ECRI Now
Apr 5, 2023
Testing Stockpile Ventilators | The Pediatric Mental Health Crisis | ECRI's Mission Trip to Panama, Floating Doctors
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In this show we cover 1) testing stockpile ventilators, 2) the pediatric mental health crisis, and 3) ECRI's volunteer trip to Panama.
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Nov 21, 2023
Protecting Children in Adult Emergency Departments
Traditional adult emergency departments (EDs) may be unprepared to care for children, leading to increased risks of missed and delayed diagnoses, errors in treatment, and more. Jennifer Comerford, a Patient Safety Analyst at ECRI, describes these risks and steps organizations can take to prepare for pediatric patients and families can take to protect their loved ones—including children experiencing emergencies in other settings.
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Oct 4, 2023
A Systematic Approach to Workplace Violence Prevention
In an era of widespread staffing shortages, rising workplace violence threatens physical and psychological harm that could drive even more providers away from healthcare. In this episode, Andrew Furman, ECRI’s Vice President of Clinical Evidence and Safety Solutions, describes the importance of leadership support for a systematic approach to understanding the prevalence of violence and implementing effective steps to reduce the risk to workers across all care settings.
Physical and verbal violence against healthcare staff was featured on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023, including additional recommendations rooted in a Total Systems Safety approach. Register to download the special report at https://www.ecri.org/top-10-patient-safety-concerns-2023-special-report.
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Sep 6, 2023
Racial and Other Disparities in Maternal Healthcare
Maternal harm and death in the United States is the worst among all wealthy nations, and racial and other disparities mean that some groups are even more severely impacted. ECRI’s Carlye Hendershot, senior patient safety analyst, describes efforts underway to reverse these trends, highlighting steps that policymakers and providers can take to protect patients who are or have recently been pregnant, especially in the postpartum period after they leave the hospital.
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