Healthcare Industry Events

Lessons Learned about Human Fallibility, System Design, and Justice in the Aftermath of a Fatal Medication Error

Are you troubled by the criminalization of a medical error that recently occurred within a present-day healthcare organization? How do we come to the right conclusions about accountability? Are you...

Engaging the OR and Procedural Areas to Mitigate Risks with Controlled Substance Medications

Workflow processes in ORs and procedural areas can contribute to an environment vulnerable to drug diversion. Broad access to a variety of medications, delays in documentation, rapid patient turn o...

Clinical Evidence Spotlight Series | Trending Payer Topics to be Aware of Right Now

Overview ECRI supports medical policy development and review through rapid assessment of the best available evidence, and has been a leader in evidence methodology for over three decades. Now i...

Quantifying the Holistic Costs of Controlled Substance Medication Waste

The availability of opioid medication quantities and doses above what is typically prescribed for patients is a known medication safety and diversion risk because it requires practitioner manipulat...

Diversion is a Threat to Patient Safety: Adopting Best Practices for Safe Management of Controlled Substances

Drug diversion in healthcare is a serious matter, but the extent of the problem is widely unknown because it often not detected or reported. Statistics from the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health...

A 2022 Must Do–Create a High-Performing Value Analysis Process and Best Practice Workflow

Overview Now is the perfect time to hit the reset button and create a fresh start—especially when it comes to your value analysis process. Adjustments can help you better align to your hospital...

Transforming Health Systems: Closing Gaps in Disparities, Diversity, and Determinants of Health

Overview The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the most entrenched problems in healthcare – including the racial and ethnic disparities that exist in care and span the continuum. Disparities in...

Important Actions Community Pharmacies Need To Take Now To Reduce Potentially Harmful Dispensing Errors

While healthcare consumers across the US are facing the ever-growing health threat from a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains another unresolved national problem continuing to gener...

Webcast | Selecting an Automated External Defibrillator: What You Need to Know Subtitle: Subtitle 2: Recording Available

Overview Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) gained popularity in the 1990's and are now common in many places. Manufacturers have continued to add features to improve the technology, but ...