborative published in Frontiers in Health Services on the importance of language in response to patients after they experience harm.


Use the Wellbeing Conversation Guide to better understand your residents, helping them feel more connected, secure, empowered, and respected with dignity and purpose.
The Innovation Platform developed a clinician tool using human-centered design to enhance communication and trust with Spanish-speaking patients during pregnancy visits.

The BetterBirth team and partners’ systematic review found evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of the Safe Childbirth Checklist in reducing stillbirths and improving adherence to essential birth practices.

The BetterBirth team and their partners published the latest on their research of Manyata, a quality assurance and improvement program that provides training, mentorship and accreditation to private maternity facilities in India.

Drs. Asaf Bitton and Bruce Fink pen a commentary in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine on the steps needed to reorient US primary health care to be more effective, equitable, and efficient.


The TeamBirth Prenatal Booklet is designed to introduce patients to TeamBirth as they prepare for labor and delivery. The booklet helps clinicians familiarize patients with TeamBirth concepts and begin building a foundation for collaboration and clear communication among all members of the care team. By engaging patients early, clinicians can help foster trust, ensure that patients… Continue reading TeamBirth Prenatal Booklet

The Ariadne Labs | Penda Health partnership designed and piloted BP Sawa, a chronic care management program for Penda patients with hypertension with the goal to develop and implement a hypertension clinical pathway for clinicians and patients to improve hypertension outcomes.