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| Aug 20, 2026 | Nashville Hospital Pharmacy Put Lethal Injection Compound in Four Knee Surgery Epidurals | By Earl Bensen
Published: Aug 20 2026, 6:07 AM EDT
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| Jul 13, 2026 | ChatGPT Now Threatens Medicaid Funding for Hospitals Nationwide: Error Rate Unpublished | By Richard L. Wells
Published: Jul 13 2026, 9:58 AM EDT
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| Mar 27, 2026 | Leaders in Lab Automation: Diagnostic Companies Setting the Standard for Efficiency
by Komal Garewal | Image Credit: DC Studio
The pressure to deliver faster, accurate results has become a universal challenge. Efficiency and quality must go hand in hand, so as testing volumes rise and workflows grow complex, labs are implementing automation ... |
| Jan 19, 2026 | As AI raises the cost of hospital cyberattacks, Rubrik steps in with a resilience mandate
Ensuring healthcare cyber resilience in the age of AI
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Cookies | As cyberattacks increasingly disrupt clinical services and care delivery, healthcare cyber resilience has become a critical priority across the industry. Leaders are now treating cyber preparedness as an enterprise-wide capability that prot... |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Beyond the Hype: Building AI Systems in Healthcare Where Hallucinations Are Not an Option | Dr. Venkat Srinivasan, Ph.D, Founder & Chair at Gyan AI
As a technologist and entrepreneur who has spent decades architecting enterprise-grade AI systems across highly regulated industries, I’ve seen firsthand the chasm between AI’s pro... |
| Mar 10, 2025 | Patient Concerns Dismissed Named #1 Patient Safety Concern in 2025 | What You Should Know:
– ECRI, a global healthcare safety nonprofit, has identified dismissing patient, family, and caregiver concerns as the most significant threat to patient safety in 2025.
– This alarming finding highlights a critical is... |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Trinity Guardion: Hospital Bed Hygiene Solutions Company Raises $6 Million | Trinity Guardion, a leader in hospital bed hygiene solutions, announced the completion of a $6 million financing, including new funding of $3.5 million in a Series B funding round. This investment is aimed at accelerating the production and... |
| Sep 18, 2024 | AVA Publishes Standards of Care for Peripheral Intravenous Catheters | Evidence-based expert consensus on PIVC safety in vascular access is endorsed by 16 organizations.
MOUNT ROYAL, N.J. , Sept. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Association for Vascular Access (AVA) announced the publication of "Standar... |
| Sep 11, 2024 | The Diagnostic Dilemma: Unpacking Errors in Patient Care | In the intricate world of healthcare, timely and accurate diagnoses are the lifeblood of effective treatment. Yet, a recent analysis by ECRI, a nonprofit focused on patient safety, reveals a troubling reality: diagnostic errors are alarming... |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Honoring Healthcare Heroes: A Stamp of Recognition and the Need for Diagnostic Safety | In a world where the unsung heroes often go unnoticed, the U.S. Postal Service is stepping up to honor the healthcare community with a new Forever stamp. This tribute, set to be unveiled on October 1, 2024, is more than just a piece of pape... |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Data analysis reveals common errors that prevent patients from getting timely, accurate diagnoses | PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new data analysis from ECRI, a global patient safety nonprofit, finds that issues processing medical tests, delays in referrals, and miscommunication among healthcare staff are key driv... |
| Jun 28, 2024 | ECRI names Clinica Imbanaco winner of the 2024 Health Technology Excellence Award | PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ECRI, a global independent healthcare and patient safety nonprofit, names Clinica Imbanaco the winner of its 2024 Health Technology Excellence Award. ECRI's annual award honors a member f... |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Anxiety Can Be Treated With Cranial Electrical Stimulation Therapy, Evidence Review Finds | A clinical evidence assessment by ECRI, a global patient safety organization, found that cranial electrical stimulation relieves anxiety symptoms. The treatment was found to be more effective at relieving symptoms than fake stimulation—with... |
| Jun 3, 2024 | SALUTE Program launched to address disparities in veteran healthcare | PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ECRI, one of the foremost independent healthcare and patient safety nonprofits, launched the SALUTE™ Program to improve healthcare for veterans and address disparities in care that veteran... |
| Feb 1, 2024 | ECRI Unveils Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2024 | What You Should Know:
– ECRI, an independent healthcare safety organization, has released its annual Top 10 Health Technology Hazards list for 2024, highlighting critical safety concerns for healthcare providers and the medical device indus... |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Health
Health | ‘It was a bloodbath’: Rare dialysis complication can kill, and more could be done to stop it | Brett Kelman | (TNS) KFF Health News
Nieltje Gedney was half-asleep in her West Virginia home, watching murder mysteries over the hum of a bedside hemodialysis machine, when she felt something warm and wet in her armpit.
