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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is seeking public input as it prepares its 2026 report on the risks and benefits to health associated with non-device software functions, including their impact on patient safety and related best practices. Stakeholders have only about one month to submit comments, which are due by August 13,... READ MORE

In November 2014, the ECRI Institute¹ issued a report discussing issues of patient safety and adverse events linked to health information technology (“IT”) products. The report comes in the form of an annual list of top ten health technology safety hazards. According to the ECRI Institute, although many facets of health IT have a... READ MORE

ECRI Institute has released its list of the Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2013.  The annual report is based on the prevalence and severity of incidents reported by health care facilities and information found in the Institute’s medical device problem reporting databases. READ MORE