Insights & News in Healthcare Safety

From Risk to Resilience: How PSOs Help Build High Reliability Organizations

In today’s complex healthcare environment, the push toward becoming a High Reliability Organization (HRO) is not just aspirational—it is essential. HROs operate under the principle that even in ...

How Staffing Changes May Affect FDA Recall Efficiency—and What Healthcare Organizations Can Do Now

Recent reductions in government staffing, particularly within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have raised concerns within healthcare organizations about their potential impact on...

10 Ways Healthcare Supply Chain Leaders Can Mitigate Tariff Challenges

As global trade dynamics continue to evolve, healthcare organizations are feeling the impact of rising tariffs on medical devices, equipment, and supplies. It’s clear that these increased tariffs a...

Promoting Clinician Well-Being through Human Factors Engineering

Healthcare providers dedicate their lives to patient care, often working within systems that unintentionally contribute to stress, fatigue, and burnout. Human Factors Engineering (HFE), a disciplin...

ECRI Examines Reliability of Pulse Oximeters on People with Varying Skin Pigmentation

Darker skin pigmentation can adversely influence pulse oximeter readings, leading to missed or delayed diagnoses and treatment. This health disparity has caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...

Clinicians Are Leveraging This Time-Saving Research when Implementing Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical care that combines the best available evidence with a clinician’s expertise and patient preferences to make informed decisions. How...

Choosing the Right Orthopedic Surgical Tools for High-Performing, Cost-Effective Patient Care

Optimize orthopedic implant selection with benchmarking data. Improve patient outcomes, control costs, and enhance efficiency with data-driven decision-making.

Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines Begin with Medical Research Librarians

Guideline developers and medical specialty societies encounter significant challenges when performing systematic literature searches, which are crucial for developing trustworthy clinical practice ...

Fighting the Viral Spread of Medical Misinformation: Empowering Patients through Health Literacy

ECRI has just released its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2025, which highlights the most urgent patient safety challenges currently facing the healthcare industry. This report is informed by a com...