ECRI Institute’s large interdisciplinary staff includes internationally recognized experts on a wide array of healthcare topics. Our staff members frequently participate in ECRI Institute seminars and symposia, as well as in programs sponsored by others, including state and national hospital associations, ministries of health, professional societies, executive boards, medical staffs, regulatory agencies, and other organizations and groups.
If you are interested in having ECRI Institute participate at a conference, seminar, or on-site education program, please contact info@ecri.org. Sample topics include, but are not limited to:
Healthcare Technology
- Cardiac imaging
- CT Radiation Safety
- Digital mammography
- Equipment control and inspection and preventive maintenance programs
- Evaluation and selection of medical equipment
- Functional MRI
- Healthcare IT planning
- Healthcare technology assessment
- Healthcare technology management
- Management of service contracts and equipment
- Medical equipment planning and technology
- Operating room integration
- Strategic technology planning
- Wireless technology infrastructure
Patient Safety, Quality, and Risk Management
- Accident investigation techniques
- Bariatric surgery and services
- CMS rule on hospital-acquired conditions
- Credentialing for clinical technologies
- Disclosure of adverse outcomes
- Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
- Falls prevention strategies
- Health facilities' responsibilities under government regulations
- Hospital information system security
- Implementing healthcare facility medical device reporting systems
- Long-term care risk management and liability
- Medical device law, risk management, regulations, and standards
- Off-label use of drugs and medical devices
- Organization culture of safety
- Outcomes measurement
- Patient safety organizations
- Physician office risk management
- Quality systems assessment
- Reuse of single-use medical devices
- Root cause analysis
- Surgical fires
- Technology for quality
- Violence in the healthcare workplace
Healthcare Environmental Management
- Hospital indoor air quality
- Medical waste management
- OSHA and EPA compliance
- The emerging healthcare environmental manager
- Ventilation
Healthcare Policy
- Adverse event reporting
- Clinical guidelines and their impacts
- Coverage and reimbursement issues
- Technology assessment
