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March 18 webinar | Risks of Dismissing Patient, Family, and Caregiver Concerns As healthcare continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, the landscape of patient safety faces new challenges and opportunities. We find ourselves confronting challenges that were once thought to be far-off—AI in clinical settings, cyberattacks on health data, and the viral spread of medical misinformation. In this important webinar, we’ll dive into these issues and explore: • The rise of medical gaslighting and cognitive bias in patient care • The growing awareness of health disparities and what needs to change • Strategies to improve the relationship between providers and patients Don't miss out—register now! https://hubs.la/Q039ZJVb0 #top10 #safetyconcerns #safety #2025concerns #patientsafety #medicationsafety #medication #healthcare

Concern No. 6 | The Growing Threat of Substandard and Falsified Drugs Counterfeit drugs, including those sold through illegal online pharmacies, are a growing global threat, with fake medications linked to overdose deaths and ineffective treatments. With an estimated $431 billion annual market, counterfeit drugs often contain harmful ingredients like fentanyl and may lack active ingredients, posing serious risks to patient safety, especially among vulnerable populations. Download ECRI's Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2025 here: https://hubs.ly/Q039f-CR0 #top10 #safetyconcerns #safety #2025concerns #patientsafety #medicationsafety #medication #healthcare

From the President of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), Rita Jew: I’m passionate about medication safety because I’ve seen firsthand how even good intentions can lead to harm for patients. At ISMP, we see reports of medication errors caused by similar drug names, risky workarounds, and mix-ups with high-alert medications, to name a few. Medication errors are common causes of preventable harm in healthcare, often due to system failures and human fallibility. Our mission at ISMP is to empower healthcare teams with the tools to prevent errors and create a workforce culture where speaking up saves lives. Let’s stand together to prioritize medication safety every day. #MedicationSafety #PatientSafety #TotalSystemSafety #HealthcareCulture

The new special exhibition at the Mütter Museum and Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia – “Trusted Messengers” – marks five years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic… The exhibition will bring to life the concept of trusted messengers – the people and institutions that individuals and communities put faith in for healthcare information and decisions. The exhibition opens Saturday, March 15 and features materials used in the development of the COVID vaccine at Penn’s Weissman Lab in Philadelphia, photographs and interviews highlighting the experience of Philadelphia nurses during the pandemic and its impact on their mental health, and innovative materials used in local initiatives to encourage COVID safety and vaccination. ECRI is proud to sponsor opening night for Trusted Messengers in recognition of the brave, brilliant healthcare leaders, frontline staff and scientists who helped pull our nation out of one of its darkest periods. Special thanks to ECRI’s Fellows of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia for their commitment to public health: President and CEO Dr. Marcus Schabacker and Victor Lane Rose Executive Director of Aging and Ambulatory Care. Plan a visit to the museum and join the conversation. https://hubs.la/Q03blvzS0 #TrustedMessenger #Mütter Museum #ECRI #HealthEquity #PublicHealth

A Message from ECRI’s Executive Director of Total Systems Safety, Shannon Davila: Every day, patients place their trust in clinicians, but when medical errors occur, that trust is broken — with sometimes devastating consequences. As a nurse, veteran, and breast cancer survivor, I’ve seen firsthand the need to improve safety systems across care settings. No healthcare facility should demand perfection from its workforce, and expect them to operate in faulty systems without the proper safeguards in place. Through systems thinking, just culture, and human factors engineering, we can prevent medical errors before they happen. At ECRI, we analyze our dataset of over 7 million patient safety events to help healthcare leaders stop recurring problems, and design systems to prevent patient harm. These datapoints aren’t just numbers; they represent real people, forever impacted by mistakes that should have never happened. Our Total System Safety approach is already showing strong results, and while there’s more work to be done, we’re heading in the right direction. #PatientSafety #TotalSystemSafety #SafeCare #HealthcareInnovation

Concern No. 7 | Diagnostic Error: The Big Three—Cancers, Major Vascular Events, and Infections Diagnostic errors are a major public health issue, leading to over 12 million instances of serious harm annually in the US, with conditions like missed cancers, vascular events, and infections responsible for the majority of these errors. Addressing cognitive errors, inadequate data gathering, and system breakdowns in the diagnostic process can help prevent these harms and improve patient safety. Download ECRI's Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2025 here: https://hubs.ly/Q039fXgy0 #top10 #safetyconcerns #safety #2025concerns #patientsafety #medicationsafety #medication #healthcare

A Message from Our Executive Director of Aging and Ambulatory Care, Victor Lane Rose: Safe, quality senior care is personally near and dear to my heart. Everything we do at ECRI is designed to reduce preventable harm across care settings. For older adults, even minor medical errors can have devastating consequences. Patient safety work isn’t easy. Yet the absence of harm — the adverse event that never occurred — is a powerful reminder of our collective impact. This Patient Safety Week, let’s celebrate the teamwork that drives safer care at every step of the patient journey — especially for older adults, who have so much to teach us about life. #PatientSafety #SeniorCare #TotalSystemSafety #HealthcareInnovation

New webinar on Risks of Dismissing Patient, Family, and Caregiver Concerns Our society has also become more conscious of widening health disparities, and a new movement is giving voice to those who have had their health concerns dismissed by the healthcare community. Join Marcus Schabacker, Susan Brown Sheridan, and Shannon Davila, MSN,RN, CPPS, CIC, CPHQ, FAPIC as they explore this important topic and related issues, including the concept of “medical gaslighting” and cognitive bias. The webinar will feature the patient’s perspective as well as strategies to increase awareness and improve provide-patient relationships. Don't miss out—register now! https://lnkd.in/eDTMmSFE #top10 #safetyconcerns #safety #2025concerns #patientsafety #medicationsafety #medication #healthcare

Concern No. 8 | Persistence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-term Care Facilities Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are on the rise, with 1 in 43 nursing home residents contracting an HAI daily, and Pennsylvania LTCFs saw an 18.6% increase in infections from 2022 to 2023. To prevent these infections, LTCFs need expert infection prevention staff and consistent training, despite challenges including high turnover and reliance on temporary workers. Download ECRI's Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2025 here: https://hubs.ly/Q039gfw90 #top10 #safetyconcerns #safety #2025concerns #patientsafety #medicationsafety #medication #healthcare

A Message from The Just Culture Company's President, David Marx: As we recognize Patient Safety Week, it’s time to reflect on the healthcare industry’s safety efforts — successes and failures. For too long, healthcare — like many industries — believed that making perfection the workforce standard would prevent harm. But as fallible human beings, this approach is unrealistic and doesn’t break the cycle of adverse events. The good news? Healthcare is becoming less punitive, even when medical errors occur. However, we must shift our focus from responding to harm to preventing it — by improving system design and supporting healthcare professionals through a Just Culture, from the executive level to the front lines. Now, with Just Culture incorporated into ECRI’s Total System Safety approach, we’re driving even more meaningful improvements in patient safety. Systems + culture = outcomes. Together, we can transform healthcare into a safer, more supportive environment for both patients and staff. #PatientSafety #JustCulture #TotalSystemSafety #HealthcareInnovation