ECRI Strategies

This article discusses the importance of internal and external notifications and best practices to help organizations mobilize a response to an incident in a timely fashion. ​​​​​​​

As patient care shifts away from inpatient acute care settings to different post-acute care (PAC) settings, clinicians in these outpatient settings rely upon the patients’ discharge documentation to support care coordination.

Comprehensive immunization programs can therefore be an important part of a provider organization’s risk, quality, and safety practices contributing to environments that help to inhibit adverse events. 

This article will discuss how aging services facilities can determine whether to evacuate or shelter in place, types of evacuations, and relevant guidance and regulations to consider.

Effective postincident response is a critical element of an aging services organization’s resident and patient safety program and an important part of improving risk management, quality, and safety practices

ECRI Institute and Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging (ALTC) have joined in collaboration to bring ALTC readers periodic articles on topics in risk management, quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI), and safety...

ECRI Institute and Annals of Long-Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging (ALTC) have joined in collaboration to bring ALTC readers periodic articles on topics in risk management, quality assurance and performance improvement (QAPI), and safety...

Cell phones, smartphones, tablets, and other personal electronic devices (PEDs) are commonplace in health care and other workplaces.

Victor Lane Rose, MBA, NHA, FCPP, CPASRM, explains why health literacy is an important issue in all populations and details why those who manage some of their own care are at particular risk.