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ECRI Announces Recipients of 2023 Alerts Impact Award
Annual award recognizes ECRI Alerts Workflow members for excellence in recall management PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA- ECRI, the nation's largest independent patient safety organization, announces the win...
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ECRI Names the Guthrie Clinic Winner of 2023 Health Technology Excellence Award
Rural health system innovated a technology solution to improve healthcare delivery models in a short-staffed, post-pandemic environment PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—ECRI, the nation’s largest independent ...
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ECRI Position Statement: Third-Party Tracking on Healthcare Websites
Failing to protect patient data can damage trust, potentially creating a cycle of harm in which consumers become even more susceptible to medical misinformation and unproven treatments PLYMOUTH...
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First ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy Released
Focus Areas Include Wrong-Patient Errors, Barcode Verification, and Oral Methotrexate Dosing PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has developed the first set of ...
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Pediatric Mental Health Crisis is Top Patient Safety Threat
ECRI’s annual list of patient safety concerns shows ongoing staffing shortages continue to put patients and providers at risk; report issued in conjunction with Patient Safety Awareness Week, March...
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ECRI CEO Marcus Schabacker to Deliver Keynote Patient Safety Address
Board-certified anesthesiologist Marcus Schabacker to speak about perioperative patient safety at the New Jersey State Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, March 25; focus of his talk is on...
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ISMP Adds Seven Name Pairs to List of Drug Names with Tall Man (Mixed Case) Letters
Majority of Survey Respondents Agree Tall Man Lettering Helps Prevent Errors PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—Recently the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) updated its list of medication name pa...
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Gaps in Recalls of Home-Use Medical Devices Top ECRI's Hazards List for 2023
ECRI’s report warns of potential safety risks with 10 health technologies, including single-use products, medication cabinets, cybersecurity of cloud-based systems, and ventilator disinfection PLY...
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First episode covers technology hazards, vaccination best practices, and a sleep apnea device recall PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—ECRI, the most trusted voice in healthcare, announces the launch of a new ...
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