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/PRNewswire/ -- Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD, president and CEO of ECRI, the nations largest patient safety organization, has been invited to present the 12th...

The pandemic increased anxiety and depression among children; other leading safety concerns include staff shortages, violence in health care facilities, and medication list discrepancies.

New weight loss drugs can cost more than $1,000 a month, but most health plans don’t cover them.

New weight-loss drugs can cost more than $1,000 a month, but most health plans don’t cover them.

Each year, nonprofit ECRI creates a list of the industry’s top ten patient safety concerns. This year, the pediatric mental health crisis topped the list, above other important issues like violence against healthcare staff and clinicians being expected to work outside their scope of practice.

ECRIs annual list of patient safety concerns shows ongoing staffing shortages continue to put patients and providers at risk; report issued in conjunction...

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The industry’s main patient safety concerns stem from longstanding issues of staffing and pandemic-related stressors.

Teenagers are experiencing record levels of sadness and sexual violence, and pediatricians say they cant be the only professionals responsible for tackling the problem.

Demand for new weight loss medications is projected to climb substantially this year. But how will Americans afford them?