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‘Dismissing Patient and Caregiver Concerns' Tops Annual List of Patient Safety Threats
More than 94% of patients reported instances when their symptoms were ignored or dismissed by a doctor, according to a survey from HealthCentral. ECRI says when concerns go unaddressed, patients and caregivers feel like they’re experiencing “medical gaslighting,” which the American Journal of Medicine defines as “an act that invalidates a patient’s genuine clinical concern without proper medical evaluation.”
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Oxygen concentrators research designed to reduce preventable oxygen-related patient deaths
ECRI partnered with Oxygen CoLab to conduct intensive testing of oxygen devices to identify and catalogue those best for resource-deprived healthcare settings More than 1 million deaths occur ev...
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‘Dismissing Patient and Caregiver Concerns' Tops Annual List of Patient Safety Threats
Report raises flags about AI, medical misinformation, and delays in care caused by cybersecurity breaches
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ECRI Launches Total Systems Safety and Human Factors Engineering Solutions
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Forum Innovation Theatre to feature TSS, HFE ECRI, a global healthcare safety nonprofit organization, launched expanded solutions in Total Systems Safety ...
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Trustworthy Clinical Practice Guidelines Begin with Medical Research Librarians
Guideline developers and medical specialty societies encounter significant challenges when performing systematic literature searches, which are crucial for developing trustworthy clinical practice ...
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Fighting the Viral Spread of Medical Misinformation: Empowering Patients through Health Literacy
ECRI has just released its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2025, which highlights the most urgent patient safety challenges currently facing the healthcare industry. This report is informed by a com...
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Combating Substandard and Counterfeit Medical Devices
Healthcare organizations are increasingly vulnerable to the dangers of substandard and counterfeit medical devices and supplies. Ranked as the fourth-highest hazard in ECRI's Top 10 Healthcare Tech...
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New Best Practices Focus on Weight-Based Dosing, Return-to-Stock Process, Vaccine Administration The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has launched its second set of specific, consensu...
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ISMP Announces 2025 Just Culture Scholarship Recipients
Leaders Chosen from Muscogee (Creek) Nation Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Health, Philadelphia FIGHT The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has awarded the 2025 Judy Smetzer Just Cultur...
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ISMP Announces 27th Annual Cheers Award Recipients
Awardees Focused on Vaccine Safety, Opioid Management, Technology The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is proud to announce the 27th Annual Cheers Award winners, who have worked to si...
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