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The Top Patient Safety Risks in 2025 Are Mostly About the “Human OS” – Reading ECRI’s Annual Report

Health Populi

Each year, ECRI (the ECRI Institute) publishes an annual report on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for the year. Here is ECRI’s list of patient safety concerns a decade ago in 2015. Compare these with the top 10 safety concerns for 2025. The 2025 list was published today.

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Phlebotomy Duties In Hospital

Phlebotomy Careers

Phlebotomy duties in Hospital: A Complete guide for Healthcare professionals Introduction Phlebotomy, the art and science of ⁤drawing blood for diagnostic testing, plays a crucial role in hospital healthcare settings. Accurate blood collection is vital for diagnosing diseases, monitoring patient health, and guiding treatment plans.

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5 Incident Management Strategies to Improve Patient Safety

Performance Health

Preventable mistakes like these contribute to harm in one out of every ten patients during hospital care, according to the World Health Organization. A missed dosage. A wrong label. A delayed response. But they dont have to.

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Blueprint for Zero Harm: Innovative Approaches to Safer Patient Care

Performance Health

Despite considerable advances in patient safety , healthcare systems still face significant challenges in achieving “ zero harm ”—a commitment to eradicate preventable harm that affects approximately 400,000 hospitalized patients every year. It calls for a transformation in culture, leadership, and innovation.

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Streamlining the Clinical Peer Review Process: WCCH's Journey with PHP

Performance Health

This case study showcases how West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital revolutionized its clinical peer review and incident reporting processes by implementing Performance Health Partners’ software, leading to dramatic improvements in efficiency, patient safety, and administrative agility.

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Insights from Digital Health Leaders at ViVE 2025

EvidenceCare

Aaron Wilcox, a general surgeon and care transformation leader at Kaiser, the concept of a patients care journey has evolved beyond simply moving them from one stage to the next. Instead, he sees an opportunity to integrate multiple services to support both hospital and overall wellness goals. But now, I think its about more than that.

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Job Phlebotomist

Phlebotomy Careers

A phlebotomist is a ⁤healthcare professional trained to draw blood from patients for laboratory analyses, blood donations, or other medical purposes.‍ ‍ They ‌work in various settings such as hospitals, clinics, diagnostic laboratories, blood donation centers, and physician offices.