Falling Short of Safety: Partnering with Families to Prevent Healthcare-Related Falls

Preventing falls in a healthcare facility isn’t just a clinical metric, it’s a team sport. While we have high-tech beds and sophisticated risk assessment tools, a truly resilient systems-based appr...

Striking the Right Balance: Navigating the Promises and Pitfalls of Fall Prevention Technology

Patient falls are a significant and costly problem in healthcare. In the United States alone, between 700,000 and 1 million patients fall in hospitals each year. These falls can lead to serious inj...

Beyond the Bundle: Why Systems Thinking is Key to Fall Prevention

In health and long-term care facilities across the country, "fall prevention bundles" have become a standard of care. These bundles—sets of evidence-based interventions applied concurrently—are de...

Preventable Acute Diseases Are Rising: What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know

ECRI has just released its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2026, highlighting the most urgent patient safety challenges currently facing the healthcare industry. This report is informed by evidence-...

Navigating the AI Diagnostic Dilemma: Why Governance and Critical Thinking Matter

ECRI has just released its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2026, highlighting the most urgent patient safety challenges currently facing the healthcare industry. This report is informed by evidence-...

What Will Define Patient Safety in 2026? A Look Ahead to ECRI’s Top 10 List

Every year, ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns report helps healthcare leaders identify and prepare for the most pressing safety challenges impacting care delivery. Backed by data, expert insigh...

A Nationwide Milestone—And What It Means for Our Members

We are proud to share an important milestone for ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO: with the recent enrollment of a participating organization from Hawaii, our PSO now includ...

Missed Recall Warnings: A Growing Safety Risk for Home Diabetes Device Users

Advances in home diabetes management technologies have transformed how millions of people manage their condition outside of traditional clinical settings. Devices such as insulin pumps, continuous ...

When Healthcare Systems Go Dark: Why Digital Outage Preparedness Is a Patient Safety Imperative

Healthcare delivery today depends heavily on digital systems. Electronic health records (EHRs), networked medical devices, clinical decision support tools, and communication platforms are deeply em...

Building a Better Guideline: How TRUST Standards Strengthen Clinical Confidence

Clinical practice guidelines shape care decisions throughout healthcare — from primary care to specialty clinics, from procedural suites to intensive care units. When these guidelines are developed...

Leveraging ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards Report: A Strategic Imperative for Healthcare in 2026

In today’s healthcare landscape, technology can be both a powerful enabler and a potential source of risk. As new innovations—from artificial intelligence (AI) to the expanding use of medical devic...

Rethinking Healthcare Safety: Differentiating from Other High-Risk Industries

Much of healthcare has yet to realize the benefits of applying human factors engineering (HFE), in part because HFE solutions developed for other high-risk industries have been applied without appr...

Seeing the Whole System: Why Fall Reporting in Nursing Homes Requires a Systems Thinking Approach

Underreporting falls in nursing homes skews safety data, misleads families, and endangers residents. Learn how applying a systems thinking approach can rebuild trust and improve resident safety.

Advancing Rural Healthcare: Practical Strategies for Long-Term Sustainability

Rural healthcare providers play a vital role in keeping communities healthy, often serving as the only point of access for miles. Yet these organizations face some of the steepest challenges in the...

Improving Rural Healthcare Systems for Safer, Stronger Performance

Rural healthcare providers have always served as the backbone of their communities, often delivering essential care with limited resources and considerable financial strain. Today, those challenges...

Honoring Veterans Through Compassionate Care

Every November 11, our nation pauses to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans Day is a time for gratitude — for the freedoms we enjoy, the resilienc...

Challenges Facing Rural Healthcare in the Current Policy Landscape

Rural healthcare in the United States has long faced structural vulnerabilities. Smaller populations, limited resources, and greater reliance on public insurance programs (e.g., Medicaid) mean that...

All Voices for Safer Care

Each October, Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW) brings together healthcare professionals and organizations across Canada to focus on what truly matters—making care safer for all.

Think Like a Human Factors Engineer: Five Principles for Healthcare Leaders

The strongest safety improvements begin with better questions. Here are five principles that can reshape how you lead change. When something goes wrong in healthcare, the instinct is often to blame...

Practical Applications for Enhancing Hygiene in Long-Term Care: A Multidepartmental Approach to Infection Prevention

During the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care facilities (LTCFs) showed a concerning increase in healthcare associated infections (HAIs). The unique needs of residents in LTCFs make them highly vuln...

Impact of Single Use vs Reused/Reprocessed Devices in Hospitals: Free Download

One way healthcare providers attempt to reduce hospital-acquired infections is to discard medical devices following use, rather than disinfect and reuse them. However, manufacturing, distributing a...