Insights & News in Healthcare Safety

Evidence Is the Currency of Trust in Supply Chain Decisions Under Pressure

In healthcare supply chain, decisions rarely go unchallenged. A product is questioned after implementation. A price is scrutinized by finance. A clinician asks why a preferred option was not approv...

A Nationwide Milestone—And What It Means for Our Members

We are proud to share an important milestone for ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO: with the recent enrollment of a participating organization from Hawaii, our PSO now includ...

Missed Recall Warnings: A Growing Safety Risk for Home Diabetes Device Users

Advances in home diabetes management technologies have transformed how millions of people manage their condition outside of traditional clinical settings. Devices such as insulin pumps, continuous ...

Why Hospital Supply Chains Are Always in “Urgent Mode”—and How Leaders Take Back Control

Most healthcare supply chain challenges do not begin with a strategy conversation. They begin with an email, a hallway exchange, or a last-minute request marked urgent. A clinician needs a differen...

When Healthcare Systems Go Dark: Why Digital Outage Preparedness Is a Patient Safety Imperative

Healthcare delivery today depends heavily on digital systems. Electronic health records (EHRs), networked medical devices, clinical decision support tools, and communication platforms are deeply em...

Building a Better Guideline: How TRUST Standards Strengthen Clinical Confidence

Clinical practice guidelines shape care decisions throughout healthcare — from primary care to specialty clinics, from procedural suites to intensive care units. When these guidelines are developed...

Leveraging ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards Report: A Strategic Imperative for Healthcare in 2026

In today’s healthcare landscape, technology can be both a powerful enabler and a potential source of risk. As new innovations—from artificial intelligence (AI) to the expanding use of medical devic...

Rethinking Healthcare Safety: Differentiating from Other High-Risk Industries

Much of healthcare has yet to realize the benefits of applying human factors engineering (HFE), in part because HFE solutions developed for other high-risk industries have been applied without appr...

Seeing the Whole System: Why Fall Reporting in Nursing Homes Requires a Systems Thinking Approach

Underreporting falls in nursing homes skews safety data, misleads families, and endangers residents. Learn how applying a systems thinking approach can rebuild trust and improve resident safety.