How Natural Language AI Could Speed Patient Event Reporting

ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices PSO know that there were thousands of patient safety events reported in 2021 that will never get reviewed.

The patient safety organization is one of about 96 across the country and collects data on mistakes that resulted in patient harm and near misses. This year, member hospitals sent ECRI more than 800,000 of these reports, according to director Sheila Rossi.

Federal agencies and PSOs are only able to gain insights from a fraction of events reported every year. Not having the capacity to sift through all the reports has consequences, though it's not required by law. But there is a growing movement among practitioners, PSOs and the federal government to integrate technology that could improve safety.