A needle inserted i... |
| Jul 6, 2023 | "It was a bloodbath": Rare dialysis complication can kill patients in minutes — and more could be done to stop it | Nieltje Gedney was half-asleep in her West Virginia home, watching murder mysteries over the hum of a bedside hemodialysis machine, when she felt something warm and wet in her armpit.
A needle inserted into her arm had fallen loose, breakin... |
| Jan 20, 2023 | Top 10 Health Technology Hazards in 2023 to Watch | What You Should Know:
Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2023
For 2023, ECRI’s report includes a series of challenges to industry, urging manufacturers to pursue device or process improvements that could mitigate—or even eliminate—some of... |
| Jul 20, 2022 | MEDI+SIGN® Client McLaren Northern Michigan Honored As Winner of ECRI Health Technology Excellence Award | MEDI+SIGN® Client McLaren Northern Michigan Honored As Winner of ECRI Health Technology Excellence Award “The vision of deeper system integration between vendors had the potential to change how patients, their families, as well as clinical ... |
| Mar 6, 2022 | Why the war in Ukraine might make root canals more difficult | Russia's assault on Ukraine is being felt worldwide, and the U.S. health care system is not immune.
Both Russia and Ukraine are powerhouses in supplying certain commodities — in this case, ammonium nitrate and natural gas. These commodities... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | ECRI Joins Global Leaders in Supporting World Patient Safety Day 2021 | |
| Sep 13, 2021 | 4 Things Healthcare Facilities Should Know About Medical Device Recalls | Joan Melendez, Founder & President of Xcelrate UDI
More than 4 million recalled medical devices may harm patients in 2021. And that’s just what we can see has been “posted” on the FDA site through June 25, 2021. The number of medical de... |
| Jul 22, 2021 | ECRI Partners With Nuvolo On Medical Device Standardization | ECRI’s standardization of device data improves management of recall alerts and equipment updates
ECRI, an independent, nonprofit organization that provides technology solutions and evidence-based guidance to healthcare decision-makers world... |
| Jul 20, 2021 | ECRI Partners with Nuvolo on Medical Device Standardization | |
| Jul 14, 2021 | ECRI Announces Winners of 2021 Alerts Impact Award | |
| Sep 22, 2020 | Up to 70% of Chinese KN95 Masks Tested by ECRI Don't Meet Minimum Standards | |
| Sep 15, 2020 | ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Join Global Leaders in Celebrating World Patient Safety Day 2020 on September 17 | |
| Aug 17, 2020 | ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Launch New Patient Safety Organization | |
| Dec 21, 2018 | Critical considerations for FDA cybersecurity guidance compliance | Risk-Based Strategy
The new guidance establishes two tiers of medical devices. Tier one includes connected devices where if an incident occurs, it could impact patient care. These devices have rigorous documentation requirements, risk asses... |
| Sep 19, 2018 | Teach medical students to use diagnostic tools with their patients | In their quests to become practicing physicians, medical students perform amazing feats of memorization to gain a rich understanding of the language and process of medicine. Despite their best efforts, misdiagnoses are still the top concern... |
| Jul 18, 2018 | National Guideline Clearinghouse to live on despite feds bowing out | The nonprofit that has run the recently shuttered National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) for 20 years plans to replace the website and run it privately.
Funding to support the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) clin... |
| Jun 20, 2018 | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia spinout developed medication error assessment tool | Opioids and oncology agents are of particular interest because they are so potent and oncology treatments need to be administered in a narrow therapeutic window.
