ECRI Asia Pacific

ECRI Asia Pacific Speaking truths that empower. A world where safe, high-quality healthcare is accessible to everyone. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

For more than 50 years, ECRI is recognized for its unwavering dedication to transparency and strict conflict-of-interest policies. The organization has earned a reputation as the trusted voice of unbiased, research-based assurance for tens of thousands of members globally using its solutions into risk management and patient care. ECRI consists of its medical device testing labs located in North America and the Asia Pacific with bio-engineers conducting hands-on independent device testing for safety and human factors usability. ECRI is designated an Evidence-based Practice Center by the U.S. ECRI Institute PSO is listed as a federally certified Patient Safety Organization by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

๐—˜๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—”๐—œ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜โ€ECRI Asia Pacific recently met with th...
28/01/2026

๐—˜๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—”๐—œ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜โ€

ECRI Asia Pacific recently met with the Healthcare Accreditation Institute (HAI Thailand) to advance ongoing collaboration under the 2025 bilateral agreement.

Dr. Piyawan Limpanyalert, Chief Executive Officer of HAI Thailand, Mr. Eric Woo, Director of ECRI Asia Pacific and team had discussions on strengthening patient safety and advancing joint initiatives.

The meeting included progress updates on the development of the Thailand Top 10 Patient Safety Report, which aims to identify key patient safety priorities across Thailandโ€™s healthcare system.

The Sports & Recreation Committee 2026 kicks off its first activity with a friendly (but competitive ๐Ÿ˜Ž ) game of pickleb...
26/01/2026

The Sports & Recreation Committee 2026 kicks off its first activity with a friendly (but competitive ๐Ÿ˜Ž ) game of pickleball.

Let the games begin and may the best team win! ๐Ÿ†

23/01/2026

To improve patient safety, we must take a completely different approach, says ECRI President & CEO Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD. The Top Ten Health Technology Hazards of 2026 should serve as a call-to-action to healthcare leaders worldwide: design care systems and healthcare technologies around the humans they serve, rooted in safety science and human factors engineering.

No matter how advanced healthcare tech becomes, medicine is a fundamentally human endeavor. Overreliance on tech; poor design or maintenance; lack of quality control; and haphazard implementation of tech in clinical workflows all introduce risk. Download the Top Ten Health Tech Hazards report to proactively tackle each hazard and make safe, efficient care the priority: https://hubs.la/Q03_KLc40

Managing risk in healthcare goes beyond compliance - it requires strong leadership, structured investigation, and system...
20/01/2026

Managing risk in healthcare goes beyond compliance - it requires strong leadership, structured investigation, and system-level thinking.

Our ASQua-endorsed training programmes are designed to support healthcare leaders and teams in strengthening safety, accountability, and decision-making across complex care environments:

๐Ÿฅ Healthcare Adverse Event Investigation & Management
๐Ÿฅ Leadership in Healthcare Technology Management
๐Ÿฅ Healthcare Risk Management & Safety Workshop

Each programme integrates practical approaches to risk management, event investigation, and incident response, tailored to real-world healthcare challenges across the Asia Pacific region.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Interested to find out more? Reach out to us at bdasiapacific@ecri.org.

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ - ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐOur ECRI Asia Pacific Kick-Off meeting took...
17/01/2026

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ - ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ

Our ECRI Asia Pacific Kick-Off meeting took us to Melaka this year โ€” bringing teams together from across functions to align on what we have delivered, what we have learned and how we move forward as a region.

As we support healthcare organizations across Asia Pacific, alignment matters. These conversations help ensure we are consistent in how we think, how we work, and how we serve our clients โ€“ while staying responsive to the different realities across markets.
We also recognized colleagues for long service, stepping up during transition periods, and contributing to our monthly sharing sessions that keep us updated with evolving healthcare industry trends.

We ended the trip with a walking tour through Melaka, a place shaped by regional exchange and collaboration, a fitting reminder of the value of shared understanding as we continue to grow our work across APAC.

We are starting the year aligned, energized, and focused โ€“ with a new consulting services on the horizon. Stay tuned.

๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดIt was a pleasure to be invited to Universiti Malaya b...
16/01/2026

๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

It was a pleasure to be invited to Universiti Malaya by Biomedical Engineering Student Club University of Malaya, sharing insights on Designing for Care: Biomedical Engineering in hospital Planning & Setup.

Biomedical engineers play a far bigger role than many realize. From managing complex medical equipment ecosystems to shaping safer, more efficient hospital environments. The impact you will have goes well beyond university.

Special thanks to Sabrina Beh, Associate Director, and Nabila Syazwani, Project Consultant representing ECRI Asia Pacific. Nabila is also a proud University Malaya biomedical engineering alum. Together, they shared hands-on experience in supporting hospital planning projects across the region

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น?
Reach out to see how we support medical equipment planning with future readiness and patient safety at the core.

