The report highlights the things that might be dangerous and need the most attention in 2024. Here are ECRI’s top 10 health technology hazards for 2024:
- Usability challenges with medical devices in the home
- Insufficient cleaning instructions for medical devices
- Drug compounding without technology safeguards
- Environmental harm from patient care
- Insufficient governance of AI in medical technologies
- Ransomware as a critical threat to the healthcare sector
- Burns from single-foil electrosurgical electrodes
- Damaged infusion pumps risk medication errors
- Defects in implantable orthopedic products
- Web analytics software and the misuse of patient data
