Emergency Care Research Institute ECRI publishes list of top 10 pa-tient safety risks for 2025
1. Risks of dismissing patient, fam-ily and caregiver concerns.
2. Insuffi cient governance on artifi -cial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.
3. The wide availability and viral spread of medical misinformation.
4. Medical error and delay in care due to cybersecurity breaches.
5. Unique healthcare challenges in caring for veterans.
6. The growing threat of substan-dard and falsifi ed drugs.
7. Diagnostic errors: The big three (cancers, major vascular events and infections).
8. Persistence of healthcare-associ-
ated infections (HAIs) in long-term care facilities.
9. Inadequate communication and coordination during discharge.
10. Deteriorating community pharmacy working conditions. (Medical Liability Monitor – April 2025)
