New research from ECRI Institute reveals that diagnostic testing and medication events are the most frequent safety risks patients face in ambulatory care.

A new ECRI Institute study, Safe Practices for Drug Allergies: Using Clinical Decision Support and Health IT, has identified safe technology practices to help reduce patient harm due to drug allergy interactions.

ECRI Institute has received a three-year contract to establish and operate a new healthcare horizon scanning system for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. The Health Care Horizon Scanning System will help stakeholders identify at an early stage new technologies that have the potential to be disruptive.

ECRI Institute is launching its first medical device evaluation laboratory outside the United States. The ECRI International Research Centre—which opens on Thursday, April 11, in Selangor, Malaysia—will evaluate medical devices used across all care settings in Europe and Asia.

ECRI Institute announces that it has forged a partnership with International Consulting Management & Engineering (ICME) Healthcare to expand the use of independent medical device evaluations, patient safety guidance, and evidence-based technology management to nine countries in the Middle East and Africa.

ECRI Institute has received a $2.4 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to provide the healthcare community with free access to clinical practice guidelines. With this grant, the ECRI Guidelines Trust, a repository of evidence-based guideline briefs and scorecards, is available to the public at no cost.

A series of reports are making people aware that, over a 10-year period, about 83,000 deaths worldwide may have been caused by defective medical devices. Now, ECRI Institute’s president is speaking out.