Who We Serve
Healthcare Organizations
Independent, evidence-based expertise for safer care across every setting.
Safer care starts with stronger systems
Healthcare organizations face growing pressure to improve outcomes, protect patients and residents, support their workforce, and make responsible use of limited resources. Yet the risks—and the solutions—look different in every care environment.
Different settings. Distinct challenges. One trusted partner.
ECRI helps hospitals, health systems, ambulatory providers, senior care organizations, and rural healthcare providers turn evidence into action. Our clinical and safety experts, independent data-driven insights, and practical tools help your teams identify vulnerabilities, evaluate technology, reduce preventable harm, and build systems that deliver safer, more reliable care.
Acute Care
Support complex, high-acuity environments with safety and risk intelligence, independent device evaluation, event analysis, and expert guidance.
Ambulatory Care
Strengthen safety across fast-moving outpatient settings with guidance on diagnostic, infection, medication, and care coordination risks.
Senior Care
Protect residents and staff with aging services risk management, PSO support, education, and practical quality-improvement tools.
Rural Healthcare
Address workforce, resource, and technology constraints with practical, evidence-based support designed for the realities of rural care.
How ECRI Helps Healthcare Organizations
Safety Consulting
Prevent harm and strengthen safety systems
Move beyond reacting to individual events. ECRI helps teams uncover the system factors that contribute to harm, prioritize areas for improvement, and implement sustainable safety practices.
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Technology Evaluation
Make confident technology decisions
Get independent medical device evaluations, clinical evidence, and expert insight to select, implement, and manage technology safely—without relying solely on manufacturer claims.
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Medication Safety
Improve medication safety
Tap into the expertise of ECRI’s Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) to identify medication-use risks, apply trusted recommendations, and create safer systems for patients and residents.
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Just Culture
Build a culture of learning and accountability
Create an environment where people feel safe speaking up and organizations can learn from mistakes. The Just Culture Company helps leaders balance system design, individual choices, and organizational accountability.
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Education
Equip your workforce with practical education
Build knowledge and confidence with courses, certificate programs, and training on patient safety, risk management, human factors, medication safety, infection prevention, and more.
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safety events in ECRI’s Patient Safety Organization dataset
50+ Years
of independent medical device testing and evaluation
The Only
organization designated as both an Evidence-based Practice Center and a PSO
One partner across the continuum of care
Risks do not stay contained within one department or care setting. ECRI helps organizations apply consistent safety, evidence, and risk-management practices as patients move across the continuum of care.
Resources for Healthcare Providers
White Paper
Incident Identification and Notifications in Aging Services: A Systems Thinking Approach
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