Patient Safety Alert: Urgent Alert Regarding Medication Vial Coring and Fragmentation Risks

Issued by: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and ECRI/Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) APSF and ECRI/ISMP have received several reports recently of medication vial coring in...

Oxygen concentrators research designed to reduce preventable oxygen-related patient deaths

ECRI partnered with Oxygen CoLab to conduct intensive testing of oxygen devices to identify and catalogue those best for resource-deprived healthcare settings   More than 1 million deaths occur ev...

Ochsner Children’s and ISMP launch pharmacy fellowship

Nation’s first ISMP medication safety fellowship shared with a healthcare provider

ISMP Releases 2025-2026 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy

New Best Practices Focus on Weight-Based Dosing, Return-to-Stock Process, Vaccine Administration The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has launched its second set of specific, consensu...

‘Dismissing Patient and Caregiver Concerns' Tops Annual List of Patient Safety Threats

Report raises flags about AI, medical misinformation, and delays in care caused by cybersecurity breaches

ISMP Announces 2025 Just Culture Scholarship Recipients

Leaders Chosen from Muscogee (Creek) Nation Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Health, Philadelphia FIGHT  The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has awarded the 2025 Judy Smetzer Just Cultur...

ECRI Launches Total Systems Safety and Human Factors Engineering Solutions

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum Innovation Theatre to feature TSS, HFE ECRI, a global healthcare safety nonprofit organization, launched expanded solutions in Total Systems Safety ...

Modern Healthcare award honors ECRI supply chain solutions

ECRI was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best in Business of 2024 in the Supply Chain category. Modern Healthcare grants the awards to celebrate organizations that drive innovation, e...

Artificial intelligence tops 2025 health technology hazards list

ECRI’s annual report detailing the most pressing health technology risks includes home-use of medical devices, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, counterfeit medical products, and more Artificial int...