ECRI Names Monument Health Winner of 2022 Safety Excellence Award
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.
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ECRI Names Staffing Shortages, Clinician Mental Health Top Patient Safety Threats
Staffing shortages and the mental health of healthcare workers topped a list of current patient safety concerns released by ECRI.
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ECRI CEO Calls on FDA, Industry to Revisit COVID-19 Medical Device EUAs as Shortages Ebb
Flawed. That’s how Marcus Schabacker, CEO of ECRI, describes the device approval process for granting emergency use authorizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. And now, he says it’s time the U.S. FDA and the industry re-examine the quick process that could compromise patient safety.
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ECRI Names Monument Health Winner of 2022 Safety Excellence Award
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.
More than Half of Disposable Gowns ECRI Tested Fail to Meet Necessary Protection Standards
New analyses by ECRI Institute show that more than 50% of the disposable isolation gowns it tested failed to meet standard levels of protection, putting healthcare workers at risk of exposure to blood-borne or other pathogens, as well as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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ECRI Institute, ISMP to Celebrate World Patient Safety Day on September 17
ECRI Institute and its affiliate, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), announce that they will join leaders around the globe in supporting World Patient Safety Day on September 17, 2020.
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ECRI, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Launch New Patient Safety Organization
Leaders of ECRI and its affiliate, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, announce the launch of a joint Patient Safety Organization—an important step, officials say, in making medication, medical devices, and healthcare practices safer for patients across all care settings.
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ECRI Institute Launches Tool to Aid Value Analysis Decisions
ECRI Institute announces the release of a value analysis workflow solution that drives team transparency, clinical engagement, and improves efficiency of the medical product decision-making process.
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ECRI to Guide COVID-19 Response for Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Facilities
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announces that the Department of Health signed a contract this week with ECRI Institute to guide the COVID-19 response for long-term care facilities.
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Failure to Track Diagnostic Results Puts Patients at Risk
ECRI Institute’s multi-stakeholder collaborative, the Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety, announces new research on reducing errors related to diagnostic testing and specialty referral tracking.
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ECRI Institute, Institute for Safe Medication Practices Formally Link Up
ECRI Institute and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) announce the successful completion of their plans to join forces. Under the terms of the affiliation agreement, ISMP will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of ECRI Institute.
