Advancing Safe and Equitable Healthcare: The New Patient Safety Structural Measure by CMS
On July 31, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a significant update to the hospital quality reporting program with the finalization of the Patient Safety Structu...
Read moreECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2024
ECRI recently published our Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2024 Special Report—the annual guide that calls attention to pressing patient safety concerns facing the healthcare industry. For thi...
Read moreIWD 2024: How to Continue Progress in Cervical Cancer Screening
International Women’s Day is an opportune time to celebrate improvements in women’s health outcomes—and reflect on steps we can take to achieve even more progress. For this blog, we’re focusing on ...
Read more15 Years as a PSO. Decades Improving Safety.
This year, ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO celebrates our 15th anniversary as an AHRQ-listed Patient Safety Organization. Over this decade and a half, we have worked tirele...
Read more10 Steps to Preventing Patient Elopement
Patient elopement is when individuals leave an area they are expected to stay within, for their safety. Elopement from a healthcare facility can have devastating consequences for a patient, includi...
Read moreVideo Recordings of Surgical Procedures: How to Ensure Consent, Privacy, and Confidentiality
Many organizations record surgical procedures performed at their facilities with the intention of using the footage for educational or quality assurance purposes, among other reasons. However, it i...
Read moreMedical Errors and Health IT: What Does the Data Say?
Health information technology (IT) is a powerful tool for documenting and sharing information about patients’ health and helping providers to make well-informed decisions about patient care. Howeve...
Read moreNon-medical Discharge: Navigating Legal, Regulatory, and Ethical Considerations
Hospitals may wish to discharge patients for a variety of non-medical reasons (e.g., if the patient is being violent towards staff, patients, or visitors; if the patient is exhibiting racist behavi...
Read moreSupporting Women Veterans: The Role of Healthcare Leaders
On June 12, we recognize Women Veterans Recognition Day, a date designated to mark the anniversary of the signing of the 1948 Women's Armed Services Integration Act, which allowed women the right t...
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