ECRI’s 2025 report names AI-enabled health technologies as the top healthcare hazard, citing risks like bias, false results, and safety concerns, while urging careful integration alongside other critical challenges such as home care support gaps, cybersecurity threats, and medical device safety.
Getinge subsidiary Datascope is recalling two types of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps due to the possibility of unexpected device shutdown.
Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health is recognized for exceeding organization-wide safety goals of reducing harm and errors by improving culture of safety and event reporting.
ECRI’s 2025 report names AI-enabled health technologies as the top healthcare hazard, citing risks like bias, false results, and safety concerns, while urging careful integration alongside other critical challenges such as home care support gaps, cybersecurity threats, and medical device safety.
The ISMP published the first set of safe practice guidelines in addressing identified national gaps in medication safety.
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Tiny smart bed sensors embedded in hospital mattresses could put an end to painful and potentially life-threatening pressure sores.
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Certain types of face masks are unsafe for wearing in and around MRI machines, according to new research by scientists at Cardiff University in Wales.
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Gadsden Regional Medical Center implemented an artificial intelligence-based maternal-fetal early warning system.
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Researchers who developed a transient pacemaker unveiled a new, smart version that integrates into a coordinated network of wearable sensors.
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ECRI announces its unity with the United States’ top safety experts in calling for a total systems approach to safety, a theme that was the central focus at the recent Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Patient Safety Congress.
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Scientists are developing a surface treatment to stop microbes from adhering to medical devices to prevent infections in hospital settings.