In a phone interview, Kaupp highlighted some of the reasons why he believes Ba... |
| Dec 30, 2017 | Why do many IVD companies face an uphill battle with payers for reimbursement? | To understand why so many companies have faced an uphill battle with payers for reimbursement of their products, it’s essential to consider how these decisions are made. FDA approval or clearance is just one factor influencing payer decisio... |
| Jun 20, 2017 | We need to make secure patient identification a higher priority | When I arrived at my PCP’s office, the registrar behind the front desk asked my name and to see a copy of my driver’s license. Fair enough. I presented the information and was then told to sit and wait. By the nature of my profession, I ten... |
| Mar 15, 2017 | Report: Information management in EHRs tops patient safety concerns (Updated) | This year, information management in EHRs made it to the number one spot on the top 10 list, according to an ECRI news release. The development suggests there’s an urgent need for better training on these EHR systems or at least make it eas... |
| Nov 7, 2016 | ECRI names infusion pumps top health tech hazard for 2017 (updated) | “Although today’s pumps incorporate features that reduce the risks of infusion errors, these safety mechanisms cannot eliminate all potential errors, and the mechanisms themselves have been known to fail,” the company said. “ECRI Institute ... |
| Jul 18, 2016 | ECRI wants to bring transparency to molecular diagnostics, an arena plagued by useless tests | To help hospitals and other stakeholders filter through the noise and hype, the Institute just launched a database of genetic tests dubbed Ecrigene. It contains the tests’ descriptions, indications of use, regulatory status, reimbursement i... |
| Nov 9, 2015 | Endoscope bugs displace alarm fatigue as top ECRI safety hazard | Healthcare providers have been struggling to strike a balance between vigilance and alarm fatigue for years, noted Janet Dillione, CEO of device integration and alarm management company Bernoulli (formerly Cardiopulmonary Corp.).
“It’s not ... |
| Jun 1, 2015 | Smoke, mirrors & hospital systems: The new traveling medicine show? | Hospital system CEOs and CIOs are cognizant of the increasing value of satisfaction and personalization that is often locked up in EHR systems. They are under pressure to respond to increasing IT challenges from customers, employees, insure... |
| Apr 6, 2015 | Report: Mismatch between alarm settings and care area tops list of patient safety hazards in healthcare facilities | As part of the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal on clinical alarm safety, organizations accredited by the group have a deadline of 2016 to establish policies and procedures to manage alarm signals identified as essential for ... |
| Jan 20, 2015 | Disinfection robots, Google Glass, artificial pancreas top hospitals’ tech list | Automated robotic systems used to combat hospital-acquired infections topped the ECRI Institute’s "2015 Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List," an annual report on technologies healthcare executives should look out for in the next ye... |
| Nov 25, 2014 | Missing EHR data rises up top 10 list of medical technology hazards to patient safety | A mismatch of one patient’s data with another patient’s record;
Missing data or delayed data delivery due to network limitations, data entry delays or configuration errors;
Clock synchronization errors between different medical devices and ... |
| Feb 18, 2014 | Collaboration with Motorola expands Voalte’s nurse communication tool’s reach | Many companies have developed their own approaches to switching out the much-abused pager with other communication tools. But the desire by medical staff to use their own mobile devices bumps up against HIPAA compliance which frowns on this... |
| Nov 4, 2013 | Healthcare technology news: Alarm fatigue remains top health tech hazard | 1. Alarm Hazards
2. Infusion Pump Medication Errors
3. CT Radiation Exposure in Pediatric Patients
4. Data Integrity Failures in EHRs and other Health IT Systems
5. Occupational Radiation Hazards in Hybrid ORs
6. Inadequate Reprocessing of ... |
| Feb 7, 2013 | Which group is causing more healthcare IT system errors: humans or computers? | Inadequate data transfer from one health IT system to another.
Data entry in the wrong patient record.
Incorrect data entry in the patient record.
Failure of the healthcare IT system to function as intended.
