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​ECRI Institute's work evaluating medical devices and providing guidance on making healthcare safer are featured in a May 24, 2015, Philadelphia Inquirer article. The article highlights ECRI Institute's work in a variety of efforts, including evaluating computed tomography (CT) scanners and other devices, investigating adverse outcomes in hospitals nationwide, and working to prevent problems such as alarm fatigue. It focuses on the work of ECRI Institute's biomedical engineering team, including a device invented by ECRI Institute's Jason Launders "to test the accuracy of high-tech CT scanners around the world by imitating the function of the human heart." Also featured is a recall of a crib heater that was leading to burns in infants; the recall was prompted by the intervention of ECRI Institute's Mark Bruley, who investigated an accident involving the device. Craig A. Umscheid, director of the Penn Medicine Center for Evidence-Based Practice, says in the article, "They provide syntheses on a larger scale than any institution I know of."

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Healthcare Executive; Risk Manager; Quality Assurance Manager; Patient Safety Officer

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Publication History

​Published May 27, 2015

Who Should Read This

​Administration, Clinical/biomedical engineering, Facilities/building management, Patient safety officer, Quality improvement

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