Patient Safety Leader Launches ECRI Now, a New Video Show Featuring Healthcare Insights from the Experts

First episode covers technology hazards, vaccination best practices, and a sleep apnea device recall PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—ECRI, the most trusted voice in healthcare, announces the launch of a new ...

Patient Safety Org Says it is Time to Review New Evidence for FDA-Approved Weight Loss Drugs

ECRI report identifies reasons medications have been underutilized and urges action to help combat America’s obesity epidemic PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—With rates of obesity and diabetes at record h...

ISMP Announces 25th Annual Cheers Award Recipients

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is proud to announce its 25th Annual Cheers Awards winners. The awards ceremony for this landmark anniversary year will be h...

ECRI Names Monument Health Winner of 2022 Safety Excellence Award

Bestowed by the joint ECRI and Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO, the award lauds the South Dakota health system for improving culture of safety PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—ECRI, the nation’s l...

Global Patient Safety Leader ECRI Names New Chief Technology Officer

Technology strategist Benjamin Dai to spearhead the nonprofit’s digital transformation PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—ECRI, an independent, nonprofit health services organization that provides technology so...

ISMP Announces First Just Culture Scholarship Recipients

This Year’s Awardees Chosen from More than 100 Applications PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has awarded the 2023 Judy Smetzer Just Culture Champion Scholars...

ECRI Analysis: Healthcare Providers are Main Target of Racial Incidents Occurring in Health Systems

Health equity plans must include and protect healthcare workforce PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—An analysis of race-related patient safety reports by ECRI, the nation’s largest nonprofit patient safety org...

ISMP Draws Attention to Age-Related Vaccination Errors

Recent Analysis Focuses on Mistakes with Non COVID-Related Vaccines PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—While there has been intense focus on COVID vaccine safety during the global pandemic, errors with other va...

ECRI & ISMP Celebrate World Patient Safety Day 2022

To raise awareness about the risks of medication errors, ECRI & ISMP launch a World Patient Safety Day Resource Center with guidelines and recommendations for practitioners and consumers PLYMO...