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The 10 most significant threats to patient safety in 2025

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Todd Shryock

The threats emerge from almost every aspect of the health care system.

Global health care safety nonprofit ECRI compiled a list of the 10 most significant threats to patient safety in 2025. The threats emerge from almost every aspect of the health care system, including the technology that doctors and hospitals are using every day.

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