Configuration of the system in... |
| Feb 5, 2013 | Health IT startup adopts pilot checklist approach to reduce surgical errors | The consolidated healthcare and resource management system will be produced by custom software developer Amadeus Consulting in Boulder, Colorado, which began developing the software yesterday, the spokeswoman said. Under Parallax’s timeline... |
| Oct 29, 2012 | 4 ways alarm fatigue is being improved by the medical device and healthcare industries | The risk posed by alarm fatigue has been around since the invention of the EKG machine, observes Frassica. But since the FDA made it a priority, some of the focus has shifted to taking a look at the amount of information being generated. It... |
| Oct 9, 2012 | 4 nurse communication startups to improve patient outcomes | Carex: The Indianapolis startup’s cloud based platform, Handoffs for Extended/Assisted Living, has honed in on an area vulnerable for communication errors: shift changes. It pulls basic information about each patient from the facility’s ele... |
| Oct 1, 2012 | UPMC launches $100M data analytics project with Oracle, IBM to unlock “secrets of human health” | “Today’s healthcare institutions have access to unprecedented types and volumes of data that have the potential to unlock the secrets of human health and disease leading to new and highly personalized care pathways. In this environment, adv... |
| Sep 27, 2012 | Health IT firm’s platform lets nurses use text messages to manage workflow | The platform relies on the providers Wi-Fi system, so Voalte works with companies to update provider’s Wi-Fi coverage. Its platforms for iPhones and iPads and desk-based computers help members of the clinical care team communicate with each... |
| Jul 31, 2012 | 5 ways to reduce medical errors associated with lab specimens | Implement bar code identification system. To help remedy patient misidentification and specimen labeling errors, the report recommends setting up a bar code identification system. Brigham and Women’s Hospital has used a blood test collectio... |
| Mar 26, 2012 | “Alarm fatigue” becomes focus of FDA attention | Dr. William Maisel, deputy director and chief scientist at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, told the Globe that the FDA was looking into new applications from medical device manufacturers to determine whether the alarms on th... |
| Jan 5, 2012 | 4 health technologies to drive cost vs. innovation debate in 2012 | 3-D digital breast tomosynthesis Mammographies were already a hot button issue. But with added innovation vs. cost considerations and it’s likely to get hotter. Adoption of full-field digital mammography since it became commercially availab... |
| Jan 25, 2011 | Congress to investigate Pentagon decision to deny coverage for brain injured troops | by T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR
WASHINGTON, D.C.–A key congressional oversight committee announced that it was opening an investigation into the basis of a decision by the Pentagon’s health plan to deny a type ... |
| Aug 2, 2010 | Explorys raises $2.55M to take healthcare data analysis next step | Explorys will use its latest fundraise to continue developing platform technologies, such as drug-safety detection and third-party software development interfaces. The company of 15 people and growing also will use the money to develop its ... |
| Mar 31, 2010 | Explorys could help harness health care cost, quality reforms | “We’re doing a lot of recruiting out of the Tech Belt in Pittsburgh, Akron and Cleveland,” Lougheed said. “There’s a lot of code being written here. There’s an enormous amount of work to be done.”
Explorys is building a network to assemble,... |
| Collaboration with Motorola expands Voalte’s nurse communication tool’s reach | With HIMSS rapidly approaching, a new alliance between mobile health company Voalte and Motorola offers an interesting wrinkle to the ongoing Bring Your Own Device condundrum confronting hospitals. The deal expands Voalte’s customer base to... |
| 5 ways to reduce medical errors associated with lab specimens | Up to 70 percent of errors associated with lab results happen way before the tests are even analyzed, according to a report from ECRI Institute’s Patient Safety Organization. Getting a delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis, particularly for wha... |
| “Alarm fatigue” becomes focus of FDA attention | The bells, blips and signals emitted by medical devices, many of which are designed to alert medical staff if patients are in danger, pose the risk of being absorbed into the auditory landscape of hospital corridors and ignored, a problem r... |
| Endoscope bugs displace alarm fatigue as top ECRI safety hazard | Just because alarm fatigue slipped from the top spot in ECRI Institute‘s annual list of top 10 health technology hazards doesn’t mean it’s no longer a problem in hospitals. It’s just that the Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania-based research or... |
| Explorys raises $2.55M to take healthcare data analysis next step | Explorys Inc., the Cleveland, Ohio, startup that is putting healthcare data management, analytics and outcomes measurement on the Internet, has raised $2.55 million in Series B funding from Sante Ventures and Cleveland Clinic Innovations.
F... |
| ECRI wants to bring transparency to molecular diagnostics, an arena plagued by useless tests | A doctor takes blood from a patient (Photo: Getty Images/ Adam Berry)
Less than 5 percent of molecular diagnostic tests are clinically relevant, says Diane Robertson, director of health technology assessment at the ECRI Institute, a non-pro... |
| Hospital CEOs’ workforce concerns can be alleviated with the right tech | The news: Workforce challenges came in as hospital CEOs’ No.1 concern for the second consecutive year, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives’ annual survey.
