Dec. 7, 2010, PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA - Where do you start when trying to minimize the risks from healthcare technology? ECRI Institute (https://www.ecri.org), an independent nonprofit that researches ...

The 2011 Microsoft Customer Excellence Awards, presented in 17 categories, recognized and celebrated Microsoft customers that have achieved notable accomplishments using Microsoft solutions. ECRI ...

Hospitals should pay particularly close attention to potential errors related to large-volume infusion pumps, an influential device-testing company has advised. ECRI Institute of Plymouth Meeting, ...

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $3 million to Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based ECRI Institute. The institute will use the grant to fund a three-year initiative focusing on enhancing health IT ...

The most hazardous health technology for 2012 is alarms, according to an ECRI Institute white paper. The white paper, “2012 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards,” judged the hazards of different health ...

Diagnostic errors earned the No. 1 spot on ECRI Institute’s 2018 list of Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations in 2018. ECRI Institute compiled the list based on an assessment of ...

ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, announced the winners of its first-annual Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award. The award ...

Health information technology holds enormous potential for improving patient safety, but only when implemented and used correctly. A new study from ECRI Institute spotlights EHR information management ...

The health IT hazard that tops the ECRI Institute's top hazards list for 2014 is a recurring one, having been singled out by many safety organizations as something to beware. ECRI's 2014 Top 10 Health ...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robotically-assisted surgery has surged in popularity over the last decade. Although retained foreign objects might be assumed to be ...

A new report from the nonprofit patient safety organization pinpoints risks from EHRs, mobile health, behavioral health, clinician burnout, and more. For the second ...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Nov. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health technology safety—from safeguarding medical devices and IT systems against ransomware attacks to avoiding misconnections of ...