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€“ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บThe International Medication Safety...
08/01/2026

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€“ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ

The International Medication Safety Intensive Workshop is a 3-day live virtual programme designed for healthcare professionals across the Asia Pacific region seeking practical, data-driven solutions to todayโ€™s medication safety risks.

Led by our counterpart from Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), this immersive experience draws on decades of insights from ISMPโ€™s Medication Error Reporting Programs. Youโ€™ll actively engage in:

๐Ÿ”น Medication error investigation and analysis
๐Ÿ”น Identification of high-leverage risk reduction strategies
๐Ÿ”น Recognizing medication risk beyond error reporting
๐Ÿ”น Using data to drive sustainable, long-term safety improvements

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—”๐—– ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ!
Asia Pacific participants can enjoy an exclusive discount (USD$145) using code [๐—”๐—ฃ๐—”๐—–๐— ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ] at registration.

๐Ÿ”น Live delivery in Australia Eastern Time
๐Ÿ”น Interactive discussions with ISMP faculty and global peers
๐Ÿ”น Conducted in English

๐Ÿ‘‰ Secure your place today! https://hubs.la/Q03ZNkBy0

๐Ÿšจ ECRIโ€™s annual list of Health Technology Hazards drops next month!If you were building the list, which topic do you thi...
31/12/2025

๐Ÿšจ ECRIโ€™s annual list of Health Technology Hazards drops next month!

If you were building the list, which topic do you think deserves the #1 spot for 2026? ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Vote in the comments - weโ€™re curious what risks are showing up in your world!

๐Ÿ“ฉ Want the full list first?๐Ÿ“„ Sign up to be among the first to get your free copy of ECRIโ€™s Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2026: https://hubs.la/Q03ZbYzB0

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ!We want to take this opportunity to thank you for partnering with us ...
24/12/2025

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ ๐—”๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ!

We want to take this opportunity to thank you for partnering with us to advance patient safety. Whether youโ€™ve attended one of our trainings, work with us on medical equipment planning, engaged us to evaluate medical devices or have read or listened to our healthcare insights; we truly appreciate your dedication to improving processes within the healthcare ecosystem.

Hope you have a restful holiday season and a recharged start to the new year!

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ?For us itโ€™s the sports & recreational activities - month after month. At...
23/12/2025

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ?

For us itโ€™s the sports & recreational activities - month after month. At the start of the year, colleagues were split into different house colors, forming cross-department teams and creating opportunities to connect, collaborate and strategize our way to victory. Along the way, we discovered hidden talents; some were excellent on the badminton court, while others were great at creativity during the mocktail challenge.

The year kicked off strong with Red Raptors leading the scoreboard after board games. Butโ€ฆ that was before being overtaken by Power Oโ€™rangers who dominated the bowling session and climbed to the top. A special mention to Blue-Nanas for winning the mocktail challenge, and to Gold & Glory for their consistent participation throughout the year!

As the Sports & Recreational Committee signs off for 2025, weโ€™re proud of what this first year has achieved and excited to see what the 2026 committee has in store!

Scroll through to see some of the activities we did in 2025, in no particular order:

We are honored to formalize a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ECRI Asia Pacific, Jantung HarKit (Na...
18/12/2025

We are honored to formalize a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ECRI Asia Pacific, Jantung HarKit (National Heart Centre Harapan Kita) and BPFK Jakarta, Balai Pengamanan Alat dan Fasilitas Kesehatan Jakarta (Jakarta Center for Safety of Medical Devices and Facilities). This MoU represents a nationally significant step in strengthening biomedical engineering (BME) standards aligned with global best practices.

With the support of Kementerian Kesehatan RI (Ministry of Health Indonesia), this collaboration aims to establish a scalable national framework โ€“ strengthening medical device safety, facility reliability and technical governance across healthcare facilities. Beginning with one of Indonesiaโ€™s flagship national heart centers, it lays the foundation for broader adoption across the healthcare ecosystem.

ECRI Asia Pacific is proud to contribute our global expertise to support a safer, more resilient and sustainable healthcare system for Indonesia.

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ-๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒOver the past four episodes on BFM Radio - The Business Stati...
02/12/2025

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ-๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ

Over the past four episodes on BFM Radio - The Business Station, we explored patient safety through different but deeply connected lenses. From the financial burden of unsafe care, the pressures faced by healthcare workers, the role of regulatory safeguards, and finally, the lived experiences of patients.

In this concluding episode, we ask an important and often uncomfortable question: What happens after a patient has been exposed to unsafe care, and has suffered an injury or complication? In the final episode of the series on patient safety, we explore what are patientsโ€™ right after a medical error, and what patients and their caregivers can do.

Episode 4: Seeking Justice
Guests Eric Woo and Charlaine Chin
Produced & presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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