Every year ECRI Institute
publishes its list of the “Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare
Organizations”.
The list for 2017 (ECRI 2017):
Once again, there is
a heavy focus on healthcare IT. And the issue of inadequate management of
behavioral health problems in non-behavioral health settings has been a
frequent topic for us (many columns on suicide on general hospital units,
wandering and elopement, and violence in healthcare), as have been opioid
management/monitoring, antimicrobial stewardship, test result follow up, and
patient identification issues.
New to this year’s list are #2, 9, and 10.
We’ll let you go to the full ECRI list for details. Click here to go to the ECRI Institute site where you can download the list.
References:
ECRI Institute. Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations for 2017. ECRI Institute 2017
https://www.ecri.org/Pages/Top-10-Patient-Safety-Concerns.aspx
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