Healthcare Industry Events
Transitioning to Ready-to-Administer IV Medications: Can it be Both Safe and Affordable?
Intravenous (IV) therapy is considered an essential component of healthcare delivery, with over 90% of hospitalized patients receiving some form of infusion therapy. Errors involving IV medications...
Many organizations have stated that to avoid the unnecessary, error-prone complexity of IV push medication preparation and administration, and to avoid the risk of contamination and personnel expos...
Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024
Overview ECRI's Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024 list will identify the potential sources of danger we believe warrant the greatest attention this year and offer practical recommendati...
New Evaluation: Advanced Wound Care Dressings
Overview While treating and preventing patient wounds is an essential part of patient care, it is also a difficult one. If a patient has complex wounds that cannot heal with typical treatment, ...
Enhancing Falls Prevention: Collaborative Informational Session
Overview Falls are relatively common in healthcare, accounting for 250,000 injuries and up to 11,000 deaths each year in the United States alone. Despite ongoing safety efforts, the rate of fal...
Venous Needle Dislodgement: Technological Solution to Fatal Hazard?
Overview As dialysis practices evolve to treat some patients at home with less supervision, new threats to safety emerge and existing risks may increase. The threat of venous needle dislodgemen...
Utilizing a PSO Learning System to Prevent Falls with AI Video Technology
Overview Although falls management programs are in place in many organizations, falls continue to be the top cause for claims at 40.4% among the top allegations in aging services according to t...
Serving Those Who Served: How Healthcare Leaders Can Support Women Veterans
Overview Women are the fastest growing group in the veteran population, with 2 million female veterans in the United States today. Women veterans make up an increasing share of all Veteran Affa...
Prevention, Early Detection, and Treatment of Sepsis
Overview Sepsis is a relatively common condition with an estimated 1.7 million adults in the United States suffering from it each year, resulting in death for approximately 270,000 individuals....