Challenges with home-use medical devices for patients and caregivers tops ECRI's 2024 health tech hazards

Report warns of safety risks with 10 health technologies, including weak AI governance, damaged infusion pumps, ransomware attacks, and defective orthopedic implants PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA- One o...

ISMP Announces 2024 Just Culture Scholarship Recipient

Great River Health Receives Scholarship, Two Runner Up Teams

ISMP Updates High-Alert Medication List

Changes Include Addition of Tranexamic Acid Injection

ISMP Announces 26th Annual Cheers Award Recipients

Awardees Focused on Safety Technology, Second Victims

AdventHealth Hospitals Win National Safety Award for Reducing Patient Falls

ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO names AdventHealth Zephyrhills and AdventHealth Dade City hospitals winners of the 2023 Safety Excellence Award. PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA- ECRI...

Medication, Supply, Equipment Shortages are Harming Patients

New Survey Reveals Shortages are Negatively Affecting Patient Care, Causing Harm PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA- A new survey issued by the independent, nonprofit patient safety organization ECRI and its af...

ECRI Chief Executive Calls for Patient Safety Changes at OR Manager Conference

ECRI President and CEO Marcus Schabacker will deliver a keynote presentation focused on improving perioperative safety using a total systems safety approach PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA- Marcus Schabacker...

AAMI Foundation Awards ECRI Grant to Research Safety, Effectiveness of Isolation Gowns

Nonprofit safety organization warns that disposable isolation gowns may put healthcare workers at risk of contamination from insufficient barrier protection PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA- ECRI, the nati...

ECRI Announces the 2023 Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence Award Winners

Twelve U.S. health systems receive ECRI’s top honor for excellence in supply chain practices PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA- ECRI, the nation’s largest independent patient safety organization, announces the...