Addressing Discharge Delays as Opportunity for Healthcare Efficiency Gains and Safety Gains

This position statement provides real time information to support policy decisions. This excerpt is from “Rethinking Patient Discharge: A Low-cost Opportunity for Healthcare Efficiency Gains” (Cali...

Deep Dive: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Healthcare Executive Brief

Key strategies for understanding, detecting, and reducing disparities Racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare continue to be pervasive. Research has repeatedly confirmed that members...

Inadequate Maternal Health Care Results in 300,000 Preventable Deaths Annually

Giving birth is one of the most natural parts of life. But for too many women, giving birth can be dangerous, and lead to infections, illness, and even death. More than 300,000 women worldwide die ...

Evidence-Based Medicine: A Powerful Tool for Supporting Physician Engagement and Improving Value-Based Care Outcomes

Healthcare administrators, value analysis, and clinical leaders constantly strive for greater performance, better clinical outcomes, and higher physician engagement. But while the need to nurture a...

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2021

Learn how to identify and address patient safety concerns in your facilities The 2021 edition of ECRI’s Top 10 list features new issues, many related to the impact of COVID-19 on patient health acr...

ECRI Cautions against CMS Blanket Coverage for FDA-designated Breakthrough Devices

In September 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed a rule that would establish a Medicare coverage pathway to provide Medicare beneficiaries nationwide with faster access to...

ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO: Strategies for Surgical Patient Safety

Systems Approach to Improving Outcomes and Reducing Risk Register to receive the free Executive Brief of ECRI and the ISMP PSO’s ninth Deep Dive analysis on one of the most utilized areas of health...

How to Use Technology to Facilitate the Integration of Behavioral Health with Primary Care

An Inside Look into the Current Partnership Workgroup COVID-19 anxiety is increasingly part of our everyday lives. The resulting disruptions in daily routines can create or worsen anxiety and rais...

Using Technology to Facilitate the Integration of Behavioral Health with Primary Care: The Importance of Data Sharing

A Continuing Inside Look into the Partnership Workgroup on Optimizing Health IT for Safe Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care "Integration" of behavioral health and primary care is a p...