ECRI Now provides unique insights on pressing healthcare issues. In each episode, ECRI’s subject matter experts share their experience in relationship to the latest healthcare news.
Topics will range from ethical issues in healthcare, patient safety, infection control, healthcare IT and spend management across the continuum of care from health systems to non-acute care settings.
ECRI Now provides unique insights on pressing healthcare issues. In each episode, ECRI’s subject matter experts share their experience in relationship to the latest healthcare news.
Topics will range from ethical issues in healthcare, patient safety, infection control, healthcare IT and spend management across the continuum of care from health systems to non-acute care settings.
Despite progress in syphilis treatment over the past century, a concerning increase in the rate of congenital syphilis in newborns has emerged in recent years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 10 times as many babies were born with congenital syphilis in 2022 than in 2012—the highest number of cases in one year since 1994 and a 31.7% increase in the number of cases recorded in 2021. In this episode, ECRI’s Laura Stone describes reasons for this increase and steps providers can take to combat it.