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ECRI is an equal opportunity employer.
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Corporate Benefits
ECRI's mission is to promote the highest standards of safety,
quality, and cost-effectiveness in healthcare to benefit patient care through
research, publishing, education, and consultation.
ECRI employs a wide range of experienced professionals, as well
as entry-level staff, in a variety of specialties without regard to race, age,
sex, religion, or national origin. Working locations vary, and acceptable
candidates must be citizens of or hold a valid work permit in the country of
assignment. Working locations are in Plymouth Meeting, PA, unless otherwise
noted.
ECRI is widely recognized as one of
the world�s leading independent organizations committed to advancing the
quality of healthcare. A nonprofit organization chartered in 1955, ECRI
provides a broad array of services to thousands of hospitals, healthcare
organizations, ministries of health, government and planning agencies, health
plans and insurers, associations, and accrediting agencies worldwide. Our
applied research, publications, databases, and technical assistance programs
are the benchmark for the healthcare community.
Background
ECRI (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute) has a rich
history of more than 35 years of experience in applied research in healthcare.
Its 1968 study of 18 brands of manually operated resuscitators found nine to be
ineffective and started ECRI down the path it follows today: that of an
independent evaluator and provider of information and guidance. ECRI's
competencies extend to health technology planning, procurement, and management;
patient safety; risk and quality management; health services research; health
technology assessment; and healthcare environmental management. We still run
the preeminent program for laboratory-based brand and model studies of medical
equipment.
Integrity
ECRI maintains strictly enforced conflict-of-interest rules that
help to ensure an unbiased approach to projects. These rules prohibit
investments in or gifts from the medical device and pharmaceutical industries
and apply to ECRI and all staff members. Staff members' income tax returns are
audited for compliance with these rules. ECRI does not accept advertising.
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Designations
ECRI has been a Collaborating Center of the World Health
Organization for nearly 20 years and serves as the WHO Collaborating Center for
Patient Safety, Risk Management, and Healthcare Technology. ECRI is one of only
13 organizations in the country to be designated an Evidence-based Practice
Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Staff
More than 270 interdisciplinary staff members provide a broad
range of analytical, clinical, management, and technical expertise. ECRI staff
members include:
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physicians, nurses, doctoral-level life scientists,
epidemiologists, and biostatisticians;
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biomedical, electrical, electronic, chemical, mechanical and
registered professional engineers;
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attorneys, hospital planners, pharmacologists, physicists,
medical librarians;
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specialists in clinical technology, hospital administration,
financial and policy analysis, risk management, patient safety, and information
and computer science
Research associates and advisory boards add the knowledge of
hundreds of additional experienced individuals. ECRI's staff members regularly
publish in medical, hospital, and technical journals and participate frequently
in professional conferences and symposia.
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