Staffing shortages and COVID-19’s effects on healthcare workers’ mental health head the list of patient safety concerns for 2022, according to a compilation released in March by ECRI, the nation’s largest nonprofit patient safety organization.
This annual ranking usually is dominated by clinical issues—for example, topping the 2020 list (finalized before COVID-19 came to the forefront) were missed and delayed diagnoses, maternal health across the continuum, and early