ECRI Institute releases top 10 patient safety concerns

Editor's Note

The ECRI Institute on March 13 released its 2017 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations.

This year’s list includes:

1. Information management in electronic health records
2. Unrecognized patient deterioration
3. Implementation and use of clinical decision support
4. Test result reporting and follow-up
5. Antimicrobial stewardship
6. Patient identification
7. Opioid administration and monitoring in acute care
8. Behavioral health issues in non-behavioral health settings
9. Management of new oral anticoagulants
10. Inadequate organization systems or processes to improve safety and quality.

The report is available for free. Registration required.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA-Safe implementation of new technologies and therapies accompany classic patient safety challenges on ECRI Institute's 2017 Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations. The report highlights concerns from health information management, clinical decision support, and new oral anticoagulants to long-standing concerns like test result reporting and follow-up and unrecognized patient deterioration.