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ECRI report provides a roadmap for improved patient safety

The ECRI Institute, an independent authority on the medical practice and product safety, recently published its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2019. All the items in the report are important, but items 6, 8 and 10 merit additional scrutiny. They include, respectively:Detecting Changes in a Patient’s Condition, Early Recognition of Sepsis across the Continuum, Standardizing Safety Efforts across Large Health Systems

ECRI Institute Evaluation of Ancillary Alarm Notification Systems Report

“Is your hospital or health system considering technology to help address The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goal to reduce the risk of harm associated with clinical alarm systems?  The independent, well-respected ECRI Institute recently published an evaluation of Ancillary Alarm Notification Systems, including Bernoulli One™.  ECRI subscribers can access the report on the Health Devices website.”