281 hospital CEOs ranked 11 issues from most pressing to least... |
| We need to make secure patient identification a higher priority | A few months ago I was stricken with the flu. If you managed to avoid contracting the flu this year, congratulations, because you certainly dodged a bullet. Although I usually take the old school approach of riding it out — avoiding doctor ... |
| Report: Information management in EHRs tops patient safety concerns (Updated) | This post has been updated with comments from William Marella, ECRI Institute executive director of Patient Safety Organization Operations and Analytics and Lorraine Possanza, ECRI Institute program director, Partnership for Health IT Patie... |
| 4 ways alarm fatigue is being improved by the medical device and healthcare industries | It’s been more than a year since alarm fatigue was categorized as the top health technology hazard facing hospitals. More recently, it became the focus of an initiative led by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Philips Healthcare Chief ... |
| Critical considerations for FDA cybersecurity guidance compliance | Today hospitals have 15-17 connected medical devices per bed, with the total number of connected medical devices in operation projected to grow to 50 billion over the next decade. Facing a growing attack surface, the US Food and Drug Admini... |
| Missing EHR data rises up top 10 list of medical technology hazards to patient safety | Every year the ECRI Institute assembles a top 10 list of healthcare technology hazards that cause the most adverse events or, more frequently, near misses jeopardizing patient safety. Although alarm fatigue and electronic health record pitf... |
| 4 nurse communication startups to improve patient outcomes | Communication is a critical component of healthcare, particularly when you consider the potential for miscommunication in a hectic environment when a delay or misunderstanding can cause needless complications for patients with the potential... |
| Health IT startup adopts pilot checklist approach to reduce surgical errors | When Atul Gawande’s book The Checklist Manifesto was published, it spurred a debate about what sectors would benefit from the checklist approach that aviation pilots use before takeoff and to deal with emergencies. Although applying aviatio... |
| Report: Mismatch between alarm settings and care area tops list of patient safety hazards in healthcare facilities | Alarms triggered by medical devices monitoring patients once again topped a list of patient safety hazards in hospitals, in the second annual report by the ECRI Institute. But instead of alarm fatigue, the report raised concerns about the s... |
| Healthcare technology news: Alarm fatigue remains top health tech hazard | As technology trends emerge in hospitals they also pose new risks as well. Surgical fires may no longer pose the same risk they once did, but the ECRI Institute’s annual top 10 list of healthcare technology hazards highlights other issues. ... |
| Smoke, mirrors & hospital systems: The new traveling medicine show? | There was a time in the US when summer meant a visit to communities across the land from the traveling medicine show. Alchemists, magicians, soothsayers, and abracadabra experts of all stripes would engage the young and old with snake oil e... |
| Which group is causing more healthcare IT system errors: humans or computers? | As providers race to implement healthcare IT amid calls by some organizations to extend the deadlines for meeting criteria set down by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, a new report by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority highligh... |
| Why do many IVD companies face an uphill battle with payers for reimbursement? | The demise of Courtagen Life Sciences earlier this year brought increased attention to a long-standing problem for the in vitro diagnostic (IVD) industry, particularly for genetic tests: getting reimbursement from third-party payers is chal... |
| ECRI automates system to help hospitals respond to medical product recalls faster | The number of medical product alerts the ECRI Institute issues has soared in more than a decade. In 2001 it issued 200 medical product alerts to its members. This year, it will issue more than 2,500. In a bid to improve the lag time between... |
| Health IT firm’s platform lets nurses use text messages to manage workflow | As the trend of providers adopting smartphones begins to pick up, a health IT and communication company’s platform for iPhones hopes to reduce medical errors by clinical care team members. The Sarasota, Florida company has raised $6 million... |
| ECRI names infusion pumps top health tech hazard for 2017 (updated) | Hospira Symbiq infusion pump
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, Pennsylvania, ... |
| Explorys could help harness health care cost, quality reforms | Companies like Explorys Medical Inc. could benefit from–and help harness–key health care reform efforts to reduce cost and raise the quality of patient care.
Launched last year by two data management veterans in collaboration with the Cleve... |
| UPMC launches $100M data analytics project with Oracle, IBM to unlock “secrets of human health” | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has embarked on a $100 million healthcare informatics initiative to deliver personalized care through its electronic medical records and big data. Among the goals of the five-year project are to spot ... |
| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia spinout developed medication error assessment tool | Bainbridge Health screen shots
Medication errors are one of the leading health hazards in the U.S. But as a recent report from the ECRI Institute makes clear, what makes this issue so complex for hospitals to manage are the multiple causes ... |
| 4 health technologies to drive cost vs. innovation debate in 2012 | A new report looking at health technology issues in 2012 suggests a more disciplined balance must be struck between the merits of innovative medical devices and cutting costs.
The report by the ECRI Institute in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvan... |
