Health Technology Excellence Award Winners Circle

The Health Technology Excellence Award is presented each year to an ECRI member institution that has demonstrated an outstanding initiative that improves patient safety, reduces costs, or otherwise facilitates better strategic management of health technology. For more information about how the winners are determined or how to apply for consideration, visit the award rules page.

2024 Award Winner

Clinica Imbanaco, Cali, Colombia

Clinica Imbanaco's Award-Winning, Multiyear Effort to Strengthen the Health Technology Management Function

2023 Award Winner

Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA

Using AI-Enhanced Video Technology to Overcome Staffing Shortages and Improve Patient Care: The Guthrie Clinic's Award-Winning Initiative

Runner-Up

• Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality—Baltimore, MD
  Building a Better Safety-Event-Reporting System—Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality Meets the Challenge

Other Finalists

• Einstein Medical Center, Jefferson Health—Philadelphia, PA
  Increasing Follow-Up Imaging Compliance: Investigating an AI-Based Solution at Einstein Medical Center, Jefferson Health
  
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset—Somerville, NJ   
  Increasing Clinical Engineering's Role in the Capital Equipment Purchasing Process at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine—Miami, FL 
  Improving Operations through Better Data Analysis: The UHealth and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Dashboard of Provider Metric

2022 Award Winner

McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey, MI

Integrating Patient-Centric Technologies to Improve Care and Enhance the Patient Experience

2021 Award Winner

Mon Health System, Morgantown, WV

Providing Opportunities for Technology Innovation

2020 Award Winner

Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering & Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Joint Investigation of Overinfusion Incidents Has a Global Impact

Finalists

• Memorial Healthcare System—Miramar, FL
  Automating Patient Weight Documentation—Memorial Healthcare System's Project to Reduce Weight-Based Medication Errors
• NewYork-Presbyterian Queens—Flushing, NY
  Transforming Pharmacy Compounding Practice—NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Improves Medication Safety through Technology Implementation

2019 Award Winner

Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Developing an App to Promote More Rapid Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Sedation

Finalists

• John Muir Health—Walnut Creek, CA
  Developing an AEM Database: John Muir Health's Approach to Establishing an Alternative Equipment Maintenance Program
• Parkview Health—Fort Wayne, IN
  Perioperative Supply Management: Parkview Health Automates Its Inventory Management Process
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), New England Healthcare System—Bedford, MA
  Alternative Equipment Maintenance Plan: The VA New England Healthcare System Streamlines Its PM Program

Other Commended Entries

• Banner Health—Chandler, AZ
  Developing an In-House Medical Physics Program: Banner Health's Initiative to Streamline Processes and Standardize Protocols
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center—New York, NY
  Transitioning from a Homegrown to a Commercial Medical Device Management System: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Meets the Challenge
• St. Luke's Health System—Boise, ID
  Credentialing Industry Reps in the OR: St. Luke's Health System Uses EHR Data to Drive Process Improvements

2018 Award Winner

Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Postoperative Pulmonary Care Smartphone App

Finalists

• Boston Medical Center─Boston, MA
  Identifying and Responding to Clinically Decompensating Patients—Implementing an EMR-Based Early Warning System
• Einstein Healthcare Network─Philadelphia, PA
  Reducing IV Contrast Extravasations during CT Examinations—Validating a New Approach
• St. Luke's Medical Center─Quezon City, Philippines
  Coping with Delivery Delays and High Supply Costs in the Philippines—Establishing a Medical Equipment Accessories Management Program
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Healthcare Technology Management Program Office─Bedford, MA
  Improving Cybersecurity Management—Implementing a Networked Medical Device Database
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
  Configuring Blood Glucose Monitors to Reduce the Risk of Treatment Errors—Conducting a Simulation Study

2017 Award Winner

Penn Medicine Center for Healthcare Innovation, Philadelphia, PA

Designing Custom Apps to Improve Patient Care

Finalists

• Norton Healthcare─Louisville, KY
  Strategic Planning in the Clinical Engineering Realm
• Service New Brunswick─Fredericton, NB, Canada
  IPM Completion Rates: Hitting the Mark with 100 Percent
• St. Luke's Health System─Boise, ID
  A "Role Model" Approach to Creating a Highly Reliable Recall Management Program

2016 Award Winner

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX

Alarm Management Reboot

Finalists

• Banner Health─Phoenix, AZ
  How a Safe Surgery Program Can Reduce Serious Reportable Events and Assist Supply Chain Decision Making for RFID Technology
• Boston Medical Center─Boston, MA
  Clinical Alarm Task Force
• Cooper University Health Care─Camden, NJ
  Partnership between Supply Chain and Process Improvement: An Optimal Structure
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center─Pittsburgh, PA
  Medical Equipment Fleet Analysis: An Objective and Centralized Approach to Equipment Replacement

2014 Award Winner

Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE

Best Practices in Telemetry Management: Redefining Use While Maintaining Patient Safety and Reducing Costs

Finalists

• Banner Health─Phoenix, AZ
  Bed Standards and Human Factors Usability Studies Utilized for Bed Purchasing Decisions
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center─Los Angeles, CA
  Optimizing Patient Safety: A Centralized Cardiac Monitoring Center (Cockpit)
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia─Philadelphia, PA
  Using Video to Evaluate Physiologic Monitor Alarm Characteristics and Nurse Responses to Alarms
• Geisinger Health System─Danville, PA
  Objective Assessment of Incoming Clinical Technology & Devices
• U.S. Army Western Regional Medical Command─Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA
  Nomenclature Standardization Initiative (NSI)

2013 Award Winner

Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Arcadia, CA

Redefining Medical Equipment Management and Giving a Solution to Vulnerabilities from New Medical Device Technology

Finalists

• Boston Medical Center─Boston, MA
  Telemetry Task Force Alarm Reduction Strategies
• Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario─Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  Implementation of an Effective Clinical Technology Management Program
• Geisinger Health System─Danville, PA
  Clinical Capital Technology--Assessment, Planning and Optimization
• Halton Healthcare Services─Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Implementation of an Electronic Positive Patient Identification System for Specimen Collection
• Novant Health─Winston-Salem, NC
  Clinical Equipment Management Program
• Parkview HealthSystem─Fort Wayne, IN
  Supply Chain Management Performance Improvement

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