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

Health Populi March 10, 2025
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Each year, ECRI (the ECRI Institute) publishes an annual report on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for the year. The 2025 list was published today. My read of it is that most of these risks have to do with what I’ve been referring to as the Human OS, the Human Operating System, in my talks and teachings.

In this post, I’ll focus on 2 of the 10 most top-of-mind in my current workflow with clients and speaking: #1 and #3.

Here’s the list of 10, calling out:

1. Risks of dismissing patient, family, and caregiver concerns
2. Insufficient governance of AI in healthcare
3. The wide availability and viral spread of medical misinformation
4. Medical error and delay in care resulting from...

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