Latest ECRI Institute Report Names Top 10 Hospital Technology Issues

The Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing applied scientific research to enable improvement of patient care. The organization is a designated Evidence-Based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and listed as a federal Patient Safety Organization by HHS. In December the institute released its 2013 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards, a list highlighting safety topic for this year including issues related to health IT.  Now comes the release of the ECRI Institute Top 10 C-Suite Watch List: Hospital Technology Issues for 2013. This report addresses the top issues impacting patient safety, care delivery and more for the year.

The top 10 issues identified by the ECRI Institute leads with electronic health records...