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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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Promoting Clinician Well-Being through Human Factors Engineering
Healthcare providers dedicate their lives to patient care, often working within systems that unintentionally contribute to stress, fatigue, and burnout. Human Factors Engineering (HFE), a disciplin...
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ECRI Examines Reliability of Pulse Oximeters on People with Varying Skin Pigmentation
Darker skin pigmentation can adversely influence pulse oximeter readings, leading to missed or delayed diagnoses and treatment. This health disparity has caused the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...
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Clinicians Are Leveraging This Time-Saving Research when Implementing Evidence-Based Practice
Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical care that combines the best available evidence with a clinician’s expertise and patient preferences to make informed decisions. How...
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Patient Safety Alert: Urgent Alert Regarding Medication Vial Coring and Fragmentation Risks
Issued by: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and ECRI/Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) APSF and ECRI/ISMP have received several reports recently of medication vial coring in...
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Ochsner Children’s Hospital and ISMP Launch First-of-its-Kind Pharmacy Fellowship
This article appeared on the Biz New Orleans website on March 27, 2025.
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Ochsner Children’s and ISMP launch pharmacy fellowship
Nation’s first ISMP medication safety fellowship shared with a healthcare provider
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For media inquiries and interviews with ISMP's subject matter experts, please contact Renee Brehio at rbrehio@ismp.org.