
Clinical Evidence Spotlight Series | Trending Payer Topics to be Aware of Right Now
Overview ECRI supports medical policy development and review through rapid assessment of the best available evidence, and has been a leader in evidence methodology for over three decades. Now i...

Quantifying the Holistic Costs of Controlled Substance Medication Waste
The availability of opioid medication quantities and doses above what is typically prescribed for patients is a known medication safety and diversion risk because it requires practitioner manipulat...

Drug diversion in healthcare is a serious matter, but the extent of the problem is widely unknown because it often not detected or reported. Statistics from the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health...

A 2022 Must Do–Create a High-Performing Value Analysis Process and Best Practice Workflow
Overview Now is the perfect time to hit the reset button and create a fresh start—especially when it comes to your value analysis process. Adjustments can help you better align to your hospital...

Transforming Health Systems: Closing Gaps in Disparities, Diversity, and Determinants of Health
Overview The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the most entrenched problems in healthcare – including the racial and ethnic disparities that exist in care and span the continuum. Disparities in...

While healthcare consumers across the US are facing the ever-growing health threat from a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there remains another unresolved national problem continuing to gener...

Overview Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) gained popularity in the 1990's and are now common in many places. Manufacturers have continued to add features to improve the technology, but ...

Pathogen X: The Next Public Health Concern
Overview First appearing on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Current Priority Disease List in 2018, Pathogen X represents the knowledge that the next public health concern or global pandem...

Medication errors reported by healthcare practitioners to the ISMP National Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP) demonstrate the need for the pharmaceutical industry to be more proactive...
