Transforming Root Cause Analysis Through Enterprise Safety Management: Enhancing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiency

A Texas-based health system’s experience highlights the vital role of root cause analysis (RCA) in advancing healthcare safety and the transformative results of ECRI’s consulting partnership. RCA i...

Empowering Healthcare Teams to Prevent Fall-Related Harm and Protect Patients

Falls remain one of the most common—and preventable—causes of patient harm. With new federal reporting requirements on the horizon, preventing falls is no longer just a patient safety priority—it’s...

Building Safer Systems: Strengthening Medication-Use Practices at Nicklaus Children’s

The Challenge The safe use of medications is among the most complex and high-risk processes in healthcare. From prescribing through administration and monitoring, each step carries the potential fo...

Midwest Health System Successfully Reduces CAUTI Incidences with ECRI and the ISMP PSO

Problem Throughout 2021, the health system recorded five CAUTIs, resulting in a standardized infection ratio (SIR) of 0.563 for the entire year. By the end of Q1 2022, however, the system had logge...

Reducing Heparin Administration Errors at Multistate Health System

Problem A multistate nonprofit health system identified a pattern of recurring errors related to the administration of heparin, a high-risk anticoagulant, across multiple hospitals in its system. H...

Driving National Standards in Biomedical Engineering for Public Hospitals in Thailand

How a public facilities management organization strengthened patient safety and maintenance quality through ECRI’s Biomedical Engineering Certification (BMEC). The Challenge A leading government-af...

ECRI helps multi-state health system save 700 lives and $30M with sepsis management innovation

Problem A multi-state non-profit health system faced a significant challenge with sepsis management. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that requires rapid diagnosis and treatment, but the heal...

Just Culture Implementation: Celebrating QuadMed's Success

About the authors: John Bustle, MD, Chief Medical and Operations Officer at QuadMed, Charlene Thiede, RN, Clinical Quality Specialist at QuadMed, and David Huntsman, Ph.D., Research Scientist at Th...

The Westlake Story: Building a Just Culture for our Nation's Police Officers

About the authors:  Kevin Bielozer is Chief of the Westlake Police Department (WPD) in Westlake, Ohio.  David Huntsman, Ph.D., is a research scientist with The Just Culture Company.  They have coau...