Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

Each year, ECRI (the ECRI Institute) publishes an annual report on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for the year. Here is ECRI’s list of patient safety concerns a decade ago in 2015. Compare these with the top 10 safety concerns for 2025. The 2025 list was published today.

Patient Safety 77

Patient Safety Discharges Diagnostics Acute Care 77

Relias

MARCH 16, 2022

How’s your organization doing in keeping your patients safe? Patient Safety Awareness Week is March 13-19, 2022, so it’s a good time to ask this question and make an honest assessment of where you stand. What is Patient Safety Awareness Week? To Improve Patient Safety, Culture is Everything.

Patient Safety 98

Patient Safety Huddles/Rounds Teamwork Communication 98

Relias

OCTOBER 10, 2023

One of the most effective ways to reduce this number is by focusing on patient safety in nursing. For many hospitals, achieving better outcomes begins with the implementation of improved patient safety protocols. What is patient safety in nursing? How do nurses ensure patient safety in the care setting?

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Discharges Communication Medication 52

Health Populi

MARCH 23, 2021

In 2021, racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare are a top patient safety issue, according to ECRI’s annual list of major concerns facing healthcare consumers’ risks to adverse events that can harm them. Those sound like great pillars on which health care for everyone would benefit.

Patient Safety 142

Patient Safety Acute Care Diagnostics Medication 142