ECRI Institute
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania | |
Area served | Worldwide |
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President/CEO | Marcus Schabacker |
Peter Catalano | |
Lea Rubini | |
Employees | 550 |
Website | ecri |
ECRI (originally founded as Emergency Care Research Institute) is an independent
History
In the early 1960s, Joel J. Nobel, a surgeon and inventor, founded the institute[1] after a four-year-old boy died when a resuscitator failed to work. Nobel utilized the institute to focus on improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation technology, design, and deployment.
Among Nobel's inventions was the MAX Cart, a mobile resuscitation system.
ECRI began
In 2001, Jeffrey C. Lerner became ECRI Institute's second president and CEO. In 2018, Marcus Schabacker became ECRI's third president and CEO.[6]
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices became an ECRI affiliate in 2020.[7]
The organization rebranded as ECRI Institute in 2007.[8] On March 8, 2020, the organization rebranded as ECRI.[9][10]
Designations
ECRI
ECRI entered into a licensing agreement to adapt the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS), to meet Pennsylvania-specific reporting requirements. The resulting PA-PSRS system is fully owned by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.[13]
Services
The organization was the sole prime contractor for developing and maintaining AHRQ's National Guideline Clearinghouse, a database of clinical practice guidelines, since its inception in 1998 and the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse,[14] a database of evidence-based healthcare quality measures, since its inception in 2001. Both contracts ended in July 2018 due to the lack of federal funding through AHRQ to continue their operation.[15]
ECRI Institute created and maintains the Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System (UMDNS).[16][17]
References
- ^ "ECRI Institute. YouTube. Retrieved 5 March 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWGQwC3pjRo"
- ^ "ECRI Institute. YouTube. Retrieved 5 March 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Vpc5mFMjA"
- ^ "National Museum of American History Collects Prototype Medical Emergency Crash Cart". Smithsonian National Museum of American History Behring Center. August 31, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Max, the Lifesaver". Life Magazine: 35–36. January 28, 1966.
- ^ "Evidence-based Practice Centers [website]. Website. Retrieved 27 Feb 2014. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/overview/index.html"
- ^ Institute, ECRI. "Dr. Marcus Schabacker Named ECRI Institute's New Chief Executive Officer and President". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Two Patient Safety Leaders Announce Formal Affiliation". ECRI. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "ECRI History". Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Introducing ECRI, The Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare". March 8, 2020.
- ^ "ECRI History". Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization". ECRI Institute. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "Federally-Listed PSOs | AHRQ Patient Safety Organization Program". www.pso.ahrq.gov. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Authority, Pennsylvania Patient Safety. "PA-PSRS | PA-PSRS". Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "National Quality Measures Clearinghouse [website]. Website. Retrieved 20 Feb 2014. http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine"
- ^ "About NGC and NQMC". Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "UMLS Metathesaurus - UMD (UMDNS) - Synopsis". www.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ "WHO | Nomenclature of medical devices". WHO. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2020.