ECRI’s 2025 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards List
ECRI, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery, has released its annual Top 10 list that highlights health technology hazards in healthcare facilities. Which hazard do you think earned the #1 spot?
Each year, ECRI releases a Top 10 list of hazards that deserve attention from risk management and patient safety professionals in order to keep their patients and organizations safe. For 2025, the top hazard was identified as risks with AI-enabled health technologies. Other topics covered include technology use at home, vendor technology, cybersecurity, fire risks with oxygen, and more. Even if you are not a subscriber of ECRI, they offer open access to their Executive Brief, which outlines the entire top 10 list along with practical recommendations for mitigating each risk/hazard listed. Download your copy of the Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2025, Executive Brief.
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This article falls under TECHNOLOGY in the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) risk domains.
This domain covers machines, hardware, equipment, devices, wearable technologies and tools, but can also include techniques, systems and methods of organization. Health care has seen an escalation in the use of technology for clinical diagnosis and treatment, training and education, information storage and retrieval, and asset preservation. Examples also include Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Meaningful Use, financial and billing systems, social media and cyber security; cyber risks can be significant.