ECRI Institute: Penn Medicine wins Health Devices Achievement Award

Editor's Note

ECRI Institute on May 5 announced that Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation in Philadelphia was the winner of the 11^th Health Devices Achievement Award.

Penn Medicine received the award for its technology platform designed for creating custom apps to help clinicians better manage specific patient populations.

Among the apps are those that:

• alert care providers when a medication order is expiring
• remind clinicians to perform an extubation risk screening
• identify patients who frequently use the emergency department so they can be provided targeted services, such as mental health access or transportation vouchers.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA-ECRI Institute is pleased to announce Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation in Philadelphia, PA, as the winner of the 11th Health Devices Achievement Award. The award recognizes innovative and effective initiatives undertaken by ECRI Institute member healthcare institutions to improve patient safety, reduce costs, or otherwise facilitate better strategic management of health technology.