ECRI Guidance: Legality and Ethics of Refusing to Treat Unvaccinated Patients

Two full years after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus first appeared, the world is still grappling with this highly contagious, infectious disease. The state of the...

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...

NAN Alert! Age-Related COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Ups

Ever since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the emergency use of a specific formulation (10 mcg/0.2 mL) of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for ch...

Leadership Means Never Going It Alone

As president and CEO of the nation’s largest patient safety organization, I had the privilege of leading ECRI through a dangerous time for humanity. Overnight, the insidious COVID-19 virus sent our...

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...

Increase in HAIs Attributed to COVID-19 Burden on Providers

The first rule of healthcare is, “Do no harm.” Healthcare providers live by that oath. But sometimes, despite providers’ best efforts, patients obtain hospital acquired infections (HAIs) while rece...

Masks in Schools? Findings of ECRI's Evidence-Based Assessment Report

Some 18 months after the COVID-19 pandemic altered daily life, it continues to influence how people in the U.S. and across the globe live, play, work, and educate children. COVID’s Delta variant, a...

High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Care Settings

Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.

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 ...

White Paper | Responsive Staffing and Scheduling in Aging Services

Learn how to implement a responsive staffing model that is stable, flexible, and responsive to the organization’s needs Continuity of care is highly dependent on continuity of staffing and scheduli...

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...

High-Alert Medications in Long-Term Care (LTC) Settings

Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.

Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Perioperative Settings

Designed to heighten awareness of safe practices in Perioperative Settings.

Just Culture, Medication Error Prevention, and Second Victim Support: A Better Prescription for Preparing Nursing Students for Practice

A white paper that serves as a call to action to nursing programs to change the way they are preparing students.

White Paper | Evolution of Risk Mitigation in Value Analysis during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Download a free copy of the Value Analysis white paper addressing opportunities for improvement, improving processes by evaluating vulnerabilities, and the importance of accessing clinical evidence...

Vaccination: For Your Residents, Your Family, Your Friends, and Yourself

All who have cared for our nation’s older adults through the COVID-19 pandemic have given so much; the toll in lives lost, illness, and financial and economic impacts have been great for those we s...

Additional Strategies to Improve Complete Delivery of Small-Volume Intermittent Infusions

In the December 3, 2020 newsletter, ISMP published an article to remind practitioners that up to half of the medication in a 50 mL small-volume intermittent infusion (medication diluted in a small ...

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...

Outbreak Response in Aging Services: Cohort Unit Design

Download our white paper During an outbreak, cohorting can be an effective approach to preventing and controlling the spread of infection. Although effective cohorting practices for a given infecti...

Mandatory Staff Vaccinations: Short-Term Benefits vs. Potential Unintended Consequences

With several vaccines against COVID-19 already available through emergency use authorization (EUA), others potentially on the way, and a nationwide vaccination campaign to administer the vaccine to...

A Recurring Call to Action: Every Healthcare Organization Needs a Medication Safety Officer!

Medication safety is a serious responsibility that is vital to the sustainability of healthcare organizations.1 On average, hospitalized patients experience one medication error each day,2,3 and pr...