Expert Healthcare Resources

Fear of Discovery: How PSOs Provide a Secure Environment for Safety Work

Overview It's been 19 years since the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 facilitated the formation of Patient Safety Organizations or PSOs, in an effort to reduce the incident of a...

Shining a Light on Disparities: Understanding the Role of Health Equity in Infection Prevention and Control

Overview Advancing health equity and eliminating health disparities have been and continue to be critical factors facing healthcare today. Healthy People 2020 defines health equity as "the atta...

Reducing Scalpel Injuries —An Evaluation of Blade Removers

Overview An estimated 8% of injuries to healthcare workers in the hospital setting and 17% of worker injuries in the surgical setting are associated with scalpels. Scalpel-related injuries occu...

Challenges Transitioning Newly Trained Clinicians from Education into Practice

Overview The number one topic in this year's Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns report was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent workforce shortages: challenges transitioning newly tr...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024

Overview ECRI's Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024 list will identify the potential sources of danger we believe warrant the greatest attention this year and offer practical recommendati...

New Evaluation: Advanced Wound Care Dressings

Overview While treating and preventing patient wounds is an essential part of patient care, it is also a difficult one. If a patient has complex wounds that cannot heal with typical treatment, ...

Webinar | Enhancing Falls Prevention: Collaborative Informational Session

Overview Falls are relatively common in healthcare, accounting for 250,000 injuries and up to 11,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. Despite ongoing safety efforts, the rate of fal...

Venous Needle Dislodgement: Technological Solution to Fatal Hazard?

Overview As dialysis practices evolve to treat some patients at home with less supervision, new threats to safety emerge and existing risks may increase. The threat of venous needle dislodgemen...

Utilizing a PSO Learning System to Prevent Falls with AI Video Technology

Overview Although falls management programs are in place in many organizations, falls continue to be the top cause for claims at 40.4% among the top allegations in aging services according to t...