ECRI’s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025 report, now in its 18th year, is a crucial resource for healthcare organizations. This influential report identifies and prioritizes the most critical and emerging risks associated with healthcare technology.
This year’s list highlights risks that demand immediate attention across hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, device manufacturers, and regulatory agencies. Its purpose: to guide these organizations in recognizing and mitigating hazards which could compromise patient safety and staff well-being.
ECRI evaluates and prioritizes risks across a wide array of technologies to offer actionable recommendations to the healthcare industry to reduce these dangers. The 2025 report identifies 10 technology-related threats to patient safety that require immediate attention in the present, rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
By identifying these risks early, ECRI helps both healthcare providers and manufacturers take proactive steps to minimize harm, improve patient outcomes, and enhance safety and reliability.
ECRI offers a recorded webinar to delve into this year’s Top 10 Hazards.
This webinar features a panel of ECRI experts who provide insight into the risks and offer guidance on strategies to minimize these for healthcare organizations and patients, offering effective actions to reduce these risks.
Learning Objectives
This webcast covers:
- The Challenges: An overview of the 10 most critical technology safety topics highlighted in ECRI’s 2025 report. These topics also include discussions on potential consequences for patient safety, clinician efficiency, and overall operational effectiveness.
- Practical Solutions: Step-by-step strategies and best practices for mitigating these risks. These involve recommendations for device selection, appropriate implementation, effective user training, and the integration of key risk management practices to prevent harm.
- Industry Collaboration: Discussion of the current state of technological development and recommendations for how device manufacturers and other stakeholders can respond appropriately to these risks to enhance the safety and reliability of these products.
By watching, participants are expected to gain a deeper understanding of the hazards inherent in health technology and learn to identify and address the most pressing concerns within their own organizations. The presentation also explores how collaboration throughout the healthcare ecosystem can drive meaningful change.
Speakers
The webinar features the following speakers:
- Rob Schluth, Principal Project Officer I, Device Evaluation
- Francisco Rodriguez-Campos, Principal Project Officer I, Device Evaluation
- Priyanka Shah, Principal Project Officer I, Device Evaluation
- Kallie Smith, Vice President, Information Security Officer
- Karen Haberland, Senior Project Officer, Device Evaluation
- Jeremy Suggs, Senior Engineering Manager, Device Evaluation
- Brad Bonnette, Senior Project Officer, Device Evaluation
- Shannon Bertagnoli, Medication Safety Specialist, Publications, ISMP
- Amanda Sivek, Principal Project Officer II, Device Safety
- Austin Hwang, Senior Project Officer, Device Safety
- Bruce C. Hansel, Principal & Chief Scientist, HII-Tech Consulting & Device Safety
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