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Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality

Quality professional of today. In the years since IOM's seminal reports To Err Is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, hospital activity to improve quality has increased, according … See more

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Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare …

WEBTo help guide organizations in deciding where to focus their patient safety efforts, ECRI Institute has developed a list of the top 10 patient safety concerns …

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Healthcare Environmental Manager Training and …

WEBThe HEM certification is earned through a 2.5 hour, 100 question, open-book exam. After completing and passing the exam with a 70 or higher, participants can then use the …

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ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2024

WEBECRI recently published our Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2024 Special Report—the annual guide that calls attention to pressing patient safety concerns …

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The Role of Supply Chain in Healthcare

WEBPatients: While many might not think patients are a link in the supply chain, they do play a role. Patients provide the demand for goods and services, influencing …

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Medical Incident Reports Improve Healthcare. How and When to

WEBMedical incident reports are essential to improving patient safety and correcting medical errors that could cause harm to future patients. Today's healthcare …

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Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024 Executive Brief

WEBECRI's Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024 list identifies the potential sources of danger we believe warrant the greatest attention this year and offers practical …

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Healthcare Acquired Infection Risks from Worker Fingernails and

WEBData from ten studies on the microbial burden of healthcare workers’ fingernails suggests that there is a higher bacterial load on artificial nails than on natural …

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Access to maternal care is a health equity crisis, ECRI …

WEBAccess to maternal care is a health equity crisis, ECRI affirms in public comment. March 15, 2024. The U.S. maternal mortality rate is ranked the world’s worst among affluent …

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Violence in Healthcare Facilities

WEBWhen violence erupts in a healthcare facility, the consequences are many and unpredictable, potentially including injury or death of building occupants; property …

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Supply Chain Shortages Ranked Second Among Top 10 Risks …

WEBSupply Chain Shortages Ranked Second Among Top 10 Risks Facing Healthcare Organizations. ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2022 ranks …

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The Role of the Healthcare Risk Manager: A Primer

WEBThe scope of risk managers' responsibilities varies among organizations and depends on the organization's structure, size, and other characteristics, such as type of …

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Event Reporting in Ambulatory Care

WEBEvent reporting refers to disclosing patient safety adverse and near-miss events to regulatory, state, and/or accreditation bodies and patient safety organizations …

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ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Launch …

WEBLaurie Menyo, Director of Strategic Communications. (610) 825-6000, ext. 5310. [email protected]. Leaders of ECRI and its affiliate, the Institute for Safe …

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Effective Communication among Healthcare Providers

WEBThe ability to effectively collaborate and transmit information among healthcare providers—as well as between providers and patients—is central to the provision of …

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Culture of Safety: An Overview

WEBIn the simplest of terms, a safety culture is the combination of attitudes and behaviors toward patient safety that are conveyed when entering a health facility. …

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Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety: Partnering for

WEB©2017 ECRI INSTITUTE 3 for Making healthcare safer together PARTNERSHIP Health IT Patient Safety Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety: Partnering for Transformation: …

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New York Times Looks at "Post-Hospital Syndrome"

WEBComplications that arise after hospital discharge, the so-called post-hospital syndrome, may be a major reason behind high rates of hospital readmission among …

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Emergency Preparedness: Planning and Mitigation

WEBEmergency preparedness includes planning, preparation, mitigation, response, and recovery. This guidance article discusses planning and mitigation. …

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Nonprofit ECRI Hopes New Genetic Test Database Can Help …

WEBNonprofit ECRI Hopes New Genetic Test Database Can Help Track Validity, Utility Evidence Aug 12, 2016 | Molika Ashford NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Non-profit …

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Patient Identification Errors

WEBPatient Identification Errors - ECRI Clinical

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