MCIC Vermont Patient Safety Organization Selects ECRI Institute PSO to Analyze Adverse Events, Improve Patient Safety
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ECRI Institute PSO will collect and analyze adverse events and other patient safety data submitted by participating academic medical centers, hospitals, health systems, and physician groups.
Through this effort, MCIC VT PSO aims to reduce the risk of adverse events, unintended outcomes, and malpractice claims while helping to increase patient safety at its insured institutions.
"MCIC views this partnership as a great opportunity for shared learning to improve patient safety for our subscribers under the protective umbrella of the PSO," says
"An important element of MCIC's mission is to support safer patient care and to help generate better outcomes and greater patient and provider satisfaction. We applaud the steps they are taking and look forward to supporting their PSO," states
MCIC has a longstanding working relationship with
The ECRI Institute Patient Safety analytics team has experience handling more than 2 million adverse event reports. Their multidisciplinary staff includes physicians; nurses; biomedical engineers; instructional designers; quality, legal, and risk management professionals; individuals with safety, education, science, and engineering backgrounds; statisticians and data analysts; and information technology experts.
ECRI Institute PSO services are based on applied research, interactive tools, a learning network, and a reporting platform. To enable healthcare providers to learn from near misses and adverse events, and to improve patient care, the PSO provides incident report collection and analysis. The reporting platform provides a secure way for ECRI Institute PSO to accept data from providers using any electronic system, as well as to provide a Web-based, intuitive interface for data entry.
For information about working with ECRI Institute PSO, visit www.ecri.org/pso, e-mail [email protected], call (610) 825-6000, ext. 5389, or write to us at
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