Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2026

Learn how to identify and address patient safety concerns in your facilities The 2026 Top 10 reflects a shift toward broad, systemic threats that jeopardize safe, equitable, and reliable care. This...

Missed Recall Warnings: A Growing Safety Risk for Home Diabetes Device Users

Advances in home diabetes management technologies have transformed how millions of people manage their condition outside of traditional clinical settings. Devices such as insulin pumps, continuous ...

When Healthcare Systems Go Dark: Why Digital Outage Preparedness Is a Patient Safety Imperative

Healthcare delivery today depends heavily on digital systems. Electronic health records (EHRs), networked medical devices, clinical decision support tools, and communication platforms are deeply em...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2026 Executive Brief

ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2026 report focuses on health technology risks that warrant the greatest level of attention and describes actionable approaches that providers can use to...

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2025

Learn how to identify and address patient safety concerns in your facilities ECRI's Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2025 highlights the most pressing safety challenges facing both patients and staff...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025 Executive Brief

Learn How to Identify and Address Health Technology Hazards in Your Facilities ECRI's Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025 identifies the potential sources of danger we believe warrant the gre...

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2024

Learn how to identify and address patient safety concerns in your facilities ECRI's Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2024 identifies imminent safety challenges for patients and staff that we beli...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024 Executive Brief

Learn how to identify and address health technology hazards in your facilities ECRI's Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024 list identifies the potential sources of danger we believe warrant th...

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023 Special Report

Learn how to identify and address patient safety concerns in your facilities ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023 list identifies potential sources of danger for patients and staff. We believ...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2023 Executive Brief

Learn how to identify and address health technology hazards in your facilities ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2023 list identifies the potential sources of danger we believe warran...

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2022

Learn how to identify and address patient safety concerns in your facilities ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2022 list identifies potential sources of danger for patients and staff. We believ...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2022 Executive Brief

Learn how to identify and address health technology hazards in your facilities ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list, now in its 15th year, identifies the potential sources of danger we beli...

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2021

Learn how to identify and address patient safety concerns in your facilities The 2021 edition of ECRI’s Top 10 list features new issues, many related to the impact of COVID-19 on patient health acr...

2021 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards Executive Brief

Learn how to identify and address health technology hazards in your facilities ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list, now in its 14th year, identifies the potential sources of danger we beli...

Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2020

Learn how to identify and address patient safety concerns in your facilities The 2020 edition of our Top 10 list features new topics, with an emphasis on concerns that have the biggest potential im...

2020 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards Executive Brief

Learn how to identify and address health technology hazards in your facilities This 13th edition of our Top 10 list features many first-time topics, with an emphasis on newly developing hazards and...

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2019

What technology hazards are lurking in your hospital? Hackers exploiting remote access vulnerabilities, mattresses remaining contaminated after cleaning, and retained surgical sponges—these are jus...