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title: "ECRI Institute"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECRI_Institute"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T04:25:20.776428+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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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."
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== History ==
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In the early 1960s, Joel J. Nobel, a surgeon and inventor, founded the institute 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.
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Among Nobel's inventions was the MAX Cart, a mobile resuscitation system. 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. In 1966, Life profiled the invention in a feature called "MAX, the Lifesaver."
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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, it has undertaken reviews of clinical procedures using meta-analysis for the Medicare program, other federal and state agencies, and clinical specialty organizations.
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In 2001, Jeffrey C. Lerner became ECRI Institute's second president and CEO. In 2018, Marcus Schabacker became ECRI's third president and CEO.
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The Institute for Safe Medication Practices became an ECRI affiliate in 2020.
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The organization rebranded as ECRI Institute in 2007. On March 8, 2020, the organization rebranded as ECRI.
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== Designations ==
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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.
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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.
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== Services ==
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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, 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.
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ECRI Institute created and maintains the Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System (UMDNS).
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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Official website |