Healthcare DIVE March 15, 2024
Challenges with health technology adoption and reductions in maternal services could also threaten patient safety this year, according to an ECRI study.
Dive Brief:
- Helping newly trained clinicians transition from education to practice topped healthcare experts’ list of patient safety concerns for 2024, according to a new report from nonprofit ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
- Junior clinicians who graduated training during the COVID-19 pandemic entered a disrupted field, where protocols changed rapidly and mentorship opportunities were scarce compared with years past. Without sufficient training and support, junior staff may “contribute directly to patient harm events,” according to the report.
- ECRI and ISMP also said medication administration and technology adoption issues, barriers to accessing maternal and perinatal...
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