{{Short description|American healthcare research nonprofit}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox organization | name = ECRI | formation = 1968 | image = 5200 ECRI Global Headquarters FORMAL Sm.jpg | caption = ECRI headquarters in Plymouth Meeting | logo = | founded = 1968 | founder = Joel J. Nobel | location = Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania | origins = | leader_name = Marcus Schabacker | leader_title = President/CEO | leader_title2 = CFO | leader_name2 = Peter Catalano | leader_name3 = Lea Rubini | leader_title3 = HR | region_served = Worldwide | focus = Healthcare research | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = 550 | num_members = | owner = | dissolved = | website = {{url|https://ecri.org}} | footnotes = }}
'''ECRI''' (originally founded as '''Emergency Care Research Institute''') is an American independent healthcare research nonprofit organization in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. It is tasked with "improving the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care across all healthcare settings worldwide."
==History== In the early 1960s, Joel J. Nobel, a surgeon and inventor, founded the institute<ref name="Reference 1">"ECRI Institute. YouTube. Retrieved 5 March 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWGQwC3pjRo"</ref> 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.<ref name="Reference 2">"ECRI Institute. YouTube. Retrieved 5 March 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Vpc5mFMjA"</ref> Designed and patented in 1965 during Nobel's residency at Pennsylvania Hospital, the cart carries instruments for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other medical supplies while functioning as a support litter. A prototype is in the permanent collection of the Medicine and Science Division of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.<ref>{{cite news |title=National Museum of American History Collects Prototype Medical Emergency Crash Cart |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/press/releases/national-museum-american-history-collects-prototype-medical-emergency-crash-cart |accessdate=21 February 2020 |work=Smithsonian National Museum of American History Behring Center |date=August 31, 2010 |ref=3}}</ref> In 1966, ''Life'' profiled the invention in a feature called "MAX, the Lifesaver."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Max, the Lifesaver |journal=Life Magazine |date=Jan 28, 1966 |pages=35–36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KEwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Max%2C+the+Lifesaver&pg=PA35 |ref=3}}</ref>
ECRI began comparative evaluations of medical device brands and models in 1971. Since its designation as an Evidence-based Practice Center with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in 1997,<ref name="Reference 11">"Evidence-based Practice Centers [website]. Website. Retrieved 27 Feb 2014. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/overview/index.html"</ref> it has undertaken reviews of clinical procedures using meta-analysis for the Medicare program, other federal and state agencies, and clinical specialty organizations.
In 2001, Jeffrey C. Lerner became ECRI Institute's second president and CEO. In 2018, Marcus Schabacker became ECRI's third president and CEO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dr-marcus-schabacker-named-ecri-institutes-new-chief-executive-officer-and-president-300575354.html|title=Dr. Marcus Schabacker Named ECRI Institute's New Chief Executive Officer and President|last=Institute|first=ECRI|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref>
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices became an ECRI affiliate in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Two Patient Safety Leaders Announce Formal Affiliation|url=https://www.ecri.org/press/two-patient-safety-leaders-announce-formal-affiliation|access-date=2020-02-21|website=ECRI|language=en}}</ref>
The organization rebranded as ECRI Institute in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ECRI History|url=https://www.ecri.org/about/ecri-history-trusted-voice-healthcare|access-date=March 15, 2024|website=}}</ref> On March 8, 2020, the organization rebranded as ECRI.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 8, 2020|title=Introducing ECRI, The Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare|url=https://www.ecri.org/press/introducing-ecri-the-most-trusted-voice-in-healthcare/|access-date=|website=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ECRI History|url=https://www.ecri.org/about/ecri-history-trusted-voice-healthcare|access-date=March 15, 2024|website=}}</ref>
==Designations== ECRI Patient Safety Organization was listed as a federal patient safety organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecri.org/solutions/patient-safety-organization/|title=ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization|website=ECRI Institute|language=en|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pso.ahrq.gov/listed|title=Federally-Listed PSOs {{!}} AHRQ Patient Safety Organization Program|website=www.pso.ahrq.gov|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patientsafety.pa.gov:80/PA-PSRS|title=PA-PSRS {{!}} PA-PSRS|last=Authority|first=Pennsylvania Patient Safety|website=Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref>
==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,<ref name="Reference 10">"National Quality Measures Clearinghouse [website]. Website. Retrieved 20 Feb 2014. http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220153848/http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/ |date=2014-02-20 }}"</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=About NGC and NQMC |url=https://www.ahrq.gov/gam/about/index.html |website=Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |accessdate=21 February 2020 |ref=5}}</ref>
ECRI Institute created and maintains the Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System (UMDNS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/sourcereleasedocs/current/UMD/index.html|title=UMLS Metathesaurus - UMD (UMDNS) - Synopsis|website=www.nlm.nih.gov|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/medical_devices/priority/mde_nomenclature/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903042154/http://who.int/medical_devices/priority/mde_nomenclature/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 3, 2017|title=WHO {{!}} Nomenclature of medical devices|website=WHO|access-date=2020-02-21}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://ecri.org Official website]
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Category:Evidence-based practices Category:Non-profit institutes based in the United States Category:Patient safety