Healthcare IT News January 20, 2022
Kat Jercich

The ECRI Institute’s annual report from its Device Evaluation Program reflects enduring ramifications of the pandemic and cautions healthcare leaders about maintaining connectivity.

The nonprofit safety group ECRI Institute published the latest version of its annual health technology hazards report this week, pointing to cybersecurity attacks, supply chain shortfalls and damaged infusion pumps as three of the biggest dangers.

The report authors note that many of the culprits are new to the list.

“Several of these expand on the key theme from our 2021 list: the need to progress from just trying to cope during the pandemic to building stronger and more resilient processes, leveraging the innovations developed, and the lessons learned along the way,” said researchers.

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