PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—While responding to medical product recall notices is mandatory, educating clinical staff about common user errors is essential for preventing adverse events. To help hospitals deal with these important patient safety issues, ECRI Institute presents “How To Develop An Effective Alert Management Program,” a live, interactive Web conference on Thursday, April 10, 2008, from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EDT.

This Web conference features expert speakers from ECRI Institute and leading hospitals who will provide insight on how to:

• Implement best practices for establishing an effective safety alert management program.
• Prevent common hazards with an effective safety alert management program.
• Apply the five most important measures a hospital can take to improve safety, decrease costs, and increase efficiency related to managing safety alerts.
• Address the often conflicting information from manufacturers, regulatory agencies, and the press in regards to safety alert notices.

Expert speakers for this event include:

• James Keller, MS, Moderator, Vice President Health Technology Evaluation and Safety, ECRI Institute
• Eric Sacks, Director, Healthcare Product Alerts, ECRI Institute
• Marlyn T. Conti, RN, BSN, MM, CPHQ, Quality and Patient Safety Consultant, Intermountain Health Care
• Lauren Hollenbeck, Director, Regional Risk Management-Regulatory, Corporate Risk Management, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation

To learn more or to register for this Web conference, visit www.ecri.org/webconference, or contact ECRI Institute by telephone at (610) 825-6000, ext. 5889; by E-mail at circulation2@ecri.org; by fax at (610) 834-0240; or by mail at 5200 Butler Pike, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-1298, USA.

ECRI Institute (formerly ECRI), a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research to healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. ECRI Institute is designated a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization and an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. For more information, please visit www.ecri.org.

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For more information, contact:
Barbara D. Scheffler
+1 (610) 825-6000, ext. 5548
bscheffler@ecri.org