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...

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...

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...